Property Record
2015 WAUWATOSA AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John L. and Emma Meyer House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9029 |
| Location (Address): | 2015 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Lewis Manufacturing Company |
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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: | BARGE BOARDS AND BRACKETS |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wauwatosa Historical Society Walking Tour pamphlet, 1980. Designated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. Exterior and floor plan in Lewis Homes, Homes of Character, 1922. Known as LaVitello. House in Americas Favorite Homes by Robert Schweitzer and Michael W.R. Davis, Wayne State University Press, 1990, page 160. Assessor's records identify a 1920 date of construction; however, the newspaper reports the following: "John A. Meyer, Third Avenue, has broken ground on Wauwatosa Avenue for a new residence. This is the first to be started in the Warren Subdivision which was recently platted and sold to prospective home seekers," Wauwatosa News, 28 March 1919. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |