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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1809 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County | Milwaukee |
| City/Village | Wauwatosa |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1909 |
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| Survey Date | 2010 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System | Brick |
| Wall Material | Brick |
| Architect | Leenhouts & Guthrie |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
1995: CLASSICAL DORMER. FLUTED COLUMNS ON PORCH. BALCONY ABOVE PORCH. GARAGE W/PEDIMENTED GABLE IN REAR. Designated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. |
| Bibliographic References | A citation in the Daily Reporter cites that Leenhouts & Guthrie were working on plans for a brick-veneered house on Wauwatosa Avenue for J.M. Nash; estimated cost, $8,000. The Daily Reporter, 9 June 1909, Listed under "Building News." "J.M. Nash broke ground for another new house at the corner of Wauwatosa and Warren avenues, Wednesday of this week." The Wauwatosa News, 10 September 1909, 1/3. Biographical sketches on Nash can be found in the History of Milwaukee County (1930), Vol. 3, 654-57 and The History of Southeastern Wisconsin (1932), Vol. 3, 456-57. "J.M. Nash Dead at Orlando, Florida," Milwaukee Journal, February 29, 1936. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | Jun 20, 2012 |
| State Register Listing Date | Aug 19, 2011 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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