Property Record
2536 GREEN HAZE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Henry and Gladys Nelsen House |
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| Reference Number: | 51495 |
| Location (Address): | 2536 GREEN HAZE AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
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| Township/Village: | Mount Pleasant |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 22 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 1 |
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| Year Built: | 1947 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Usonian |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Edgar Tafel |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Garage. The Nelsen's lived here until 1954. Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide: Henry was a carpenter who had met Tafel when they worked on the Johnson Administration Building. The house allowed Henry to do most of the carpentry himself, and it was built without Tafel's supervision. Alterations on the north side. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Date on original plans in possession of the current owners. (B) Informal interview with Edgar Tafel, April 1994. (C) Deeds V466 P512 and V561 P451 Racine County Land Records. Blaustein, George Holt. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, July 1994. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |