North Sherman Boulevard Historic District facts for kids
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North Sherman Boulevard Historic District
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North Sherman Boulevard Historic District
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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference No. | 04000271 |
| Added to NRHP | April 6, 2004 |
The North Sherman Boulevard Historic District is a special neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has many cool and stylish homes built between 1907 and 1955. This area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 because of its important history and unique buildings.
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A Look Back: How the Neighborhood Grew
Before 1890, the land where this district now stands was just open countryside outside Milwaukee. But the city was getting bigger! In 1890, the Milwaukee Park Commission bought land for what would become Washington Park. A year later, they bought more land for Sherman Park. By 1899, these areas officially became part of the city.
Around 1901, people started calling the main street "Sherman Boulevard." In the years that followed, new areas were planned for houses. In 1910, the city officially made it a boulevard. This means it has a cool, landscaped area in the middle, separating the two sides of the road.
Cool Homes and Their Unique Styles
The North Sherman Boulevard Historic District is like an outdoor museum of different house styles! Here are some examples of the amazing buildings you can find there:
Spanish Colonial Revival Style
- The Dr. Franklin Hambach house at 2134 N. Sherman Blvd. was built in 1911. It's a one-and-a-half-story house designed by Theo. F. Schutz. It shows off the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Look for its cool shaped walls at the top and the brick archway at the front porch.
Bungalows and Neoclassical Homes
- The Herman Hummel house at 2411 Sherman Blvd. is a one-and-a-half-story bungalow from 1912. Charles Valentine designed it. It's covered in brick and stucco, and has a wide front porch.
- The Albert & Elizabeth Nortmann house at 2141-43 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-story Neoclassical-styled house. It has a huge front porch with four tall, fancy Ionic columns supporting it. F.W. Andree designed this house, built in 1914.
Tudor and Prairie Styles
- The Arthur F. Milbath duplex at 2401-03 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-story Tudor Revival-style building. Charles Valentine also designed this one. The top floor has stucco and wooden beams on the outside walls around some windows. Milbath was an important person at a company called Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Co.
- The Rottman and Dapper duplex at 2319-21 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-story Prairie style building from 1916. It was designed by Leiser and Holst. You can tell it's this style because it looks wide and has lots of windows grouped together.
Craftsman and Queen Anne Influences
- The Dr. Phillip Schmitt house at 2124-26 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-and-a-half-story house. It mixes Queen Anne style with Craftsman influences. F.W. Andree designed it, and it was built in 1919.
- The Floyd E. Jenkins duplex at 2811-13 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-story duplex built in 1922. It's in the Craftsman style. A key feature is that you can see the ends of the roof beams sticking out under the eaves.
Churches and Colonial Revival
- The Third Church of Christ Scientist at 2915 N. Sherman Blvd. is a three-story Neoclassical-styled church. Frank Howend designed it, and it was built in 1923. Each side has a row of columns with arched windows between them. A low dome rises in the center of the roof.
- The Henry L. Grieb house at 2430 N. Sherman Blvd. is a one-and-a-half-story brick house from 1923. It's in the Colonial Revival style. You can spot this style by the columns around the front doorway. Henry Grieb was an insurance agent. Experts have noted that this style is less common in this area compared to other places built at the same time. This might be because people here could afford more expensive brick and stucco, which last longer than wood.
Rustic and Mediterranean Designs
- The William & Amanda Maertz house at 2602 N. Sherman Blvd. is a large, one-story Rustic-styled house built in 1924. It has walls made of whole logs and chimneys made of cool, rounded stones. William and his family owned movie theaters and he also worked at a department store.
- The Sol & Esther Blankstein house at 3259 N. Sherman Blvd. is a two-story house built in 1939. R.O. Razall designed it in the Mediterranean Revival style. It has round-arched French doors and windows on the first floor. The roof is a hip roof covered in reddish, curved tiles, which is typical for this style.
