Property Record
2436 N GRANT BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HARRY HERZ HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41381 |
| Location (Address): | 2436 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: | Prairie School |
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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 $15000; Plans located at WAA (162-39) Harry Herz, original owner (1915-1931) A. Herz and Son butcher supply (permit, C.d) Associated with Jacob and Anna Barkdoll, second and longest owner occupants (1944-1971). Reflecting the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright, this disctinctive Prairie style reisdence was built for Harry Herz. The two-story rectangular brick building presents its narrow end to the street, like many of the urban Prairie style houses of Chicago, and has a hip roof with broad overhaning eaves. The facade is divided visually into a short upper story and tall lower story by a stone beltcourse. The upper story has two windows with eight-over-one sash, and at the corners are stone-framed square panels. On the lower story is a large, three-part window consisting of a large center fixed sash flanked by two narrow windows with Prairie style sash. The window is set in a shallow bay defined by tall, narrow brick piers that extend up to the beltcourse between the stories. The stone sill below the lower story windows forms a beltcourse that extnds across the facade. On the south elevation is a hip roof entry porch that is glazed with multi-paned sash. Some time after 1979 the sidelights to the entry were replaced with wood panels. The original architectural drawings for this house are located at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive. Original owner Harry Herz was a partner with Abraham Herz in A. Herz & Son, a butcher's supply company that was located in the 1200 block of North 5th Street. Also living in the house were Harry Herz's parents, Adelheid Rothschild and Abraham Herz, Harry Herz's wife Viola Kaufman and their children, Edith Esther, Fanchion, Beatrice and Harry Jr. After Fanchion married she lived in the home with her parents, brother, grandfather, and her husband David E. (Cohen) Stone and their first two children, Mavis and Richard (Dick). The Herzes last lived here in 1931 and then moved to 2424 North 40th Street. A later family, the Barkdolls, were the longest owner-occupants. Jacob A. Barkdoll was a confectioner at 771-A North Water Street, who had started in business around 1914. Barkdoll lived here from around 1944 until his death in 1950, and his widow, Anna, continued to occupy the house through 1971. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 12/23/1915 PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORY. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |