Property Record
2580 N 100TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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Reference Number: | 77172 |
Location (Address): | 2580 N 100TH ST |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City: | Wauwatosa |
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Year Built: | 1951 |
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Survey Date: | 19952020 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Usonian |
Structural System: | Stone |
Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
Architect: | John Randal McDonald |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | John Randal McDonald was born in 1922 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he spent a short time in the fine arts program at the State Teacher’s College in Wisconsin, followed by an architectural degree from Yale University. In 1949, McDonald moved to Racine with his family. Most of his work was private homes during the 1950s in eastern Wisconsin, but as he became more successful, he did institutional work by the 1960s. In 1963, McDonald moved to Florida and began designing hotels, banks, churches, and marinas all around the world along with house designs for celebrities including Bjorn Born, Mickey Mantle, Perry Como, James Garner, and Maureen O’Hara. McDonald’s architecture has been compared to Frank Lloyd Wright in its emphasis on organic modernism. John Randal McDonald died in 2003. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |