Property Record
2443 N GRANT BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHARLES F. PULS, JR. HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41388 |
| Location (Address): | 2443 N GRANT BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1916 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | R.E. OBERST |
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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 $5,500. A related builiding: 1916 stucco-veneered garage 20 x22. Charles F. Puls, Jr. original owner (1916-1972) lawyer (permit and C.D.). The large, stucco, two-story, hip roof dwelling has a relatively simple facade consisting of a grouping of four windows with a window planter box on the second story and French doors set below arches on the first story. The lower story is now almost completley obscured by bushes. The house's main feature is a very large, single story porch at the southeast corner of the building through which one enters the house. This flat-roofed porch has corner piers that extend above the decorative bracketed pent roofs. The large arched openings of the porch are glazed in with multipaned windows on the south elevation and a combination of wooden panels and windows at the front elevation. The original owner, Charles F. Puls, was an attorney whose offices, over the years, were at various locations downtown. In the 1970s, Puls went into partnership with his son, O. Morse Puls, as Puls & Puls. Puls was one of Grant Boulevard's longest-term residents and lived here through 1972. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 4/21/1916 PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORY. National Register Nomination Form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |