Property Record
2221-2223 E IVANHOE PLACE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Burroughs |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28214 |
| Location (Address): | 2221-2223 E IVANHOE PLACE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | North Point South Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/4/1979 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Locally designated on 7/12/1983. Carpenter was Robert W. Raasch. Order to raze and remove building - garage only 4/16/1992. House has undergone extensive changes. It originally was a wood frame flat. George Burroughs was associated with George Burroughs and Sons Trunk Manufacture on East Water Street.[A] The George Burroughs House is a two-and-one-half story Queen Anne style building that was constructed in 1893. It has a hipped roof with gables and has undergone several exterior changes in the historic period. In 1917, the bungalow-styled front porch and the rear stairway were added. The building has clapboard siding. A decorative lintel caps the attic window on the main elevation. Historic interior features include hardwood floors, wooden door and window surrounds with "bulls eye" corner blocks, wooden baseboards, wooden ceiling cornice, a built in china cabinets with leaded glass doors, and a claw foot tub. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] North Point South (McArthur, 1978). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |