| Additional Information: | KRIZ WAS SINGLE.
"The Kriz house is picturesque, multi-gabled structure in an English Cottage Revival Style. The architect, Hugo Haeuser, was best known as a church architect. in 1922 a permit was taken out for the construction of the house, to be built at a cost of $10,000. The house has an asymmetrical plan with a large living room, sewing room, bath and garage along the north side. Along the south is the entry, sunroom, breakfast room, kitchen, hall, stairs and bedroom. The partially finished second floor contains domestic's quarters.
The house is rich in detail, both on the exterior and interior. These details include stucco with dark brown brick on the trim (around the windows, doors, porch and bays and at the corners of the house) and chimney. There are also occasional tiles imbedded in the facade. The stucco is handled at times in an almost sculptural fashion, especially on the south side of the house. The original cedar shingle roof was laid in double thickness every five courses, creating a subtle ribbed effect.
The entryway has a floor of quarry tile and is trimmed in oak. The sunroom also has a large leaded glass bay which allows light to pass through the door of leaded glass that divides the sunroom and the living room. The fireplace in the living room is trimmed with tiles; a plaster rope cornice surrounds the room. The first floor has oak flooring, an attractive original ceiling fixture in the breakfast room, leaded glass china cabinets, and original fixtures in the tiled bathroom.
Aggie Kriz was born in 1878 in Milwaukee, youngest of four children of Bohemian immigrants. She began her teaching career in September 1899 at Sixth District School #2, later known as Garfield Avenue School. In 1936 she transferred to Hopkins Street School for her last year of service. Her sister, Vlasta, a music teacher, was born in 1861 and lived with her in the house. Her brother George was a physician and built a house for his family on the west side of Sherman Boulevard, just one block south of where Aggie was to build ten years later. Following Aggie's death at age 88 in 1967, the house went through a series of hands. Initially, Mary Flom, Aggie's niece, and her husband lived there. The owners during the 1980s did extensive and careful restoration of much of the woodwork in the house." Historic Milwaukee Inc., Sherman Park Pride in Craftsmanship 13th Annual Spaces & Traces Tour Saturday, May 14, 1994, Souvenir Booklet. |
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