Property Record
3000 E NEWBERRY BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HEDWIG AND ALBERT F. GALLUN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28072 |
| Location (Address): | 3000 E NEWBERRY BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | BRUST AND PHILIPP |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Newberry Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/7/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/9/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | DAMAGED BY FIRE IN THE EARLY 1970S BUT WAS RESTORED TO THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS. GALLUN WAS BORN IN MILWAUKEE ON JANUARY 2, 1865. HE WAS EDUCATED IN MILWAUKEE AT THE GERMAN-ENGLISH ACADEMY. HE THEN ENTERED HIS FATHER'S LEATHER TANNING BUSINESS. ALBERT ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE BUSINESS IN THE LATE 1880S. HE MARRIED HEDWIG MANN FROM TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN ON JANUARY 2, 1896. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN: ELINOR (WHO MARRIED JOHN C. PRITZLAFF), EDWIN A., ALBERT JR., AND GLADYS. HE WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR OF THE MARSHALL AND ILSLEY BANK IN MILWAUKEE. THE HOUSE PASSED TO HIS DAUGHTER ELINOR WHO LIVED HERE UNTIL ABOUT 1970. Dunn Bros. - masons Original drawings at Wisconsin Architecture Archive - #148-121. Original estimated cost - $100,000. Built to resemble a medieval English manor house, the Gallun mansion is one of the largest and most substantially built private residences in the city. The house was built for millionaire tannery owner Albert Gallun, whose family occupied it into the 1960s. Extraordinary construction and fine detailing make the residence remarkable. The sixteen-inch thick first-story and twelve-inch second-story exterior walls are solid limestone, backed on the interior with four-inch thick hollow clay tile that insulates and adds fire protection. The main entry, facing North Marietta Avenue, is carved Bedford limestone trim. A wrought-iron fence in a limestone base leads around the corner to the picturesque Newberry Boulevard facade. Medieval English details include the false, half-timbered gables, the limestone pointed-arch arcade that wraps around the Lake Drive side, and the slate roof laid in the traditional Cotswold style. Following a fire in 1970, the house's interior was repaired exactly according to the architects' original plans for English-style woodwork, stone, plasterwork and its solid limestone main staircase. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PERMIT. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT THE WISCONSIN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE IN MILWAUKEE. HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, VOL. III, P. 622. Perrin, p. 98. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |