| 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. C IN THE PHOTO CODES IS SHORT FOR CW.
Original cost $13,000. Original plans at Wisc. Archives (WAA 162-11) for client W.H. Haynes.
This finely proportioned residence is a handsome example of the Arts and Crafts style. The two and one half story, rectangular, brick building has a steeply pitched side-gabled, jerkinhead roof covered with terra cotta tiles. The roof extends forward to cover a projecting, entry sunporch which has rounded Tudor arches framed in stone and glazed with one-over-one sash which appear to be replacements for the originals. A small gabled dormer is located above the porch. To the north of the porch is a two and one half-story front-gabled bay window with a stucco gable and spandrels. A chimney is located on the south elevation and terminates in terra cotta chimney pots. The original plans for this house are located at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive.
Although the construction permit and original plans list a W. H. Haynes as the owner, no Haynes lived at this address, and the house's first known occupant was Walter H. Diener, who owned various auto dealerships including the Diener-Nelson Company and then the Hichman-Lawson-Diener Company. The latter was a Ford dealership on North 8th Street. Diener lived here through 1921-1922.
Second owner Harry B. Richards was born in Milwaukee, attended public schools, and joined the A. S. Goodrich Company as a salesman. The company wholesaled cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, and pipes at its location on North Water Street. Richards retired in 1938 after 48 years with the company. Richards and his wife, Euna, lived here through 1928, and then moved to Sherman Boulevard. They later made their home at Lake Mills, Wisconsin and St. Petersburg Florida. Richards was a Mason and belonged to numerous lodges. He was the grandson of Milwaukee Pioneer Daniel Richards, whose Greek Revival house still stands between North 2nd and North 3rd Streets on an alley just south of West Locust Street. Richards died in Lake Mills in August of 1958 at the age of 84.
The third owner, Henry V. Schwalbach, was a real estate broker who lived here with his wife, Laura, from 1929 through 1956. |
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