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929 ROSEMARY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

929 ROSEMARY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
929 ROSEMARY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Charles Merten House
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:44806
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):929 ROSEMARY ST
County:Waukesha
City:Waukesha
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1890
Additions:
Survey Date:1980
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Shoppell Plan Book
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Merten, Charles, House
National Register Listing Date:3/17/1995
State Register Listing Date:10/24/1994
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

This frame house stands two stories plus attic and is capped by a gable roof. The first story is clapboard, the second story is shingled and the attic gable is covered with a panelled surface (raised and recessed squares). Extending the width of the facade is a one story porch, partially enclosed. The vestibule area is marked by a pedimented gable roof, the open porch with simple frame arches adjoins this.

This house is based on a plan from Robert Shoppell, a New York architect who operated a mail order blue print service. This house is noted as Shoppell plan #190 in Shoppell's Modern Houses.
Bibliographic References:WAUKESHA COUNTY FREEMAN 2/28/1995. The American Family Home, p. 79.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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