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765 S LAKE SHORE DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

765 S LAKE SHORE DR

Architecture and History Inventory
765 S LAKE SHORE DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ALLEGHENY
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:68470
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):765 S LAKE SHORE DR
County:Walworth
City:
Township/Village:Linn
Unincorporated Community:
Town:1
Range:17
Direction:E
Section:11
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1925
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Desription:

Two story side wings flank the central two story main block of this gracious 1925 clapboard, Noeclassical estate. The wood shingled, gabled main roof includes three dormers. A full-height collonaded portico serves as a focal point for the house, which is located on a flat site on Geneva Lake's south shore. The estate includes a drive-though Colonial Revival designed gatehouse/caretaker's house at the South Lakeshore Drive (WL 90/15) entrance, a garage/apartment (WL 92/29), and a guesthouse (WL 92/28). All are in excellent condition. A gatehouse (WL 90/15) is a related building.

Architectural /Engineering Significance:

Allegheny is an exemplary Period Revival house, remiaining intact in site, structure and outbuildings.

Historical Background:

Allegheny was built on a 25-acre portion of the former Laramoor estate, formerly owned by J. H. Moore. Lewis E. Myers purchased the land when Loramoor was sold, and built Allegheny in 1925. Myers was president of the Myers construction firm in Chicago and owner of the Southern Electric Company. After Myers died in 1945, the estate was bought by E. C. Styberg.
Bibliographic References:A. Gage, Mary Burns and Anne Wolfmeyer, "Lake Geneva Newport of the West," 1976, pp. 156-157.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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