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1135-1139 E KNAPP ST

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1135-1139 E KNAPP ST

Historic Name:
FRANCIS BLOODGOOD, SR.-MARY B. HAWLEY DOUBLE HOUSE

Other Name:

Reference Number:
32290

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1135-1139 E KNAPP ST

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1896

Additions

Survey Date

1984

Historic Use

duplex/two-flat

Architectural Style

French Revival Styles

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Howland Russell

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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.

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.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

First Ward Triangle Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Mar 19, 1987

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

Yes

duplex/two-flat French Revival Styles

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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