Property Record
1584 N PROSPECT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion (Effie and Charles L. McIntosh) |
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| Other Name: | Wisconsin Conservatory of Music |
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| Reference Number: | 74162 |
| Location (Address): | 1584 N PROSPECT AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Horatio R. Wilson |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/31/2000 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/14/2000 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Susan Niklean was the builder. Original cost, $50,000. The Charles L. McIntosh House is a superb example of Neo-classical designed residences. It is an outstanding contribution to the city's architectural heritage and it is beyond belief that it is still standing. Exacting in detail and proporting, it exudes a high level of sophistication and is definitive of the period it represents. As this elegant and substantially constructed mansion neared completion in 1904, owner Charles McIntosh proudly threw open its doors to newspaper reporters. Their readers got a room-by-room tour of the place from the Michigan brownstone two-story Corinthian portico, to the red Galesburg paving brick used to create especially sturdy walls. The exterior of McIntosh's costly house reflects turn-of-the-century American enthusiasm for the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. While the style endured, his choice of materials made this home out of vogue soon after its completion. McIntosh’s choice of dark red brick and chocolate-colored brownstone, rather than white limestone, meant that his house did not live up to the gleaming-white classical ideal. Although the building has been a school for many years, the interior retains much of its original elegance. The most impressive interior space is a fifty-foot-long French-style ballroom with a plaster-covered ceiling, large windows topped with semi-elliptical leaded-glass transoms, and crystal wall sconces. Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Permit. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/12/1997. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/9/1997. Zimmermann, The Past in Our Present, pp. 4-6. Perrin, p. 91. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |