Property Record
10634 W FREISTADT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HENRY HILGENDORF |
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| Other Name: | "THE LANDMARK" |
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| Reference Number: | 71570 |
| Location (Address): | 10634 W FREISTADT |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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 two and one-half story front gable house has a steeply-pitched intersection gable roof, clapboard siding, and modern windows. Most of the windows are single-pane double-hung sashes. On the first floor front facade, small "picture" windows of modern vintage have replaced either sash windows or show windows. Many of the older windows are topped with cornice lintels. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was owned by Henry Hilgendorf in 1907. [d,i] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Further investigation into the history of the building as a commerical structure should be under taken to if it is significant as an historic commerical establishment. |
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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] Tax 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 Lutheran Immigration, Mequon: 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 |