Property Record
3112 W KILBOURN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MISSOURI SYNOD HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | CONCORDIA COLLEGE BUILDING |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 30423 |
| Location (Address): | 3112 W KILBOURN AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Schnetzky & Liebert |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Concordia Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/30/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of West Side Area |
| Additional Information: | Charles Krause was the builder. Locally designated 10-11-88. Another map code is 22/21 LUQS #388. "The house has a long and historic association with Concordia College. It served as home to three of the College's presidents between 1925 and 1967 when the campus was next door. Three different college employees lived in the house from 1969 to 1983. Built in 1905, its first owners were Charles A. Krause Milling Company and his wife. The style of the house is a combination of American Foursquare and Arts & Crafts. The basic box-shaped design, which fits the Craftsman ideals of simplicity and function, is its most noticeable feature. American Foursquare houses do not have elaborate porches, turrets, or decorative cladding seen in Victorian style homes. Prominent interior features on the ground floor include the staircase, colonnades, beautiful woodwork, and wainscoting in the dining room. The second floor features maple woodwork. A bedroom on this floor that served as the President's Office contains the original fireplace. The egg-shaped doorknobs are made of cast brass. Piletus Yale, a tailor and clothier, who arrived in Milwaukee in 1845 from New York, first owned the land. Charles Krause and his family lived in the house until 1915. The next owner, Harry Hadfield, was the proprietor of the Maryland Hotel on 4th Street. He and his family lived in the house for 11 years until it was sold to Concordia College in 1925. Concordia president G. Christian Barth occupied the house for 16 years beginning in 1925. The Yale family lived in the Faries-Rood-Yale House (3011 W. State Street) until 1947, possibly from as early as 1863." Spaces & Traces Open House Tour, Historic Milwaukee Inc., 2012. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Spaces & Traces Open House Tour, Historic Milwaukee Inc., 2012. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |