Property Record
1741 WAUWATOSA AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lincoln School |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9024 |
| Location (Address): | 1741 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1921 |
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| Additions: | 1958 1925 |
| Survey Date: | 199520162019 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Herbst & Kuenzli; Mark F. Pfaller (1958) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Brick academic style with classical detailing at entry. Lincoln Elementary School was completed in 1921 and expanded with a wing in 1925. The school was expanded again with a large annex building (connected to the main block via a hyphen) to the south that was begun in 1958 (AHI#233235). The school presently has 314 students. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wauwatosa School District website. <www.edlinesites.net/pages/Wauwatosa_School_District> accessed January 1, 2017 Plans (both the original and for the addition) on file at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive, Milwaukee Public (Central) Library, Milwaukee, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |