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8000 W MILWAUKEE AVE

Historic Name:
Sunnyhill Home (Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House)

Other Name:

Reference Number:
9903

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Property Location

Location (Address)

8000 W MILWAUKEE AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Wauwatosa

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1874

Additions

Survey Date

1995

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Early Gothic Revival

Structural System

Brick

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

James Douglas

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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

Day was an early Wauwatosa doctor and chief physician at the Milwaukee Co. Hospital. He advocated humane treatment of the sick and insane and promoted many reforms. He gained national recognition as an amateur geologist and paleontologist. ELABORATE BARGE BOARDS W/POINTED ARCH MOTIF AND FINIALS. SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS. 2 STORY BAY ON FRONT. BRACKETS UNDER EAVE CNRS. 4 STORY TOWER W/ELABORATE DORMERED AND STEEPLY PITCHED MANSARD ROOF. Listed as a NHL on 9/25/1997. Listed as Sunnyhill Home on the National Register #80000169.

Bibliographic References

MILWAUKEE SENTINEL. 10/7/1988 (referred to building as "Austin-Day Mansion") Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/27/1995. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 8/2/1998. Cudahy Reminder Enterprise 8/27/1998. Wauwatosa Cemetery Walking Tour brochure published by the Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission in 2001.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House

National Register Listing Date

May 07, 1980

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

National Historic Landmark Status Granted

Sep 25, 1997

house Early Gothic Revival

Milwaukee
County

Wauwatosa
Community

1870-1879
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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