Property Record
8000 W MILWAUKEE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sunnyhill Home (Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House) |
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| Reference Number: | 9903 |
| Location (Address): | 8000 W MILWAUKEE AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | James Douglas |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/7/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | 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. |
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| 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |