4261 S WHITNALL | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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4261 S WHITNALL

Architecture and History Inventory
4261 S WHITNALL | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:J. BALLARD CROSS HOUSE
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Contributing:
Reference Number:31533
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):4261 S WHITNALL
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1850
Additions:
Survey Date:1980
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Greek Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Asphalt
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Early frame house with massing and details (gable returns and doorway enframement) indicative of houses built in Wisconsin prior to the Civil War. The original exterior, probably wood siding or clapboard, is covered with composition siding. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: J. Ballard Cross was an early settler in Milwaukee County. He arrived from Oswego, N.Y. in 1843 and settled in Sect. 21, Town of Lake, where he became a farmer and wagon-maker. A local resident's meoirs say "the Old Cross Farm" was also a stagecoach stop on the Old Chicago Road. The exact date of construction has not been determined; it was built sometime after 1843 and before 1876, when the county atlas shows a house on 39A at this location to be owned by I. (sic) B. Cross.
Bibliographic References:BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 34. Zillman, Erwin. THE TIPPECANOE STORY. (Milw., 1969). pg. 6. ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY. (H. Belden, 1986). pg. 50, 55. Milwaukee Sentinel. June 26, 1855. pg. 2, col. 5.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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