Property Record
2425 N GRANT BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FREDERICK O. EITEL HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41378 |
| Location (Address): | 2425 N GRANT BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | FRANK HOWEND |
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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. Original cost $5000. Fred Eitel original owner (1914-1949) Eitel Brothers Inc. picture frames (permit and C.D.) Fred'k O. Eitel and widow Marion Eitel Schaur (salesman, Eitel Brothers Inc.). One of the earliest and simplest of the Grant Boulevard bungalows is this front-gabled, one and one half-story, clapboard and shingled building. The shingled gabled end has a jerkinhead profile with flaried rafter tails and two windows with six-over-six sash. At the north end of the facade on the first story is a porch with a deck-on-hip roof, which is supported by clapboarded wooden posts resting on brick piers. A terrace is located several steps down from the porch along the facade and is enclosed at its south end by a low brick wall. Overlooking the terrace is a grouping of three windows with six-over-one sash sheltered by a small pent roof. On the south elevation is a shallow shed-roofed bay and chimney. The house retains a remarkable degree of integrity. First owner Fred Eitel moved here from North Palmer Street and was partner with his brother, Otto, in Eitel Brothers, a wholesale picture and framing business located at 2144 North 3rd Street. The buisiness had been established by Eitel's father, Frederick, in 1888. Fred Eitel latere became company president when the business incorporated. Eitel built this house about the time his father died, and his widowed mother, Elizabeth, lived with the family. Fred and his wife, Helen, moved to 4439 North Farwell Avenue in Shorewood in 1950. The house was subsequently occupied by his nephew, Fred O. Eitel, a salesman and later secretary-tresurer of the family business. Fred O. lived here until his death on July 30, 1958 at the age of 46. His widow, Marion, continued to occupy the house through 1965. Eitel's business is still in operation today as the Bresler Eitel Gallery Ltd. at 525 West Walnut Street. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 5/19/1914 PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORY. National Register Nomination Form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |