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6003 7TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

6003 7TH AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
6003 7TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:LUCIEN SCRIBNER HOUSE
Other Name:Black Swan Inn - B&B
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:9501
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):6003 7TH AVE
County:Kenosha
City:Kenosha
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1843
Additions:
Survey Date:1987
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Library Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/29/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:CRESTING AROUND DECK. SCRIBNER WAS AN EARLY ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR IN KENOSHA.

"The Lucien Scribner House is a smaller version of the Samuel B. Scott House (522 61st Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin), most probably built at an earlier date... Scribner was a local architect and contractor who only lived in this house for a brief time. His widow, Sally, owned the property until 1878, when it was sold to Sarah Royer, and then to Nicholas Pirsch. Pirsch was a blacksmith who built his business into a wagon-manufacturing shop. His son, Peter Pirsch, became more successful as the inventor and manufacturer of the Pirsch Patent Trussed Fire Ladder and other fire fighting equipment. The Peter Pirsch & Sons Company later became known nationwide for its quality fire trucks. The Pirsch family lived in this house until 1987." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
Bibliographic References:TAX RECORDS. DEEDS. KENOSHA NEWS 11/14/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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