Property Record
6028 8TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DR. WILLIAM M FARR HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | WOMAN'S CLUB OF KENOSHA |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9534 |
| Location (Address): | 6028 8TH AVE |
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| County: | Kenosha |
| City: | Kenosha |
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| Year Built: | 1848 |
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| Additions: | C. 1900 |
| Survey Date: | 1987 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Library Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/29/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | BRACKETED LINTELS. FARR WAS A MAYOR OF KENOSHA. PROPERTY IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE HALE-FARR HOUSE. "Built around 1848, remodeled and enlarged about 1890, possibly using some of the exterior of the old house on this lot constructed for local businessman Samuel Hale, this two and one-half story house has a main square block of brick construction with Italianate-type window openings. The projecting gables at the the side facades are decorated in the German Renaissance Revival Style. A similar gable at the front of house has been removed. Large leaded glass windows are also found on the side facades. At the rear of the house, a large meeting room was added in the middle of this century by current occupants, the Kenosha Woman's Club. William Farr, a surgeon for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and a local politician, and his family lived in the house until about 1916. Between 1916 and 1923, the Horace Johnson family lived in the house. Johnson was the inventor of the "closed crotch" used in modern mer's underwear, and worked for Cooper's Kenosha Klosed Krotch Underwear Company, a forerunner of Jockey International, a leading Kenosha industry in the twentieth century. The Kenosha Woman's Club acquired the house in 1923, remodeled and expanded it, and have occupied it since then." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
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| Bibliographic References: | CITY DIRECTORY. DEED. LOCAL HISTORY. KENOSHA NEWS 10/25/1994. Building Kenosha, Department of Community Development of the City of Kenosha, 1982. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |