Property Record
1927 WAUWATOSA AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lawrence J. and Mollie Parrish House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 77329 |
| Location (Address): | 1927 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Architects' Small House Service Bureau |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/20/2012 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/19/2011 |
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| Additional Information: | . |
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| Bibliographic References: | Designated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. Image of the home included in Robert T. Jones, ed., Authentic Small Houses of the Twenties, Dover Publications; republication of Small Homes of Architectural Distinction, New York, Harper& Brothers Publishers, 1929. Original permit: Owner, Brick Veneer Home builders; est. cost, $12,000; date, 10/11/1926. On file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department. the address listed for the Brick Veneer Home Builders (1201 49th Street) was that of William E. Ross, who worked as a foreman at the A.O. Smith Corp. A 1927 Milwaukee city directory confirms that Parrish, a department manager at A.O. Smith, was living in the home, as of 1927. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |