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2107 WAUWATOSA AVE

Historic Name:
Lowell Damon House

Other Name:
DAMON, OLIVER, HOUSE

Reference Number:
9031

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Property Location

Location (Address)

2107 WAUWATOSA AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Wauwatosa

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1844

Additions

1846

Survey Date

2010

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Greek Revival

Structural System

Unknown

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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. RETURNED EAVES, FRIEZE WINDOWS, PILASTERS. THE OVERALL SHAPE OF THE BUILDING IS COLONIAL, AS ARE MANY OF THE DETAILS BUT THERE ARE MANY GREEK REVIVAL DETAILS AS WELL. THE MAIN PART HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A MUSEUM, A CARETAKER LIVES IN THE ELL. HABS WI-121. Oliver Damon, a carpenter and wheelwright, supposedly patterned this house after one in his hometown of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Damon used trees from the forest that then covered the area, squaring saplings for rafters and joists. Others were hewn and squared with an adze; tool marks are still visible on many pieces of timber. Like other early settlers’ houses, this one came in two stages. Oliver Damon built the original portion, now a small ell at the rear, when he first arrived in 1844. Two years later, he or his son Lowell built the main block, a one-and-one-half-story clapboard structure, two rooms wide and one room deep. A giant front-facing gable embraces the top half-story and attic. Greek Revival details include corner pilasters, prominent cornice returns, and diamond-paned frieze windows on the sides. Fenestration forms a pyramid around the central entrance. The Damon House was a Milwaukee County Historical Society museum. It is now privately owned.

Bibliographic References

WAUWATOSA NEWS TIMES 7/13/1995. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL 6/16/1996. WAUWATOSA LANDMARKS, WAUWATOSA LANDMARKS COMMISSION, 1994. Redesignated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). https://www.milwaukeemag.com/oldest-home-wauwatosa-now-new-owners/

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Damon, Lowell, House

National Register Listing Date

Feb 23, 1972

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Greek Revival

Milwaukee
County

Wauwatosa
Community

1840-1849
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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