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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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