Property Record
MILWAUKEE RIVER PARKWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Benjamin Church House |
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| Other Name: | KILBOURNTOWN HOUSE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 8835 |
| Location (Address): | MILWAUKEE RIVER PARKWAY |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Shorewood |
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| Year Built: | 1843 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
| Structural System: | Timber Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Church, Benjamin, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/23/1972 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Milwaukee River Parkway |
| National Register Listing Date: | 11/6/2012 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/19/2011 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Milwaukee County Parkway System |
| 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. DORIC COLUMNS. SEE WRL FILE. MOVED TO CURRENT LOCATION IN 1938. HABS WI-0013. County landmark. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 34. Perrin 60, p. 19. Perrin 62, pp. 29, 31. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/20/1999. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |