Property Record
2424 N GRANT BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THEODORE AND ELIZABETH SCHOLL HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41377 |
| Location (Address): | 2424 N GRANT BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Herbst And Hufschmidt |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | North Grant Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/23/1995 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/25/1994 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. C IN THE PHOTO CODES IS SHORT FOR CW. Original Cost $6000; 1930 alteration cost $2000. Plans located at Wisconsin Architectural Archive (WAA 162-09) Theodore and Elizabeth Scholl original owners (1916-1940). Buyer A.H. Weinbrenner Company. Shoe manufacturers ( Deeds 333:531). The Theodore and Elizabeth Scholl residence was built in 1915. The two-story, hip-roofed house is basically rectangular in shape with a two-story wing set back from the main facade at the northeast corner of the house. In keeping with its Mediterranean style roots is the hip roof with board, overhanging eaves and exposed rafter ends and pairs of full-lenght French doors set below arches whose tympani have a shell and scrolled floral design. The entrance at the north end of the facade is enframed by a stone surround that features an arch with keystone, dentil mouldings, and carved ornament that supports a decorative wrought iron balconet. Upper story windows are six-over-six or eight-over-one sash. The two stories are separated from each other by a stone beltcourse. Permits indicate that the house was originally stucco-clad and that the present brick veneer was applied in 1930. No other alterations are visible on the exterior. The original architectural plans for this residence are located at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive. Theodore Scholl purchased this property on May 28, 1915, just a day after the permit was taken out to construct the present house. The Elizabeth Justen shown as owner on the original construction permit was most likely Scholl's wife, Elizabeth. Scholl was a buyer of a shoe manufacturing firm, the A. H. Weinbrenner Company, wihch had its plant on East Juneau Avenue. Scholl lived here until his death at age 58 on March 23, 1938. His widow, Elizabeth, continued to occupy the house, and apparently remarried. Her new husband, widower Philip Reisweber, had lived down the block at 2400 North Grant Boulevard; he also worked for the A. H. Weinbrenner Company as a Superintendent. Reisweber died in the mid-1940, and Elizabeth remained in the house through the late 1960s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 5/27/1915 PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORY. National Register Nomination Form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |