Property Record
1135-1139 E KNAPP ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRANCIS BLOODGOOD, SR.-MARY B. HAWLEY DOUBLE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 32290 |
| Location (Address): | 1135-1139 E KNAPP ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1896 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | duplex/two-flat |
| Architectural Style: | French Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | HOWLAND RUSSELL |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | First Ward Triangle Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/19/1987 |
| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. Builder was Patrick Kunn and James Quinn. Locally designated 7/12/83. The Bloodgood House is a two and one half story, rectangular block on a raised foundation of cut limestone. The roof is a steeply pitched hip covered with asphalt shingles. The roof is pierced by seven steeply gabled dormers decorated with pinnacles and crockets. The exterior is clad in pressed brick trimmed with stone and sheet metal. Heavy brick corbelling below the eaves girds the end pavilions. The main entry is recessed behind two elliptical arches outlined with pressed brick moldings and supported by a carved limstone column with a stylized Gothic capital. The windows are double-hung sash with multiple lights on the first story and single lights with transoms on the upper stories. This house has been little altered. The major alteration was the removal of the red tile roof in 1960. (A). Francis Bloodgood , Sr. was one of the founders of St. John's Military Academy in Delafield WI. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax program. Building permit. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 48. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: YANKEE HILL, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |