Property Record
6525 W BONNIWELL RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN KURTZ |
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| Reference Number: | 68579 |
| Location (Address): | 6525 W BONNIWELL RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
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| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This large cross gabled house has a steeply-pitched intersecting roof covered with wood shingles and decorative cross pieces. The house is clad with vinyl siding. Windows are multiple pane double-hung sashed, and some of the windows are modren replacements. The entry posts and a spool and spindal balustrade. The ell porch has been closed. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE While this house has some architectural intrest as an example of Queen Anne style, it is not significant for the National Register of Historic Places. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was owned by John Kurtz in 1892 and William Kurtz in 1915. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |