NFS FormlO-MO* OMB Appro** No. 10244018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number ___ Page ___ SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 96000412 Date Listed: 4/24/96 South Layton Boulevard Historic District, Milwaukee County, WI Property Name County state Multiple Name This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation. Signature of the Keeper Date or Action Amended Items in Nomination: The nomination form checks both "district" and "structure" as the category of the property (Section 5) . The correct category is "district." This information was verified with Jim Draeger of the Wisconsin SHPO. DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (January 1992) United States Department of Interior RECEIVED 2280 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places MAR I 11996 Registration Form HISTOfilC PLACE This form is for use in nominating or requesting deTe'ffiJUJNPI': fojJj^EfiffithT'incli vidual properties and districts. See instructions in WWW C3 UofipletS T.ne National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900A) . Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Pronertv historic name South Layton Boulevard Historic District other names/site number _____________N/A____________ 2. Location street&number 921-2264 South Layton Boulevard N/A notfor publication city or town __________Milwaukee________________ N/A vicinity state Wisconsin code WI county Milwaukee code 079 zip code 53215 3. State/Federal Agency Certification_________________________ As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally _ statewide X locally. (_ See continuation sheet for additional^omments. Signatur/e^ tfffincTofficial/Title Date State Hist Preservation Officer-WI State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. (__ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying offical/Title Date State of Federal agency and bureau South. Layton Boulevard Historic District Milwaukee Co » WI Name of Property County and State 4. National Park Service Certification Signature of the Keeper 7 Date of Action I hereby certify that the property is: \/__ entered in the National Register. _/ See continuation sheet. _ determined eligible for the National Register. _ See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the National Register. _ See continuation sheet. _ removed from the National Register. _ See continuation sheet. _ other, (explain: 5. Classification___ Ownership of Category of Number of Resources within Property Property (check Property (Check (Do not include listed resources within as many boxes as only one box) the count) apply) Contributing/Noncontributing X private _ building(s) X public-local X district _____234_________ 23 _ public-state _ public-federal _ site X structure _ object Totals 234 23 Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is Number of contributing resources not part of a multiple property previously listed in the National Register listing.) __________N/A__________________ 6. Function or Use ______ Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: multiple dwelling DOMESTIC: multiple dwelling RELIGION: religious facility RELIGION: religious facility RELIGION: church-related RELIGION: church-related____ residence________ residence S. Layton Boulevard Historic District______ Milwaukee County WI Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance_______________ Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the (Enter categories from criteria qualifying the property for the instructions) National Register listing.) Architecture___________________ Community Planning and_____ X A Property is associated with events Development___ ______ that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Period of Significance X C Property embodies the distinctive C.1888 - 1934 1___________________ characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity Significant Dates whose components lack individual distinction. ______N/A__________ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) N/A____________________ X A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. Cultural Affiliation __ B removed from its original location. N/A___________________ __ C a birthplace or grave. __ D a cemetery. Architect/Builder E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Multiple/see list that follows_____________ __ F a commemorative property. __ G less than 50 years of age achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) X See Continuation Sheets South. Lay ton Bou.leva.ird. Historic District Mi 1 waulc e e , WI Name of Property County and State 7. Description_____________________ Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) Bungalow/Craftsman_______________ foundation concrete Queen Anne_______________________________ walls ___ brick Colonial Revival____________________ aluminum Late Gothic Revival______________ roof asphalt Roamanesque_______________ other limestone shinale Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) GENERAL DESCRIPTION The South Layton Boulevard Historic District is a linear residential area that includes the buildings on both sides of Layton Boulevard between West National and West Lincoln Avenues. Stretching from the 900 to the 2200 blocks, Layton Boulevard is a broad, 100-foot-wide, north-to-south thoroughfare composed of dual roadways divided by a narrow landscaped median. Of the 257 buildings on the boulevard, 234 are contributing buildings and 23 are non-contributing buildings erected less than 50 years ago or so altered as to have lost their architectural integrity. The contributing buildings include single family residences, duplexes, churches and their related buildings, a convent complex, portions of a hospital complex, and two commercial buildings. Also included are eight carriage barns which represent a distinctive and increasingly rare form of urban outbuilding constructed during the district's period of significance. The Layton Boulevard Historic District is predominantly a residential district consisting of single and two-family residences. Also located in the district are four church complexes, a large convent for a religious order, and a hospital. The earliest buildings were constructed along the east side of the boulevard beginning about 1889 and consisted of modest, X See Continuation Sheets NFS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8-86) Wisconsin Word Processing Format (Approved 1/92) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section 7 Page 1 S. Layton Boulevard Historic District Milwaukee County, WI Description (continued) frame workers cottages and a few large, Queen Anne, middle class residences. This diversity in housing types remained characteristic of the district into the twentieth century when large scale architect-designed houses continued to be built alongside modest contractor-built cottages and bungalows. This economically integrated housing pattern is particularly typical of Milwaukee's south side neighborhoods and probably reflects the working class origins and relative lack of class consciousness of even the most prosperous residents. Unlike the city's West or East Sides, no residential enclaves restricted exclusively to the well-to-do were ever built on the South Side. Layton Boulevard was as close to an exclusive residential district as ever developed on the south side.