Property Record
925 LINCOLN BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank and Therese Kerscher House |
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| Reference Number: | 58110 |
| Location (Address): | 925 LINCOLN BLVD |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 198520172022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Juul & Smith |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Lincoln Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/29/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/30/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Lincoln Boulevard Historic District" 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, State Historic Preservation Office. This is a two story brick house with wide eves and a jerkinheaed roof on the gable ends. The house also includes a low pitched first story gable roof for a sun room/main entry projecting wing with porte cochere. Paired and grouped windows add to the compositions horizontality. First floor windows include leaded glass. This is the most elaborate of Prairie style compositions in the district. The house was built for Frank J. and Therese Kerscher. The Frank J. Kerscher Co. manufactured “cheese factory equipment, metal roofing, eaves trough, wire hangers, and sheet metal”. Although not verified, it seems probable that the metal tile roof on the house was a Kerscher company product. Frank and Theresa's son, Vincent, also later worked for the company. After his marriage, Vincent lived at 1011 Lincoln Boulevard (AHI #58175). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. County Tax Rolls. The American Contractor, 13 May 1920, page 70; est. cost, $20,000; cites Juul & Smith. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |