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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 2601 N WAHL AVE |
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| County | Milwaukee |
| City/Village | Milwaukee |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1922 |
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| Survey Date | 1977 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect | Brust And Richard Philipp |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
Ice-cream magnate William Luick, seeking a place where he could retire, hired the most skilled craftsmen available to handcraft this little house on-site. He retained architect Richard Philipp to produce a scholarly and authentic period design of a Neo-Tudor house in the Cotswold style. To make room for his house in a built-up neighborhood, Luick moved an older house off the lot to the northeast corner of Belleview and Terrace Avenues, where it still stands today. A Cotswold-inspired stone drywall surrounds the home capped by a pointed soldier course of hand-cut limestone slabs. This picturesque Neo-Tudor house design borrows from traditional stone houses found in the Cotswold Hills of rural southwestern England. Architect Philipp bracketed the random ashlar limestone entrance portal with gable and a turret wings, each with divided light, window bays set into limestone mullions. The Cotswold-style slate roof has individual slates hand-laid in a careful gradation of size and thickness, likened to the delicate ordering of a bird's feathers. The Luick House's interior finish is equally impressive, with hand-carved wood paneling, hand-blown leaded-glass windows, unique wrought-iron light fixtures, and stone floors. |
| Bibliographic References | REXFORD NEWCOMB, "CRAFTSMANSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE," WESTERN ARCHITECT, vol. 34, #7, 7/1925, P. 71FF. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: NORTH POINT, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DVELOPMENT, 1994. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | North Point North Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | Mar 24, 2000 |
| State Register Listing Date | Jul 16, 1999 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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