Property Record
1016 E LEXINGTON BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frederick Sperling House |
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| Reference Number: | 9315 |
| Location (Address): | 1016 E LEXINGTON BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Whitefish Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
| Architect: | Ernest Flagg |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Sperling, Frederick, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/12/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County'. 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 1980- This two story Flagg System house faces south. The exterior walls are Tennessee quartzite. There is a steep gable roof . There is a square tower which has stairs to the second floor inside. A one story section links the house with the original garage. The service entrance is in this section. There are four gable dormers and two chimneys with distinctive round openings. The plan of the house is irregular and window and door openings are symmetrical. There is a beam and girder ceiling throughtout the first floor. There is a fireplace in the living room and casement windows which open inward. A family room was added on the first floor with bedrooms above. The laundry room on the first floor was converted to a bathroom. There is a partial basement. The upstairs bathroom was one step above the level of the floor hallway but a former owner removed the plumbing and lowered the floor. Access to the attic is through an opening in the bathroom ceiling. There is a sunken garbage can in the yard and northwest from it is a well which had water pure enough to drink in the 1930s. This house is architecturally significant because it is one of a group of stone masonry houses built by Arnold F. Meyer & Company, Inc. according to the construction methods of Ernest Flagg. It is also significant because it closely resembles the house illustrated on plate 15 of Flagg's book on small houses. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Permit #281, Village of Whitefish Bay. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |