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H'ES'EA.'RCtf'E'D, AND COMTILT'D 'By MIMI 2IWD 1982-1992
Majority of photographs 6y Qeorge Xappes, Jr. and Herbert ScfiuCtz
JArchivaCmateriaCs, incCuding the aChum, were donated By the lYhitefish Bay foundation _£ (5 COMPILED AND RESEARCHED BY MIMI BIRD, THESE VOLUMES ARE HER LEGACY TO WHITEFISH BAY AND AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY. w
MIMI BIRD, 1933-2002
Mimi Bird knew just what she wanted for a final resting place. After all, she spent years of her life exploring the Town of Milwaukee Union Cemetery, tucked away north of Bayshore Mall in Whitefish Bay. She remembered running through the cemetery as a girl "to scare ourselves on Halloween". Years later, as a neighbor and a historian, she began tending the little cemetery and quite literally, uncovering its history.
Bird died of emphysema Thursday at the Glendale condominium she called home the last four years. She was 69. "She really died from cigarette smoking" said husband John D. Bird. "That's what did it."
She was born Miriam Young in Milwaukee. When she was 4, her parents moved to Whitefish Bay. That was where she grew up and spent her adult life. It was also where she became the undisputed expert on local history, both in the village and the greater North Shore area.
In her earlier years Bird had worked as a secretary. She met her husband when their mothers—concerned about their two twenty-something children remaining unmarried — managed to fix them up for a date. She spent the next decades in volunteer work, including at their children's schools, and working part time for the Whitefish Bay Public Library. In 1976, she began to research her genealogy and that of her husband's family. As that was winding down in the early 1980s, Bird heard about the Whitefish Bay Historical Society.
Her first project involved locating, photographing and researching hundreds of the oldest homes in the village. All kinds of other research followed. Some of the leads took her to the Town of Milwaukee cemetery. There she looked for sunken spots, sticking a spade into the ground. She found dozens of old fallen tombstones, buried by time under the earth. "I just had this wonderful feeling of elation when I'd find an old one," Bird said in a 1983 interview. "The tombstones were the only (surviving) records of births and deaths."
Bird filled volumes with everything from real estate records to the early details of village life, its farms, businesses and people. She pored over the minutes of every Village Board meeting from 1892 until 1950. She interviewed old- timers, acquiring old letters and documents. Bird eventually researched the rest of the old Town of Milwaukee, which includes what's now the North Shore area, and the adjacent Town of Granville. And when Whitefish Bay had a 100th anniversary in 1992, she produced a book on local history. In 1991, Bird was recognized by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Her research continues to be available at the Whitefish Bay Library, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library, the County Historical Society and the Milwaukee Central Library's local history room.
Survivors include her husband, John; sons David J. and Peter E.; brother Carter H. Young; grandchildren; and other relatives...Her ashes will be buried at the Town of Union Cemetery. [Obituary by Amy Rabideau Silvers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/14/02.] 1 Home Development in Whitefish Bay Post-1922
I. Map of Area, 1926
II. Real Estate Ads - 1920's, 30's and 40's
III. Photographs, Whitefish Bay Development, 1920's - 40's
IV. Newspaper Articles, Whitefish Bay Development, 1930's - 60's
V. Photographs, Homes in Whitefish Bay, 1980's
VI. Newspaper Articles - Recent development in the Bay, 1980's and 90's
VII. Appendix - Building Permit Statistics, 1926-57, including a sample permit from 1930
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CITY 4 Ttai back the clock on your home (libraryhas fascinating collection of real estate ads from the '20s, J30s
By Mary Schuchmann Editor
he dollar isn't what it used to be. No Tsurprise there. And nowhere is that clearer than when you compare housing prices over a period of years*. The new property assessments in Whitefish Bay may have some village resi dents surprised (pleasantly or otherwise) at what their property is considered to be worth in the real estate market today. (The average house in Whitefish Bay is now assessed at between $185,000 and $190,000.) The shock could be even greater when you consider what it cost to build the house way back when. Among the most intriguing items on the local history shelves at the Whitefish Bay Library is a collection of old real estate construction on Its 50*125-ft. lot. It in-v ~"*s clipped from old newspapers and heated . . . large living room , . * dining- . . . with choice of sun room or bedroom 4gazines. drooms or three exceptionally large bed- Many of the ads are from the late and large tile shower stall on second 1920s and early 1930s — the building ur requirements. Brick may be selected boom in Whitefish Bay The population of the village was about 5,000 (today it's about 14,000), and the sound of new- 16,000 home construction was everywhere. Until the post-World War II housing COMPLETE frenzy, the largest number of building per The Tudor-style house at 4721 N. mits, 248, was issued in 1929. Woodburn St. was new in 1931 Many of the homes pictured look famil iar but have unfamiliar street names or and for sale for $16,000. In the house numbers. That's because house recent revaluation in Whitefish numbers in Whitefish Bay were revised in Bay, it was assessed at $311,000. 1930 and many streets were renamed in 1932. In general, streets that were a continua tion of city of Milwaukee streets were "A wonderful value at $14,900," for a The home at 722 East Lake View given new names in Whitefish Bay. North home built in 1927 on East Lexington Avenue is called "a home of extraordinary Holton Street, for example, was renamed Boulevard that is now assessed at beauty and artistic room arrangement .The North Diversey Boulevard. North Richards $247,000. exterior is of expensive vitrified brick Street became North Santa Monica with lannon stone trim and a costly slate Boulevard, and North Fratney Street In fairness, it needs to be noted that rooLAll outside walls and ceilings are thor became North Elkhart Avenue. many of the homes built in the '20s and f oughly insulated with a 2-inch layer of One of the ads gives a price — 30s have had substantial additions over cork and the inside walls are plastered on "$16,000 complete" for a home on North 'the years, with an obvious increase in CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Wbodburn Street that is currently their worth. ped at $311,000. The descriptions of the homes are as interesting as their prices.
£-/?. ml 5 4765 N. Woodburn St.^Whitefish Bay;: Vz BlockjSouth t>£ Hampton Roa< 1 .: ? •*'. • ' ••-y*tV*->^ ;?.».•-•/ '«,;. .' many cabinets, large clothes'closets, lavatory, and rear C^f ••» "' #\ #^ ^ porch. There are three exceptionally.'large bedrooms »«P. i P%' I II If on thr second floor together with - large, tile bathroom -'•) • I .J ff%#%#lb and tile shower stall. The entire ;v\^b>rt;-?•<•••* : C " • W^ W .w ^* -home is insulated, with 7 •-*jf&*£i8>: .-4% 'V>'t:\!:/y'" ;V.--;./f Open for Inspection Sundays 2 to 7 p.ms~-Daily'^ to fFffi^^ 22ffi?E^"^ '* rtTft °£ "f * Mewes. This wealth rtsZessiul experience Jakes Tnn^J > -«W«i«"» the logical choice to design and build yout home, '.Office open evenings by appointment.. •'*•••; ' , < «vt ^f^?*.- *; -< * : .- - s AVC CcntCC and ^hJ^^TT"^^^au improvements paid, at #75 per ft. ' ^ •••-.••, >*,> Ave?.«o , ji <'*' Center,., , in Wamvatosa- ,, including, . ' Apartment site, corner Island Ave. and Concordia,60x120 ft., #6,000! \ • -\ . ' '. ' Choice wooded residence lots in Palo Alto, #65 per ft., all improvements paid. V*, .;' 'V .-" "- V;* ~ Lots on 13th St., 2 blocks north of Capitol Drive, #65 per ft.";''AH improvements paid, * " EWES •?04R ™«ui riAici Aivm ivrMtS*'™' '*«*M'»* and Designing Contractor" 304S.3054 OAKLAND AVENUE «te( «. Wan, D„tg„ or ^emoife/ rw Home>, EDGEWOOD 42SO-42S1 4 —Jf^^^Sdfe^ / ? ^ ^K^u4jt^i^ ^^:r^u' /*• *•* ^JL •* Six New Residences for Whitefish Bay ^^rmits for six residences were ',3d last week by the village of Wiiitefish Bay. They will be erect ed at 160 Day av. for R E. Nillerd- ing at a cost of $8,000, at 131 Carl-J isle av. for Adam Schmitt at'a cost of $8,400, at 1595 Twenty-second st. y for Ketter Holzshuh, Inc., at a cost IX to %f&U Sunday, October 2, J£27 NEW ENGLISH RESIDENCE This attractive brick English residence is located in one of the finest sections of Whitefish Bay at 204 Lake Forest Avenue, just/off Lake Drive. The residence is modern in construction and embodies many refinements in equipment. The first floor contains living room, dining room,; kitchen, bedroom and iavatoVy. Three delightful bedrooms and bath on the sec ond floor. Vapor heat, oil burner attached garage. Only an inr.pcct.ion can ade quately reveal the beauty and desirability of this home and its attractive surroundings. \ Come today between 2:30 and 5; 9 Dec. 6,1925 """" - For the Pursuit of Happiness (Advertisement) Select Your Homesite in Silver Spring Highlands. Whitefish Bay — The Gold Coast Area, L^ots 40x120 and larger. $950 and up. 10% discount for cash. We pay V general taxes for 1925 and im provements now in. In order to get there ... take Sunday, October 23, 1927 ' \ Oakland Avenue autobus to Sil ver Spring Roa; d and walk a few ;;blo^py^j;. to our subdivision. Ob OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT IN WHITEFISH BAY Shorelond Avenue Looking North from Belle Ave in 1926. POWELL & We have enjoyed being a part of the Bay's ^/%IIIIAMV I development for the past 42 Years. COMPANY, IIIC 115 West Silver Spring Dr. 964-4700 {formerly Rice-Powell, Inc.) ~ayf& &*J>M */&.*( 11*7 J ?,v Open Today ); Today, ^ . .A- ;v* We intute yoa fo inspect this beautiful 4-bedroorn English V -f| /tome anc? ffa /our adjoining homes at your convenience. M Wm. F. Thalman * j; )_j t , . - __>- _ J =&*#&.'' $*?? Oa & £ %. rocklath with a rock texture finish."Price : was considered a bargain at $15,700 in P*Y $23,500. 1930: "Not for many years have you been For $16,500, you could buy the house able to buy a home of this type at such a at 5475 N. Daiibury Road "complete with low price," read the newspaper ad of the every convenience and surrounded by an day. atmosphere that will make it a delightful The unique shape of the lots of homes place to live...in the very choicest section on East Lexington Boulevard were a sell of Whitefish Bay." ing point for one builder: "An exclusive feature of each house is that the lot on What a sales pitch which it stands has rounded corners, per The builder of the home now at 608 E. mitting an elaborate display of slirubs and Day Ave. tried intrigue as his sales tech- flowers." nique.The ad for that house reads:"We are In a 1928 ad for the home at what is not going to undertake to describe this now 5842 N. Maitland Court, the neigh house here, as we could not do it justice. borhood is described as an area "where It will be much more satisfactory for you living is luxurious but not expensive "The to come out this afternoon and see for house, "a rare creation of English design," yourself..." was priced at $23,000. A "demonstration house" was built in A 1929 ad for the home at 5724 N.Bay 1931 at what is now 4970 N. Diversey, Ridge Ave., priced at $16,000, promised Blvd. For $4,850 the builder offered to that a visit "will show home makers of duplicate the brick home on your lot. But medium income how the architect, urgency was involved:"Come prepared to builder and decorator have combined to act," the ad read. "Only those with 40 per- create a home that breathes comfort and cent cash or its equivalent need apply.This culture." sensational offer is being made to bring The local history collection at the out of hiding those who have been wait library has been put together by village ing for the rock bottom in prices" resident Mimi Bird. Funding for supplies Concluded the ad: "Open today only. was provided by the Whitefish Bay Tomorrow the owner takes possession" Foundation. It is available for browsing The home at 423 E. Lexington Blvd. during regular library hours. 1 f BEDROOM COLONIAL HOME \ wonderful value at $14,900 ated on the corner of Lexington Hollywood means this home is in of a rapidly gfowing section /if EII estate values are Increasing lsly. Made of red brick, with beiu- n shingles and blinds, together ion stone porch and walk.l3x22-ft. >m with fireplace and bookcases, ning room, kitchen with dinette itheast for the morning 8\in. Lava- rst floor and tile bath with shower 1. 4 bedrooms, 1-car garage. All ents In. Payement being laid now. wn buys it Open Sunday 2 to 6 ye 1 block north from Henry Clay docks weBt from JLake Driye. tton REALTY COR. A 1927 newspaper ad shows the "new" house at 601 E. Lexington Blvd., the cor ner of Lexington and Hollywood, for sale for $14,900. Its most recent assessment was $247,000. page3 v^fdE WERALiJ JJWH&Jft %W 1 % »#vtpmy\*i SUNDAY.SEPTEMBER 14,1930 < REAL ESTAtE^-EAST SIDE tf-:^yij>?i,-2528 and 2830 Shoreland **.#•«& OPEN^QDAY!2;ta5 '•*£~i$v -Vi•>'•/.new 5-rodm English bungalow*im -': 1•;?' 1850/W6ODBURN STiVtJr fiMffew ^WHlTEFiSH BAV English colonial; J •-'^^••Vhil fireplace, tile bath; also a-car^ fo -' A very attractive new brick' ieslvr£ -ws- - garage; immediate' possession ji ; M¥ Hvinsr room, dining" room, kitchen; bed- j small Initial investment; no oufc$ V dence; English design; 3 bedrooms, v;f: KffiH^I-room and extra lavatory s first floor; 2 v- breakfast room, living room, dining v';- few,|,|i!large bedrooms, tile bath/ shower second •*:. -,•'• Bide flrtancmr necesaary4i^Tvt^ I v room, tile bathroom,' extra lavatory; ^, INSPECTION TODAY. ^W^-,^a jpifefloorrrLBOO; easy terms.. 6069 U019 )s Bui- '!•:' hot water heat: 2-car garage? of the,,.*> ^,?t'turn St. Edgewood 3504. :/ ; ' ' ARTHUR-WENZ; REALTORS >•,-, same high grnde quality alwaysJW -a5:B.! MICHIGAN 8JU7 BROApWAY>^i^)$ K; found when built by Lanharn^ & Son -r k'.y; Oo.\ very.attractive pricetfor lm-t , fy ¥"< mediate sale. ••;•• > ..•'' ^•:^rv I' ,2610 ISLAND AV/r-rr r1 Substantially the same house as'theV.^ ^C^OOM HOUS^$7^00il| V.f one above described; Very unusual K^: •2(505 Shoreland Av.' (Whitefish Be?)! tlvlnaff i" / to find a home of this character and •.-* \ room with fireplace, dining room with wall'$ %..: cjualitys at the very low price of A •-. " cabinets, modern kitchen on first floor* 3 large bedrooms and;tile bath on uacond, S^EW^BRiOKrcOLONiAL HOMB: Exclusive' oak floors UP and down, furnace heat/ &.; Shown by * Appointment^- -.Whitefish Bay location. 5529 Danbury road screens and storm sash and' combination.-^ f-* » A very choice, high grade residence V* «v 8 rooms; 4 bedrooms,,til4 e bath; oil burner, • doors; lot 40x135 ; !modest down, payment*Mi V on Shore drive with 4 bedrooms and y- §I'refrigeration; large» wooded lot; accept balance as rent,; . ;>••*»;•*«•:• *>** j^&£$'^j^ ; 2 tile baths; all latest equipments/5 ,«Whiteflah Bay lot as part Payment; open large lot; price reasonable., V^-.i' WJL°* Inspection Saturday and Sunday. : V' ArL^Grootenriaat&Sohs;Tribi^ ^''"^"NEW COLONIAL BRICK "HOME. i: ! T Beautiful English residence bn BCBW.-^^I »5537 HoUon st., Whitefish Bay: large'1W- •pI-• 136 3V ;f' •/:: -W. Realtofe '' %^#^ , mont av. near lake, including large ,<;> m* ing room, natural fireplace, breakfast room, v livlitfe room, dining rpom. kitchen, ,;» [f&3 large; bedrooms, colored tile bath with brenkfast nook, center hallway and • :' ., ~.-_— _«, i-.ii. 2.car brick garage;.iin- . lavatory on first floor; 3 large bed-- f' ^fjFhower?^ oUTrie&t;' 2-car brick g . rooms and tile bAth on second floor;1:'!:'. rvw. spection, 2 to 5. 'JSdn.ewoo4.3628. ; hot water heat; oil burner, electric ;v< . refrigeration: 2-car garage; built by•«:?•> v y ; Lanham As Bon Co; and practically >v 586t Shoreland av,~(l. block west of ftlch«ip i^ new. To include carpcta^ and Wf J ards blvd. anjl new grade and high school) f-# }'<: drapes'; • price $17,500. « <;;t" •'*::,<>% 7-room brick home, Just completed; hot$!| ;/ •water heat, oil burner; automatic hot Watef^iWjw storage, FHgldalre; tiled bath and ehowerifcl plastered basement} storms 'and screens* ^J^8 I? Lanham••[&•; Son Wop; many other features. * ^Vi': ) Vl;^ v Designers and Builders **"j BEOPEN/tODAY-BY BUILDER BERT C. BHOUDE CO'^ v 1340 OAKLAND AV. v EDOEWOOD 6100. • \ PjIfi^Just completed, all-brick colonial home; 6 445 g, WATER ST. BROADWAY 853^ 1807 WOODBURr? ST.: lVa blooks south ot L *40(* 5* *'-'*•• *tfrooms and bath, breakfast nook, natural T fireplace, extra lavatory first floor, 10 clos- Hampton rc*ad; new brick veneer residence; < ' *i«-.-re*'3' storms and screens; 2-car garage; lot near schools and car line; must be seen to ra& 46x135; nil improvements in and paid; $10,- «be appreciated; open, lor inspection Bun- M BOO; 5039 N. Picrce.st.t Whitefish Bay. Edge- . day from 2-5:30. . ..,, ••••,,•.,» : ..(J^,v..,,;4i;^;. 'ifPftr'^vood 0500w. ! " "*i J91ock North of Oapltol. Drive.. ^N|pfi 1952 Cumberland blvd,, 1% blocks north of New brick duo-house# 3 bedrooms,-btcak-^M Hampton road, on 62x120 foot lot; new ^SUU^yCld* $«€< fast room, tile sinks, bath and lavatory**#${& modprn brick veneer residence; 4 bedrooms "ia refrigeration, oil heat, recreation roomjM?^ and 2 baths; must be seen to be apprecl- insulated; fireplace; corner buffets* elec-,$p» , ated*. br>en for Inspection Sunday v from trie fans and clocks, automatic hot WaterH*#&I 2-5:30.•..,.. M /'.,.;,•.,^ \>I ;;.V' ::,.I;.-^-:V,-V beaten good Investment.- Owner,/Hopkina^if : S ; : •lalB» : ' • '- ••••-•••'•••-/• '••'•^ffl Fine wooded residence lots and apartment sites in very good locations; price reason- u : .-able. •: • ••• • «; •, . «,: ;.' !A^ '-t': '"• 168 BIRCH AV. ' '' «ft« ., h* ' CORNER HOLLYWOOD/ \>"-W^W€ Distinctive new brick residence, English de^-f$ Wi^Thls stone home Is on a beautifully wooded1 sign; large living room", natural fireplace*i$l ^.HARRY^MEWESl •"**£-:|lot; has slato roof; oil burner; living room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen and'.&i GENERAL BUILDIN0 AND DESIGNINa ;^27VaXl6; 2 bedrooms on first flo,or; 3 bed- -'lavatory fljwt floor; 3 fine bedrooms and#$ CONTRACTOR. • :, i»t«?: 4' rooms' on, second; of solid construction, colored tile bathroom'Second floor; 2-carMl > 798-800 Oakland Av, Edgewood 4280-428K jJ^wtMs home Is a wonderful value at $19,500* garage: large lot; open for inspection flun«| |^ppT^'S/lBbARDMAN?Cb\i^V day,.2 to 6 P. m. : . v* >> •• v•• ^*v^^h,Mpj < •/A;':;// piKTsciijoq-tfWvi'ty Wt^^ASWELI^ BLK. " ' ^ ' ; • pALY 0600. BUILDERSMv 4SPECTidH^ ,3515 STATE BT, ^Wj5Sy_053i iSWS^H^BUNDAvI-. . .. a ! TTOO 5 P. M.;^-V^-?Y' •AlBeautifull3-BedTS| K....,, ,» , NEW BUNGALOWS. " ^' '-K.-i. ..WHITEFISH BAY^HOME^fl M>^U: 8004-2008 Hollywood av,; 5 rooms ind bath* PRICED,FOR QUIC^SALEW : 1 y^Vw. .furnace, fireplace, Frlgldaire, sun. parlor, l room : English^Hprfieg Vstorms and screens; $8,300.' ' /"-vy:.VVH V-*$7,1200 ^^rKV#li, i'ft^ZINOEN <& BBAUNrf^ 1NCK'" » 180 Briarwood place, 2 blocks east of LakeMk Just being completed at 175 Carlisle" fvlij|Mi in fine Whitefish Bay residential section, mm P 616 MICHIGAN ST.' ^BROADWAY 440P.1 drive; 1 block north of Lexington blvd.; 8-f^y enst of Lake drive, V» block from.LakeM3 room, old fashioned home, with tocrautifullyAp? Michigan. ••':••• •••!;; '•• ??i • •*' A&Mi\ BiAN OUTSTANDING VALUE M^fe'S'bedroom brick bungalow, Lartnon 6tone wooded 75xl50-foot lot;,rented to July Jlat^; p Built by'STANHOPE! A; IRISH, INC.* and©| $900 a year. > " •«••,« '• •- .'• -'; ' smB» includes same equipment and constructiot;*mfi ftJ&^; trim, Just completed, natural1 fireplace, as their finest homes; concealed radiation* Hm\ f.®^ breakfast nook, rough texture plaster In E.H/KOEPKE, REAUTOH#| $m.'^'living and'? dining room; storms and 301 Stephenson Bldg\ Phone baly,.0333,W$l 'all colored tile bath and fixtures: ; manyii::i f other features."-'- . 1 • '^ , : ••>'-'-' '?^^jffl tent*.*:--:--em***..screens, awnings n«rtiiilB8; } 2-ca2-car r garagegarage; ; alall l imim - . " Or Lakeside 1444,. Mr. ;Button,.' AA^^f^E Open Sunday afternoon; also * Monday,$fo$ provements In and paid: $0,850. 2464 IslanIsland j Wednesday and Thursday,,.? Representa-J% ,av.i north of Lake-Vtew a^v,, Whitefish Bay, tlve on premises. ,vf{; '^-h^^Wmm\ •$&$>. yA ••# VVPErPfOD AT, 2^TODT?sM: ^^ift^SSSS'BUFFUM^ST:^^ ©If*-New brick home, exceptionally good buy, at f ~ 3 bedrooms and nursery, beautiful i •M^-i\largc( living room, open fireplace, breakfast ^tS%l'99'SYLVAN AY.,; ^>iCorppra& *H A riew:.homeI n the* handsome -* and "Mrs A Fred \ W*f Baber>. at* 425^;The house,: which; has an" exterior^ Virginia colonial style of architect'$} Glendale av;/ Wfcitefish Bay* Mfli^of brick, is Shown at the upper left% ture>has been completed Ipc'Mri^i^ U^UXMIMA >IA\* /93 i.,t ,; '' A new home in the handsome AhdMrs^ Fred W. Raber at 425;; house wer•e Star^qpi3;fe^sr.--.^T-^ Incj- l .'VirgiXcolonial style of architec- .Glendale av., Whitefish Bay. Mr. tSfhM been completed lot Mr. Raber is a seed and food broker.- A REAL BEAUTIFUL HOME -•\ at 2489 Shore Drive; Corner of Day Avenue, in Whitefish Bay. Open for inspection Sunday, 2 to S p. IT*. Do not fall, to Inspect, this new aeven-room home located on a beautU fully wooded lot}^(tacl27» overlooking JLake Michigan, at the above hours. ' CONRAD - THOMA REALTY CO. 1023 Wells Street Q/ K -njLt£> ^u^fuM^^ AU^O&K do* * i 9*o fa. 13 S-r m,u naa 'VKWinpusnga most* uuring••••» J FO/? 5AI£ Whitefish Bay, 4758 N. Lerk'm St. ENGLISH DOMESTIC STYLE f ?•" •" 1815 Newhall St. Immediate occupancy. 6 rooms and bath; gas heat; Cumberland Forest—Whitefish Bay V Delightful new home in exquisite setting of trees. East front. Near large lot. Price $21,500. Can be seen by appointment. schools and transportation. Brick and stone construction. - All latest features. ^7 rooms? including spacious living room with natural fire* l place, tile bath with shower, lavatory, breakfast room, open porch; Concord 4-0941. 2750 N. Teutonia Ave. Realtor. 2-car garage; large lot. Immediate possession. Priced below $20,000. Terms. Act quickly. * . cT-C ; ' Open Today 2 to S p. m. B. F. KUEHLHORN 'tovte$.1ltt$$eu.i%ic.. FIRST WISTNAT. BANK BLDG. BROADWAY 475 ^^vii*8*** <.fcw»f*"w C W%& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^R ^:s^v^:v^vo«: S I &de E^oject Practically All Homes ;S pidgin -Whitefish |Bay Deals^y2'0€}^: •; Ah interesting east side- develop ment that has attracted.much atten tion of home buyers and real estate men, is" the project on Woodburn st. in Whitefish Bay, promoted by Har ry Mewes, 3048 N. Oakland av. Along the entire west side of the block be tween Hampton road and Courtland, Mr. Mewes built 10 large modern homes within the last year. * All have been sold except two and deals are pending on these. * The houses range in price from $15,000 to $28,000..u^ * r,Mr. Mewes superintended .the con struction of the homes and because- of his ,wide experience and practise was" able to put into these^ homes the best material and labor procur able, so that the completed buildings have everything 4hat the most crit ical home owner, would want; 7 Mr. Mewes bouglftthe lots In the block; -^Above is shown a Whitefish Bay development which was projected by built distinctive homes on them, and i.Harry Mewes, 3048 N. Oakland av., contractor and designer; \The group thus protected these home owners. /of 10 homes was built on Woodburn st. within the last year and practically - While the homes do not vary greatly lall have been sold, i .There are 10 houses in the project which lies between^ >, in price and outward appearance, yet .Hampton road and CourtlancL 'While all the homes were built during the no two are alike/\ Buyers thus gain vlast year, no two are. alike. - The price range is $15,000 to $26,000. The -' the advantage of getting an attrac Lhomes^are: unusually attractive," all haying grownjgwns .and shrute^^g;^:-1 tive home and one that would not be eclipsed by a more expensive home or depreciated by a cheap home next to it, this being possible because Mr. -fg-' New AI Mewes bought all the lots jand built all the homes after his own ideas and n;; Colonial 5* under a definite plan.^^^#r^;^rr^ 4"'bedrooms, '-2.. The homes are all complete: with 3 . tile baths, large grown lawns and shrubs,, furnished -28-ft. iivi-n.g1, with a garage, complete'electrical, r 00 m,' marble^ plumbing and oil heating equipment. '.flr'eptLac e,^ The homes are thoroughly clean and beautiful :^co^ ready for the furniture -to be moved ipnial^fcteir^ in. Included in each home-is'a large way,^ large re- living room and library combination creatioiiroomjV with fireplace, a large dining room, ;*2-car; colonial. ~yiuAA ^%^CA^JL kitchen, breakfast nook./ ^There is a .parage, -%a uXbA large basement recreation.-, room, rmaticj hot_wa- beautifully finished, and all other ter heater, cop** necessary basement rooms. There are jper; sheet met-f two baths and four bedrooms on the ^penjr^^l.; :f c0Tp. \*n! second^floor-with-large windows for plenty of"air arid sunshine. All is includ&dd^r th^ppce asked for each WALTER CSGHROEDER! property; i-^r, _, . •/*" 340 E. Carlisle Ave. ^ f *;/EDgewood 35375 3 Block* North of SilVer Spring Road, }£ Block West of Lake Drive* v\ \\J> ±2 V r' $6,500 I 2546 N. STOWEIX AV. : , .. -*f*< * j^wf^Tys'ff«*"??«-'" ( Open 2:30 to B^TcSday ; * Compact 4 bedroom house In first class or- * der; large living room, main floor lavatory, New - library (suitable for bedroom); oil heat; t'< garage. Ideal for family with moderate ileal Estate—East Side C211 N. BAY RIDGE , means seeking location and congenial sur- \ READY FOR OCCUPANCY. • roundlngs coupled with low living cost. . 5152 SANTA MONICA y, ^Georgian residence, elegant and beautiful This is a REAL\ OPPORTUNITY J $6,500. OPEN TODAY, 2-5 • Linterior decorations. Large living room See it today. . s with colonial fireplace and adjoining study 4 bedroom, 2 bath home at a reduced price; 'which opens onto the garden porch. Dln- oil heat; see this today; pick up a real . lng room and unsual round breakfast room 2807 E. LINNWOOD bargain! facing garden. 4 bedrooms and 2 baths, Open 2:30 to 5 Today ,\2 car attached garage. Recreation room MODERN red brick colonial in Lake park 4841 WOODRUFF AV, *. with pecky cypress trim. Air conditioning district; perfect design;''superior construc OPEN TODAY, 2-5 I unit. Can be financed with approximately tion; beautiful walnut trim and paneling Lannon stone home; almost new; large liv *S&Morithly'£RTmenfcr~"- • * —«•*-——m in living rooms; 4 family bedrooms; 2 tile ing room; rear screened porch; tile bath; s s baths* l with separate stall shower; and extra tile shower; oil heat; outstanding %i, * OJ?EN 2:30 TO 5 ,: A: maids' quarters with bath; large amuse value; see this today! ment room; 2 car garage. PRICE DECID 4411 WILD WOOD AV. New 4 bedroom brick ' $5,975- ' '''.". • EDLY UNDER TODAY'S VALUE1 COME1 colonial; gas heat; restricted location; n€ar , 1853 N. FARWELL AV. 4 schools: attractive price to include carpet Large house in excellent conditionf has 2 ing! livinr? rooms, large dlnimt room, kitchen 4448 ARDMORE AV.: 3 bedroom Early and breakfast room on first floor: 8 bod- Nathanael Greene, American home; large rooms; attractive ' rooms nnd bath on second iloor; very rood INC. price! 1 transportation; close to town. FOR SUN 761 N. WATER. DALY 1026. 4 BEDROOM, $6,500; Shorewood bungalow; DAY APPOINTMENT PHONE EDGEWOOD perfect condition; near schools and car 0841. 8 ROOM BRICK COLONIAL. line. 3 BEDROOM, $5,500: Attractive Shorewood 4745 N. Cumberland Blvd. 1413 E. COURTLAND PL.: Attractive home; bungalow; convenient location; near St. English residence. Beautiful living room, 3 natural fireplace, lavatory, breakfast nook, Robert's. bedrooms and bath on second floor; maid's hot water heat; double garage. 4 BEDROOM, $7,500: Near Capitol on Pros 4 BEDROOM BRICK HOME. pect; foreclosed brick home at a sacrifice, room and bath on third floor; 2 car garage; 871 E. SILVER SPRING DR.: Situated on a excellent location, gorgeous 80 ft. wooded lot, only 100 ft. from Lake dr.; oil burner; solarium; 2 car ga H.J. Bruee $4,500 rage. N. HOLLYWOOD AV. 4 BEDROOM ENGLISH BRICK. ; 4444 N, ARDMORE. EDGEWOOD 6061. Frame bungalow; living room, dining room, 717 E, LAKE VIEW: Very attractive home; sunroom, kitchen, fireplace; 1 bedroom on superb location; near lake; all modern first floor, 3 bedrooms and bath on second .conveniences; very attractive price. \ floor; 2 car garage. A real bargain! 4 BEDROOM BRICK BUNGALOW. 4022 N. MORRIS BLVD.: This home is in marvelous condition; perfect room arrange 4857 N. OAKLAND AV. ment; recreation room; 2 car garage; JRed brick colonial home, 3 bedrooms and priced for quick sale. ( bath; good sized rooms; CO foot lot; owner 3 BEDROOM BRICK HOME. anxious to sell. FOR SUNDAY APPOINT ,5426 N. DIVERSEY BLVD.: Surrounded by MENT PHONE LAKESIDE 5850. beautiful houses; natural fireplace; master bedroom 26 ft. long; owner wants an of Scheffer-Purtell Co. fer; must sell quickly. 757 N, WATER ST. DALY 3425, $4,000,000 IN REAL ESTATE TO CHOOSE FROM. Real Estate—Eaat Side OPEN SUNDAY. Jf ' Open Today TheNauman Corp. Open Today, 2-5 2 TO 8 P. M. - _•' EDGEWOOD 8180. 4015 N. OAKLAND AV. AH Week by Appointment. 4544 N. Sheffield Av. , (Corner E. Glendaie) Shorewood.) . OUTSTANDING BARGAINS. 1820 Hampton Rd. $4,800. MURRAY AV., N„ 3427: Beautiful face WHITEFISH BAY, \k BLOCK FROM BUNGALOW, 5 rooms; fireplace; buffet; brick bungalow, excellent condition; large LAKE DR. tile bath; large yard; garage. • Jiving rooms, natural fireplace; sunroom, ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. 2 bedrooms, bright kitchen, furnace heat; To thosu who are contemplating the pur 2 car face brick garage; lot 48x130; nicely chase of a high grade home in a strictly 49S4 N, Diversey Blvd. landscaped; a bargain; $8,500, high smde location, we are offering this $5,400. oil I.standing newly reconditioned Italian BRICK BUNGALOW; 5 rooms; exception IDLEWILD, N„ 5108: 6 room brick bnnga- brick home and 2 car garage attached at ally large rooms: newly painted inside; ga n SUNDAY, OCTOBER $3, 1938 Real Estate—East Side Real Estate—East Side Real Estate—East Side HOLC PROPERTIES Open Today, 2-5 GET A LIST of the properties we have to offer on the Hfl All Week by Appointment. East side and now available for sale under OUTSTANDING BARGAINS. the easy monthly payment HOLC plan. New MURRAY AV., N., 3427: Beautiful face BUY NOW—taxes pro-rated, you can't af // * 6211 N. BAY RIDGE brick bungalow, excellent condition; large ford to rent when you can buy with as low M ;; READY FOR OCCUPANCY. living rooms, natural fireplace: sunroom, a down payment as 10%. w 2 bedrooms, bright kitchen; furnaces-heat; Following are a few real buys: 4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS 2 car face brick garage; lot 48x130; nicely Georgiana residence, elegant and beautiful landscaped; a bargain; $8,500. interior decorations; large living room with 1502 E. Beverly Road colonial fireplace and adjoining study /'IDLEWILD. N., 5108: 6 room brick bunga 8 rooms, 5 bedrooms *and bath; fireplace; 'Which opens onto the garden; dining room low, all wallpapered rooms; 2 car garage; 1 car garage; $730 down, balance $52 and unusual round breakfast room facing jlot 45x126%; sacrifice. $6,900. monthly. J : garden; 2 car attached garage; recreation room with pecky cypress trim; air condi* SYLVAN AV., E., 809: Beautiful 4 bedroom 3463 N. Bartlett Av. tlonlng unit. face brick home; hot water (oil) heat; rec 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms and bath, 1 car ga reation room; 50x165 foot wooded lot; rage; splendid new hot air heating equip < ' \, :A:0^m^^^OTg^^:mA- sacrifice at reduced price; handy to ment; THINK OP IT~$425 down, balance schools and transportation; $11,000; terms. only $31 monthly. , 7 8137 GRAY LOG^LANE ' SHORELAND AV., N., 5844: A home for the family; 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, conven 4952 N. Cumberland Blvd. FOX POINT. ient arrangement of good sized rooms; fire Brick residence* 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 Must be sold immediately. Four bedroom place; insulated; furnace heat; 2 car ga baths and lavatory room; sun room and Dutch colonial residence built of white rage; lot 40x120; wooded and nicely land breakfast - room; natural fireplace; hot clapboard in beautiful setting, one acre scaped; near schools, churches, park, beach water heat; 2 car brick garage; WHAT A garden. New stoker installed. Available and other transportation; a real bar BUY; $1,250 down and balance $89.90 for immediate occupancy. An excellent lo gain; $8,500. cation for a coupte with growing children. monthly. Excellent school facilities now in Fox Point. These homes can be seen by appointment. A. L, Grootemaat & Sons, Inc. Low taxes. Drive out Lake dr. and turn' 3237 N. Green Bay Av. Concord 6400. east on Gray Log lane. I ' HOLLYWOOD AV., N., 4770: 3 bedroom 3 BEDROOM HOME. OPEN 2:30 TO 5 colonial; natural fireplace; modern in ev 2208 E. EDGEWOOD; beautiful wooded ery detail; 40 foot lot; $6,000. Terms. lot; $620 down; $45 per month. f 963 E. CIRCLE DRIVE 4 BEDROOM BUNGALOW. Early colonial home built less than three '^HOLLYWOOD AV., N., 5044: Frame bun 4143 N. FARWELL; elegant location; white years ago. Located on a wooded lot with galow; sunroom; 5 rooms; excellent condi woodwork; natural fireplace; hot water 67 foot street frontage. The first floor con tion; $5,000; terms. heat; garage; $7,000. * tains a charming colonial living room, din 4 BEDROOM BRICK HOME. ing room and a very modern kitchen. All FARWELL, N., 4321: 6 room brick bunga 4022 N. MORRIS; like new; a home that windows in the house are large and make low; hot water heat; garage; beautiful you will love; recreation room, 2 car ga for very sunny and airy rooms. There are 40x120 foot lot; Ideal location; price re rage. We take pride in showing this. duced to. $7,000. 4 BEDROOM ENGLISH BRICK. 4 bedrooms and 2 bkth3 on the second floor. 717 E. LAKE VIEW; a grand home in a fine One bedroom could also be used as an at-, CUMBERLAND BLVD., N., 4964: 4 bed location. This home must be sold. We in- |V tractive study. Maid's room and bath on room, 2 bath brick home; hot water (oil) vite your inspection and offer. third floor. Attached garage. Modern air heat; 52 foot wide wooded lot; 2 car ga 3 BEDROOM BRICK HOME. conditioning unit with oil burner. Truly rage; good location; under $13,000. 1413 p. COURTLAND PL.; natural fire an exceptiona; l buy at a price below $20,000. place, lavatory, nook, 2 car garage, elegant / OPBN 2:30 TO 5 LEXINGTON BLVD., E., 926: Beautiful all- location; very reasonable. ; brick colonial; excellent arrangement of N. SUMMIT AV. spacious carpeted rooms; oil heat; 2 car $4,000,000 JUST SOUTH OF KENWOOD BLVD. garage; 50x130 wooded lot; excellent loca IN REAL ESTATE TO CHOOSE FROM. Residence with 4 bedrooms and bath on tion; terms. . OPEN SUNDAY. second floor and maid's room and bath on third floor, also sunroom on first and sec MANY OTHER HOME BARGAINS. ond floors. Living room and library. Ex $5,000 UP. cellent neighborhood close to Normal Small down payment, balance like rent. The Nauman Corp. school. A sunny house and a real buy. Approved sales for HOLC. EDGEWOOD 6180. 4015 N. OAKLAND AV. Phone today or any time. $4,800. Open Evenings. BUNGALOW. 3959 N. HARCOURT PL. 4544 N. SHEFFIELD AV., at E. Glendale Ideal family home close Exceptional Valiie 615 E. BEAUMONT AV, Large living room and sunroom, equallally): / large bedroom with separate bath and'* dressing room; 2 additional bedrooms; oil, hot-water heat; price only $10,000. >. - B. A, ULWELLING, f 3418 W. Fond-du Lac. Hilltop 0581 or Hop- OPEN TODAY, 2-5 ^ 7\ , 3484 N;. MURRAY AV. kins 1484; -\ • »---•! - - - -' •; ^ #,* A\^n 4448 N. ARDMORE AV. j] 'OPEN 3;30 TO 5 TOBAY. A. 1708 E. LAKE BLUFF. • V- v' Best value in 3 bedroom colonial home;? EXCELLENT RED BRICK ? 3 BEDROOM BEAUTIFUL 6 ROOM BUNGALOW; $5,40Q, large living room and dining room; kitchen! COLONIAL HOME; superior* construction; Must be sold at once; very low price; newly with breakfast nook; lavatory; 3 bedrooms,' fine location; SURPRISINGLY REASON- wallpapered, roomy Irving* rooms and bed large enough for twin beds; tile bath; ga-i < ABLE PRICE; 10% DOWK' AND EASY rooms, cheerful breakfast nook, built-in re rage; wonderful landscaped yard; near LONG-TERM FINANCING; The opportu nity of a lifetime. Act quickly. Come frigerator, tile bathroom; very clean; love schools; in restricted neighborhood. OWN-* i ly yard; large 2 car garage; a complete ER WANTS ACTION; REDUCED PRICE.! today I - \. :-.•.,• home in a fine neighborhood, priced way SEE THIS TODAY I below what it's worth I See it! Call Edge- . 5269 N. IDLEWILD AV. wood 9463. 5116 SANTA MONICA tf \f OPEN 2:30 TO 5 TODAY. GEORGE BOCKIfr MARQUETTE 7468. OPEN TODAY, 2-5 \ INSULATED 4 bedroom brick house in ex- OPEN TODAY, 2-5 P. M. A LOT OF HOUSE FOR THE MONEYJ cellent Whitefish Bay location (just south VACANT ROOMING HOUSE, $4,500. Think of it! 4 bedrooms, 2 baths; stone co-' of Lexington blvd.); very well constructed $600 DOWN—$50 A MONTH. lonial home; oil heat; attached garage; for in 1937 for owner's home; 1 bedroom on 1412 E. ALBION ST. only $9,800. Come today! : main floor; modern in detail and in Pink Everything new and modern; less than Vz s 4411 N. WILDWOOD AV.: New 4 bedroom . of condition; large open fireplace; Vene block to Far well car or Prospect bus; room brick colonial home; gas heat; priced very, tian blinds; oil heat; carpeting included; ers will pay off this property in 5 years* low—lower than you can build! garage. PRICED FOR QUICK SALE. See A genuine money maker. West 7207. DIVERSEY BLVD.: 3 bedroom brick colo it today! f Sandier-Schneider, Realtors. Hopkins 1310, nial home at a sacrifice. Owner leaving OPEN FOR INSPECTION town! $5,000 PROSPECT AV.t N3AR ST. ROBERT'S? 3 TODAY bedroom brick home tor $7,500—a fore 2746 N. FREDERICK AV, closed value. 117 W. Belle av., »/ block 5 OPEN 2:30 TO 5 TODAY. a KENT AV.: 3 bedroom brick colonial home, A 4 bedroom house in good east side loca west of Bay Ridge.. -4 almost new, $9,000. . > ;* tion. TO CLOSE ESTATE; SNAP AT ONLY Large living room, 3 bedrooms, brick veneer, $5,000. COME! COMEl insulated, air conditioned* on 45 ft. lot} : only $8,550. SHOREWOOD REALTY & FINANCE CORP* H. J. Bruce V A $4,250 4453 N. Oakland. Edgewood 3971. .4444 N. ARDMORE AV. EDGEWOOD 8061.* 1707 E. RIVERSIDE PL. SHOREWOOD DUPLEX. CAPE COD HOME, Idlewild av.. Whitefish $9,000. .Bay; built of cream colored 'Sheboygan OPEN 2:30 TO 5 TODAY. 'select brick and 1 car garage on lot 47x128: Nonresident owner ORDERS IMMEDIATE Terms: $1,000 down, balance $64 pe* DALE of fine 3 bedroom house facing park. month; rents for $100 per month. This Is a ; lower, 3 rooms and washroom (natural PRICE ASTOUNDINGLY LOW. Two car real bargain; located on Kensington blvd.» i fireplace of brick and tile), 3 lovely sleep- garage. ONLY $4,250, STEP LIVELYI east of Oakland. j ing rooms cross ventilated and with fine Come today. AUER INCORPORATED. I closets and storage space? a black tile 'Marquette 7990 or Lakeside 5347 Today. built-in bath and shower, oak floors and finish throughout, linoleum (good grade) OPEN TODAY, 2 TO 5 y In kitchen, hallway and stairway to base Nathanael Greene, 5723 Santa Monica—(.$7,500 ment; entire home has been done in well 761 N. WATER. INC. DALY 1026. selected paper and boasts of good hard Brick 6 room; fireplace; bath arid bedroom ware and electrical fixtures; red top in SHORE DRIVE, NORTH first floor; lavatory, 2 bedrooms second sulation, Monarch Micca tapered shingle floor; lot 50x150. , roof, Droegkamp Torrid Zone furnace, buff WHITEFISH BAY. PORTH, EDGEWOOD Ol64 and red tile floors In halls; size of building, Stoh6 home, near bathing beach, schools, 32x24; was 1 year old In July; Hot Point bus and shops; a grand location; all large 7 ROOM colonial residence near Santa Mon rooms; 4 bedrooms, 2 tile baths with shower hot water heater; this home will please ica church; hot water oil heat; lot 55x154; . you. P^ice, $8,750. * on second floor; fireplace in living room garage; terms $875 down, $63 monthly; also and master bedroom; central hall; lava* other homes on similar terms. tory; all-tile kitchen; recreation room; 2 car stone heated garage; hot water heat* MAYNARD & PICKEN. \ Eldeen Valesano oil; Poured concrete basement;* lawn sprin Wells Bldg, Daly 0866. kler system; easily .financed with small JUST THINK I AGENCY down payment. < ONLY $5,900 for this modern 3 bedroom 3136 W. LISBON. KILBOURN 8910, 630 BEAUMONT AV., EAST coloniaBay; largl home lote ; o1n garageN. Idlewil. d in Whitefish WHITEFISH BAY. * ED. PORTH & SONS. CONCORD 4321. £" OPEN 2TOSP. M.< 2000 E. KENMORE PL. 4536 N. WILDWOOD AV. Bungalow flat, 7 rooms and bath down, 5 New brick 4 bedroom colonial below present .. Open 2:30 to 5 rooms and bath UP; 2 car garage;/vacant par value: terms. Edgewood 1846. This owner is moving from Milwau now; newly decorated. BEVERLY RD $7,500 kee on Nov. 1, and is therefore anx J. W. BUELLESBACH, INC. Bungalow (attractive), 4 bedrooms, bath, ious to sell this brick residence in a Kllbourn 2490. Hopkins 2585. shower; 2 car garage; living room and din top location; first floor has living 3012 N. HACKETT AV.: Open for inspection ing room carpe^o^J^gewood^DO^ room, dining room, kitchen and Sunday, 2 to 4 p. m.; 4 bedroom brick home; $8,000: BRICK bungalow flat; garage; 5% lavatory; 3 bedrooms and bath on room in attic; tile kitchen and bath; in loan; Shorewood; trade also. second floor; electric refrigeration; stalled vacuum cleaner; oil heat; conven COLONIAL home, $500 down; oil heat; electric hot water heat; oil burner; ient to State Teacher and Downer col same as rent; trade. Edgewood 7236. carpeting; 2 car garage. Well worth leges, bus and car. MARYLAND AV., 3817: 5 room duplex; sun your investigation. OPEN TODAY, 2-4. parlor, fireplace, garage; close to schools 2128 E. Newberry blvd.; 9 room home with and churches; priced below assessed valua maid's room and bath; other conveniences; tion; good Income. Marquette 3868. Ogden & Company sacrifice. Kllbourn 2820. 356 E. BIRCH AV.: 4 bedroom brick, 2 baths; 110 E. WISCONSIN AV. DALY 5285. with stall shower; lavatory; modern; hot water heat; 2 car garage; lot 65x121, Call Fred Stewart, Daly 6110. • •••',' 2218 E. MENLO BLVD.: 4 bedroom bunga low; hot water heat; bath; 2 car garage; lot 60x140; large yard. Call Fred Stewart, J[^ly_6110.__ A [•••• " :; .. ' y •••;• 20TH LANE, N., 2827: 1%.story, 2 bedroom homer ideal for small family; sacrifice; J?'000- By appointment. Edgewood 2957. $5,000 BUYS new 5 room Cape Cod home; 4954 N. Berkley blvd.; small down pay ment, balance'llke rent. Edgewood 7765. N. PROSPECT: St. Robert's parish; 3 bed room home; fireplace, sunroom, hot water, oil; owner sacrificing. Marquette 3868. "^ OPEN SUNDAY, 2 TO 5. ' •- 4825 N. Sheffield av.; new early American home; low price. Edgewood 5475R; BERKLEY BLVD., Near Hampton: 5 room bungalow: 1 car garage; $4,600; terms. Kil- hourn 7513. 8% DOWN buys Shorewood double house, brick;, balance mortgage. Kllbourn 0810, N. MURRAY AV.: 2 bedroom remodeled du- plex; furnace; garage. Marquette 3868. • WHITEFISH BAY: Will sell brand new 6 room colonial house, 5527 N. Shoreland. 6 ROOM house, 3 car garage; 54th and W. Hampton av.: $5,500. Hilltop 0429. 1% ? : ; •..-•_- • . . ,-.-- ••• j. .'.•*,••-•- * . •. ;>•> • f ; I ''"' ' •"" —Journal Staff Photp f •Two new English design homes built "in Whitefish Bay by Maynard & Picked, 324 E.fWells st.i kr^;shown| above. The home at the left is at oQ34 N. Cumberland blvd. and has three bedrooms, - The home, at the tight Is* at 616 E. Lexington blvd..and has four bedrooms and two baths. Oi l heat! , tiie^lnk, electric refrigeration, brteak«j fast room and basement recreation!room are among the features. ' \,„.w,,.:,,^.(> •/".-,/ <>' ; V' . , * v/feJ:Neiv,Hpme m'Pato^tio^MP*:: A home erf Mediterranean architecture is fjp.be foiuit onVN: Alpine st. : near Wilson drive, £alo Alto, for Elmer Prahl. The house will be of brjck veneer and cast stone, with a variegated tile roof 1 The architect's sketch, prepared by George Zagel & Brothers, Is shown above; >' A \ >•;. ,, - fwvwwwr Q.° $' OPEN TODAY 2-5 f~~~\ See This ALL-GAS Home and Daily During iht W«tk Whitefish Bay Today—Inspection 1:30 to 5 : Home Bargains Immediate Occupancy SHORELAND AV., N., WW* Beautiful 6-roont Lannon stone home. 2-car at tached farage; natural fireplace, at tractive kitchen, all-tile bath and lava tory; hot water (oil) heat} carpeting and drapes; out of town owner will sacrifice. SHORELAND AV.. N„ 5325: New Early American Colonial. 6 excellently ar ranged wallpapered rooms, latest con struction; gas (air conditioned) heat; garage; lot 43x134; in convenient homo area. SYLVAN AV., E., 809! Beautiful 4 bedroom face brick home; hot water (oil) heat, 50x165 ft. wooded lot; bandy location. Sacrifice; easily financed. CARLISLE AV., E.( 327: 5-room face brick English bungalow; 50x128 ft. wooded! lot; natural fireplace; 2-car garage; reduced for quick sale. CARLISLE AV., E., 616: Beautiful, exclusive face brick residence, large living and dining rooms, sunroom, breakfast room; 5 bedrooms, 3 baths; hot water (oil) heat; 2-car brick garage; 60x12) lot. Sacrifice, 5325 N. SHORELAND AVE,, Whitefish Boy Matty Other Home Bargains* Small down payment, balance like rent* 6-room Early American brick and frame; just complete*!* Approved HOLC Sale* Broker, , , Phone today or any time. , f' Natural fireplace; completely insulated; ultra-modern in Open Evenings. every * detail; air-conditioning. Lot 43 x 134, Garage. John J. Oleary Winter Air-conditioning, with Automatic Gas Heat, 733 E. Htnry Clay Edge. 2957 at|d Automatic Gas Hot Water' Heater. Complete 1 Kitchen with Gas Range and Gas Refrigerator. ' • J' "• ' -•"lip Small Down Payment—Balance Like Rent -v KELLS & HALL. Inc. I .1224 W. WISCONSIN AVE. iM'tlt Fireproof—at $4,500 This is one of three homes being built for home owners in Whitefish Bay by Lanham & co., 4524 N. Oakland av. The homes, each of five rooms, are slightly different in design. Each costs approximately $4,500. SLY rm^v7'^-s^^^^'r^7,rm^F Rosenberg Home Kurtis R. Froedtert, chairman of the parel shop. The home, located at 5200 N. board and president of the Froedtert Lake Dr., consists of 12 rooms and three Grain & Malting Co., Inc., purchased the car garage and is built on a three acre beautiful home pictured above from Ben site overlooking Lake Michigan. Nathanaei jamin and Anna Rosenberg. Rosenberg Greene, Inc.* 761 N. Watejv St., realtors, is president of The Grand, women's ap handled the transaction. MILWAUKEE SENTINEK MAY 9, 1943 "U*, A^^ '<*4 <*~ *M&£<^ Y^ v LARGE CROWDS VISIT 1 (THE 'PERFECT HOME'» Despite the inclement weather on Sunday several thousand people who had made up their minds to, .visit the home show "perfect home" at White- fish Bay, turned out to vieV this 'modern piece of architecture and its beautiful furnishings. ; According to John.J. Roache, show secretary, who spent the afternoon at the model house checking visitors, 2500 persons visited there and the line waiting to enter the house was greatest between 3 and 4 p. m., when ttia snow was becoming heavy. The house is located on N. Santa Monica blvd. between E. Day and E. Mont Clair avenues, and is open for inspection daily between 1 p. m, and 10 p. m. » This is the Home Show "perfect are expected. <~Over the week-end ; home," located in Whitefish Bay, on thousands will visit this model house N. Santa Monica boulevard at E. that is to be the grand award of the, t)ay avenue. ,Last Friday it was open- Home; Show March 16 to 23 at the id to the public, ana large crowds Milwaukee Auditorium. 'i{u ' isiiittiiiiiiii^ • ..^•^-r*"^™^ To Re-survey Block Corners siiiissti AAA0A^WH^m^% In 'Bay' With BERA Lafcbi! Will Also Repair Curbs, The paving of the intersections on^ ^PP45 % /&UxP. N. Santa Monica boulevard with tem^* Paving Of Intersections porary blacktop pavement, an F, B*m^ Completed R. A, project, was completed 'last' week. ' '-- '-'' ' / r.'*A A re-survey to establish all block Requisitions for several other pro^J corners in Whitefish Bay, requiring jects have been submitted and arev^j six men, has been approved as an awaiting approval, according to Mn . | F. E. R. A. project and will start Cahill. soon, according to Commissioner HI Ralph Cahill. Two civil engineers, m two junior engineers, and two chair men will be used on the project, which will take six months. The Work, consisting of the running of street lines and the relocating of block corners which have become ob literated, is necessary for improve ments and for the establishment of points from which to begin lot sur veys, Mr. Cahill said. The project is an important one, which the village would have to carry out itself if government help were not available, Mr. Cahill declared. A curb repairing project, an ex tension of the replacing of short ra dius curbs on N. Shore drive, which has been completed, has also been approved, Mr. Cahill said., AU broken curbs in the village,will be replaced with new ones by P. E. R. A. labor. While a great deal of labor, will be used, the cost of /materials, assumed | Iby - the^Nrillage;! &ill ^be^mall^the^ commissioner ^tat^^fet^l##:^& ^ f:m^tm&mMSM& 33 -A' .*^¥*1* / HasStyle Its Owri ^ fill^^jJRT'fwi* •'i>r- ;>>f LANHAM'& &>. > JWHlf^ BA*IMMAIHS, r# Se*» *y}AppoikiHtentyOnly': * ^ff^^EE;'-* i^V^TOiWautuui jrace , w .mu.GU(Rl0 OHIO, :x p, /-.'•"-;,' .«.•iHft^*jffJ5SR. !$r«t^pa$oi>*Ui ..rooms^IP8A , «ohott watewaterr (oil(oil)) .LANCASTER KAV.. E./^; ' *-riom Sentinel photo. * Just a touch of wood siding on one room gives this home j an unique appearance. It's a six room brick home at 4825 ffi^st *• r N.' Sheffield av., recently sold by John J. O'Leary, real estate dealer, 733 E. Henry Clay st., f or L. A. Voland* 'jWw'Y* # —Journal SUiff Photo flnotherIdeal Home 1 Situated at 1807 Cumberland blvd. Whitefish Bay*, this residence, valued n% $25,000. serves «s house No. 8 m Jhe Journars'showmg of "Ideal homes, which will be opened tn the public for inspection next Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15. This house, with the five others serving like purpose/will remain open daily from 1 to 10 p. m. from f that date through Sept. 22. • . ' go • •*•-" f "T" SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1946 -rttort. /JetefL 4&ee*fa 6**u~^ erf YMatjtlhivtffujoL i&t. dot* ^rffit?S>t*TL -p & M "Before and after photosv *from the opposite corner * of the county show the territory south and west of Whitefish Bay high school (upper .right in both photos), which is on E. Fairmount av. Two blocks south is,the readily identifiable E. Hampton rd. and below that is E, Courtland pi. The streets are (from left) Holly wood, Idlewild, Elkhart and Woodruff. Note tjie extensive building that has been done sinqe the 1941 picture was taken, particularly in the square bounded by t Courtland, Hampton, Idlewild and Elkhart, as well as on the east side of Elkhart. Ex cavations can be seen in the modern view, particu larly along N. Hollywood and N. Elkhart avs. ri 1 tad I •* MILWAUKEE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL .Scholarship • Character • Discipline FALL TERM BEGINS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12 For further information4 please write or telephone THE MILWAUKEE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Telephone: Edgewood 7880 6255-6401 N. Santa Monica Blvd. ALLEN G. KRUSE, Registrar ^.^.^A^jL-kii-S- W^.:v £f/s//9cf& a.tU^¥ujin<£~Af ^ £££ tkA 6075 N. Lydell: Whitefish Bay; this beautiful Lannon stone l home has 4 bedrooms; 1 down and 3 up; l /2 baths, natural fireplace and one-car garage; owner is moving to the country and will sacrifice for $19,000; by appointment only. Open 2:30 to 4:30. 4750 N. Ardmore: Nowheifein Whitefish' Bay can you find a better value; there are 3 bed rooms, iy2 bath; gas heat; natural fireplace; attached garage and beautifully landscaped lot; vacant; only $17,900; George Manschot. ' , The building firm of Fred A. Mikkelson has here is a group of more expensive homes being found it1 "good business" to scatter its con- " erectedin the 6100 block, N. Shoreland av. The structiori activities around the county. Shown firm has homes priced from $7,900 to $18,000. r> 1 tf> LOOK W6 EAST N. LAKE DR-S HENRYCLAY-N.ARDMORS AVE. &W- / Although the Home Show itself Ritter, ihterio* designer for will draw crowds all week at the Schusters, and installed under his Auditorium, the Home Show model personal supervision. The appoint* Gef First View of New H\ home in Whitefish Bay will con ments are Schusters. tinue to attract many visitors. It HOUSE SOUND PROOFED has been open for several weeks Extra heavy sound deadening felt' drawing large has been applied between the rough ,"• crowds daily and and finished wood floors through since the house out the house. The entire hou*e is has been furnished insulated. A concrete block founda- the number of tion with cement plaster and mas visitors has be tic waterproofing application on the " come larger. exterior protects the house against- Hours of in the danger of dampness and flood. spection are 1 p, The living room is especially m, to 10 p. m. pleasant because ,, of the natural The. cozy little! fireplace, is 21-12 feet. The dining home at E. Hamp room is 9 feet 6 inches by .12 feet. ton road and N The kitchen is 7x12 feet.. . , . , . Hollywood blvdj The master bedroom upstairs i is its exterior coloni Carl Ames 12x17 feet. The guest bedroom is al and its interior Cape Cod, was 11x11 feet 6 inches. There is a - / designed by Carl Lloyd Ames, a bathroom upstairs and a powder young Milwaukee architect cc room down stairs. A full basement missioned by the real estate board is so arranged that a large 12x24 to design the 1939 mbdel. foot space can be used as a recre VALUED AT $5,950 ation room or drying room off tht laundry. There is a warm air fur- . The model house stands on a cor nace and an electric heater for ner lot 48x120 feet, facing east on hot water. . ! Hollywood blvd. Its valuation is $5,950, while garage and porch, NEWEST OF FURNITURE which joins the two, are valued separately at $750 additional. Furniture in the living and. dining * The model house is only one of room shows off newest pieces to a few houses of its size which has excellent advantage. The' Chippen a covered porch 10x12 feet between dale sofa has a camel back. The ' the house and garage, and it is the radio is console type and some second Home Show house complete thing very new in the living room * * with garage. is the tambour mahogany desk. In the interior simplicity is the The Warfield dining table Is ' ' keynote of the appointments in flanked by Duncan Phyfe chairs « keeping with the modest house that with stripped damask covering of it is. Furnishings expressing latest cobalt blue and pencil lines of dusty modes show faultless taste in the coral. . selection of color, material and bal Slip covers, shown . because of ance. The house is an inspiration their smartness, and stylishness, ^ for those who seek ideas in dress cover the living room furniture. • ing up homes of their own or fur The carpeting, which extends into i nishing new homes. Furniture and the dining room, is green Wilton furnishings were selected by Georges With self toned design. wm •MT» ,»,„ »™~ Sentinel Photo. MB. AND MRS. VALENTINE LOVREK Jnll LOH w! had ^ novel experience Sunday of walking into a bright new house at W. Hampton rd. and N. Holly- wood av., Whitefish Bay, with the knowledge it was theirs although they had not even seen it before. It is the S Home show home, which they won Saturday night Thev already own their house at 1105 S. Seventy-fourth S West Alhs, and «t is close to Lovrek's place of busmesv so they don't know whether they will move to WMtefhh 5A AS: The cop pic cure shows che team of horses used in excavating basements! This view is looking norchwest towards Lake Dr. (Mr. Haupc in foreground.) The boccom piccure (Mrs. Haupc in che basement excavation) is looking direccly north co Lake View Avenue and farther norch co Carlisle Ave., east of Lake Drive. A u hi. 33 The cop piccure shows the Haupc1s car parked on E. Beaumont Ave. and behind the car, alitcle to the right, can be seen che old William Consaul home, still standing at 716 E. Silver Spring Dr. To che righc, in fronc of che field, can be seen che pagoda roof of che Wadhams Gas Scacion, still there, at 5606 N. Lake Drive. cCaZa yaj^uAuji / f d & The bottom picture looks across E. Beaumont Ave. towards Silver Spring Dr. To the right of the 2 story white house on the right of the picture, can be seen the barn for 716 E. Silver Spring Dr. (old Consaul home and barn). The home in the middle of the picture (back and side of home seen) is the home at 802 E. Silver Spring, an old home in 1926! The low white bungalow home to the left of che home at 802 E. Silver Spring is che Kindler's home, ac 828 E. Silver Spring Dr., built 1920 for John Kindler. a 3M G266j-A/ £^>3T J/Oa N.&4NZ4 MOWCA BLVD 428-47 T /K4is/v±s-i 3S t EAST at*. N^^^^UVD^j4^-47 WEST $lM-A—£L—WOODRUFF AVE '•*•« NORTH OP E. COURTLAND PI 626 E. BIRCH AVE. -W* •Ai^ • , SIDE VIEW 7/17/41 618 E BIRCH AVE. 626 E.BIRCH AVE. ** 3^ FRONT VIEW 7/17/41 [(*p N. 5HOZEL/IMD AV&. EAST SIDE N.SANTA MONICA BLVJ <»AIITII r\r> e_ SCHOOL RD. WEST SIDE N.BAY RIDGE AVE «**** ILr -.. r A ftjfeJ imk Wmm.-» ; «i * * m ~- • t — Mfc^ — OPPOSITE NO. 5854. /?a*-3q •3* &3 /#5/~ /^ 7 V <£fs/T /Ive-. *• - •» 6 LOOKING SOUTH EAST ^£cU -M> ^T- JU^4-' 4/6/1938 E. SILVER SPRING DR. 4/6/1938 37 WEST SIDE N.WOODRUFF AVE. SOUTH OF E. HAMPTON RD. EAST SIDE N.WOODRUFF AVE SOUTH OF ^JH. AM PTQN R D EAST SIDE N. WOODRUFF AVE ye NORTH OF E. COURT LAND PL /m- /?39 N. IDLEWILD AVE. E.HAMPTON RD. £P| £. lyOfUjOtM $d. . 5,15,39 4780 N IDLEWILD AVE. f mmmm ^•^x-^^A-AAA^ 4781 IDLEWILD AVE. 4785 N. IDLEWILD AVE 5,15,39 L*{ 709 E. HAMPTON RD. 4796 N. IDLEWILD AVE 5,15,39 w , avs t\j BETWEEN^ NO. 5854-5/E6/38. EAST SIDE N.BAY RIDGE AVE LOF& "xJiWitfL fkM> 57Z* 51/8 A/. £> nar s/vn * /**>? A/. -^tO r~ /g, 3 rf 2 } se. S754 574 3 S7 4 0 £73 Z h ir~s jm j *? /^. ^3 • *(bl6b 6/58 (o)So XeLEf BLVD.4:Z8-4\ N.X&NT 4tf5. A/ ^H0&E-L4A/D 4V£. 6? Maybe the Bay'11 Be | From indications of location for model homes, model parks, (model governments, and model schools^ the Village of Whitefish Bay :*. no doubt, *the ideal home site in the stated :> ; ] } ) Up to date, it has kept itself free from apartments and its zoning Ce ** QL *?* / ty^O Tiaws are rigid enough at present to keep ambitious builders out of i |reach.of making any so-called "modern 'zoning changes'* to keep /jTp j£ f*4£^&&£l> \ up with the times. The example of Shorewood and its fighting home {A^ I owners trying to keep their property free from being overrun by i apartment dwellers, is something for every Village minded citizen^ kto study. Within a few years, we in the Bay may be in the same |condition; that is, if we don't keep bur ordinances steel shackled* i I The danger of apartments is not in the type of people who dwell fwithin them, but rather in the way they run the government of |!their locality. Apartment renters have not the same interests'as do I home owners and property owners in the Villager And with an (abundancy of apartments, the inhabitants of them soon exceed in \: numbers for the home owners and the leadership of the political; | bodies passes from neighbors interested in the same things we/are | to a group who are not particularly interested in anything but their |'own welfare, low taxes, despite what effect it may have on schools^ sparks, and playgrounds. * t - But if we citizens in this Village keep to our original standards,; I nothing can stop us from improving our, already fine, home 'com-? t munity. In our hands lies the future of the Bay. > , i § And maybe the Bay'U be the only place kft in the county wliere • a man can take hisfamily and really be in\a territory-, of clear' v : v ; abundant air. ' "\ ;- • . v .' . \^A -,/ ^T^ ' -.\v*'' *>v— ".<} As a result of the building activity,* Growth in Bay \ the assessed valuation of the taxable: property in Whitefish Bay has In-1 l creased by'nearly a million and a! Shows Increase | [half dollars. The tentative assessed! valuation of the property, announced I| this week by Mr. O'Leary, is $24,-| Over Last Year | 469,380, which is $1,400,297 higher] than last year. The assessment in-J Buildings Constructed are eludes 6,000 units of taxable prop-f Double Number Built " erty, 2,000 of which are used andj Last Season occupied. • "i ,'| Although the final assessment flg-1 ; Whitefish Bay is growing at an j lures will not be ready until Aug. l,f i ever increasing rate, according to *j (after the completion of the board bfc figures given out this week at the j I review meetings, taxpayers, either! village assessor's office. Although * I by calling at the assessor's office brf business conditions have not been| by mail, may receive their assessi! of the best, almost twice the number J ment figure and the amount of taxes! of homes and buildings have been I due, Mr. O'Leary said. The ngureal j built from May of last year to May) will not be given out over the tele4 • of this year than were put up in| phone. ! ' tJ the previous May to May period, Mr.f J, J. O'Leary, village assessor, said.| Prom May of last year to May off 7 3//131 this year 224 new buildings were] constructed, at a total cost of $J»-1 LcfcA f=fauitd 627,660. This brings the number of j homes in the village up to 6,000. J During the previous period the in-j crease had only been $821,066, in-j dieating that the building program! this year in the Bay was almost dou-} ble that of the previous period. j ti lo Devise Plans To Advertise 'Bay' As Residential Area The' village * peddler's^ licenseT or- ? Committee Will Work Out; dinance was amendeu to exemflpt par-, Program for Attracting tially disabled ex-service men in' ac* cordance with the state law. . Prospective Builders A copy of a petition signed by 330 %, residents asking the extension of the '* A committee to work out a pro Lincoln, park bus route to the Oak- ^ gram for advertising Whitefish Bay land-Delaware street car line on N. \ as a residential community was ap Bartlett avenue was placed in the \ pointed at a meeting of about 15 hands of the committee on. buses. 4 residents and the village board, The original has been submitted to J which followed the regular •. board ,The Electric company. >• § meeting Monday. . r. . Members of the committee are B. :4, J. Alfery, chairman; Col. Garrit^ de Heus, Fred K. Breithaupt, Elmer H. Grootemaat, Charles P. Marcein, Walter H. Hoffman, E. A. Wilson, Dan T. Fitzgerald, H. S. Wright, Ray F. Kieft, Mrs. B. A. Kiekhofer, Mrs. George Anurae, Mrs. Goeffrey Wil* loughby, and Mrs.*«*S. B. Corr. - ;;;\ To Regulate Architectural Say Plan Can Succeed I -<\ Those at the meeting were con vinced that' such a program could be* successf uKA Mr. $ Alfery declared, that Design of New Bay Homes other residential areas had met with success in like*ventures. Col. de Heus • Increased Building in Whitefish Bay said that when a building boom eventually came, builders would find Precipitates Step; Dr. Drew Heads Committee Whitefish Bay the only attractive A committee to regulate archi- 'place to go. A program such as the; * tectural features of new houses '"*'"' The committee's functions will one proposed could be carried out at " built in Whitefish Bay has just (but a small expense, was his opinion.: be} incorporated into a resolution been appointed by Dr. Frank and will be presented to the vil At the regular board meeting it i Drew, village board president. was decided that the aboard would lage board at a special meeting, Headed by Dr. Drew as chair fmeet next Monday for a preliminary probably next Monday, accord man, the committee of five will .discussion of the 1935-36 budget. ' "V ing to Dr. Drew. % Trustee Thomas Melham, chairman pass on plans submitted when requests for building permits are Reith May Build /of the finance committee, reported Village board members have I that of a total appropriation, of $199,-, made. It will see that the new homes coincide architecturally decided not to interfere with fOOO, approximately $122,000 had Allan Reith's plans to build on {been expended during the first five with other homes in the vicinity, Dr. Drew said, so that there will a piece of property between ^months of the fiscal year, leaving a Buckley and the^ county parjts, [total unexpended, balance of $78,91}. be no houses "that are merely four walls and a roof" to mar < Dr. Drew reported. But because j Expenditures have not been dispro-; the lot is irregular in shape and ;'portionate, Mr. Melham said, as cer the beauty of the Bay. Building Boom because the village may possibly tain items listed as expenditures act- ' need part of the lot for the dew ually were placed in the sinking i Such a committee is needed at velopment of its proposed water- • fund. this time, Dr. Drew explained, works, a swap for certain pieces Propose 1/and Trade because of the enormous in of the property may be made A proposal of the Bay Shore Evan crease in number of lots sold between Reith and the village, i gelical Lutheran church to trade a { and homes planned in Whitefish Dr. Drew said. I triangular piece of land at E. Fair- i Bay in the last couple of months. mount and N. Wild wood avenues for J Since wartime regulations re a part of the village's right-of-way J strict the cost of new residences was referred to the streets commi- J to $8,000 or under, Bay residents tee. > ,| felt there might be some danger1 The board voted to install an orna- | of acquiring architectural mis ItfFfi l4eAJiJLd mental light in the 4600 block on N.-\ fits. Wilshire road, in response to a re Besides Dr. Drew, the commit quest from Walter Hoffmann, 4667r tee consists of Ralph Cahill, N. Wilshire road. Mr. Hoffmann will village commissioner; Sidney pay his $65 front foot assessment, it % Fraser, chairman of the zoning was said, and the remaining amount, j - committee; F. C. Haupt, assessor, approximately $92, will be carried;' and George Spinti, an architect 'by the village until it can be spread , and Bay resident. It will be AT *over the entire assessment for the i similar in function to Wauwa- • district in question. tosa's 15 man committee. uiM *j WJ3FV*? ^r»jts!4l^*tp<-'ff^* • Colonial Cottage Is Model Home _J- The cozy colonial exterior of in Whitefish Bay, will be opened tage, with its attached garage, is the 1939 model home show home to the public for daily inspection authentically and quaintly Cape is shown in this architect's beginning Sunday. Visiting hours sketch. The house, located at E. will be 1 p. m. to 10 p. m. The cod. up4 Hexttix£ Hampton rd. and Hollywood ave. interior of this comfortable cot BAY HOUSE NUMBERING TO BE FINISHED SOON Within four or five weeks the- Old Numbers Can work of erecting the new house nunv| bers in Whitefish Bay will be com-^ Come Down, Now pleted, Fred Packard, assistant engi^ It's time for the old house num neer, announced this week. Thel bers to come off, officials of Shore- village has sent out notices to every wood and Whitefish Bay announced resident asking for co-operation in 1 this week. The old numbers have Vthe new* project. The old numbers; served their last purpose, Tom Buck fare to remain up until January 1« | ley, Whitefish Bay village engineer, and H. A. Schmitt, Shorewood village S-^^-IH^o manager said. Now that the new numbers are in general use, in Mil waukee as well as the suburbs, the presence of the old plates on the home merely creates confusion., Jan uary 1 was the date originally set for T their removal. The villages' request! Want No Old Building " for residents 'to take down the old j Moved Into the 'Bfcy' numbers has met with the approval with the post* office department, Mr. The Whitefish Bay village board Schmitt said. ' . | has instructed Village Attorney Ga- bel to look into the matter of pre venting, if possible to do so, the mov V-J-/93/ ing of old buildings into the village. He is to report his findings to the board at its next meeting. m He pointed out that the building I under consideration met all village! Modern Building requirements as to size an# set back and the deed restrictions on costs arid that, while some of theVelgh- Draws Critipism ; boring residents did phdneTin* their : objections, they were all easily con Jtfome Meets Requirements vinced of the impossibility of pro hibiting the construction. as to Size and Set Back, {The home isa two story, gray brick building with corner windows Hearing Slated Cahill Says i and has been adapted from contem fe ^1 porary German architecture. With its garage in the front yard*, For Developing living room at the rear of the house, and flat roof, the modern style resi dence of E. P. Hartert, being con Silver Spring structed at ^2?,N..F;anta_Monica toateya£?Vis still the subjeaoTSoli- | sidrabledlscussion among neighbors of gu I and architects. sKfirssj, ^ ^ .; "There are no stipulations in the thri^,?^ district by •village laws to determine the shape the Whitefish Bay villa^ board-Monday night. Vlllage or style of home which may be built, side nisht im H?°n ^tion that ;and I do not think the govenment SnioU ibe *he reP°rt of the should interfere to such an extent iThif^S1!11111^ commission with a man's personal taste and a6- li he report refers to the ten! Sra£ *rep,orts made since , tiops," said Village ' Commissioner 1947. Several public hearings j Caliili of ^he controversy, ^ ' r i nave already been hlw * tthis question^ f m te 'ni^.-**porf tr? f?5 tribucusslo««ng thseveral IIIl boa r d m^leSted cltizens, thatL- members concluded - Houses on each of 37 lots will that mimeographed copies be be so placed as to give all of the taade available in the clerk'^ homes a good view of the lake. office tp interested Citizens S Nineteen of the lots will face N. New Subdivision Palisades road and 18 will face pt0po al that N. Lake drive. The lots will be lilteee fZ^\ f 75 feet wide and of varying depth Goes on Market !rom 100 The village of Whitefish Bay will purchase the triangle of land between Buckley and County parks, now owned by Board Sees Way of Putting •Allan Reith, 924 E. Sylvan av., , if the recommendation of the | village planning commission is Three Lots Back on Tax Roll followed. Now that the new village hall The planning commission, on Marlborough Mall is nearing /p * & ityiei meeting Tuesday night, voted completion, determination should ^f ~ ch~*~' * four to one in favor of the vil be made by the village board con- A w . Aj A lage acquiring the property. At 4 1 cerning the disposition of the Ixflh ID ff^l^ ^^ the board meeting Tuesday premises occupied by the present Trustee Clarence Post presented village hall, Chairman Ralph P. a resolution asking that the lot Knoernsehild of the public safety be designated an addition to the committee stated Monday night. village property for use as part Village President Henry F. of the proposed dumping station Mixter said that word has been and filtration plant site. ' ,% received from Architect Frederic Board members decided to J. Schweitzer that current indi refer the resolution to the plan< cations suggest the new. village ning commission for a formal hall will be completed by next report. Final action will be March. taken after the commission's re^ 'port is heard. '< 3 Lots For Sale Reith purchased the lot last The present village hall is lo '-"inter after being assured that cated at 801 E. Lexington blvd., at the intersection with N. Marl :ither the village nor the coun borough dr. The site includes ty was interested in buying the three lots with an estimated sales property. He had planned to value of $42,500. It has been an build a home there. Many Bay ticipated that the cost of the new residents felt thai a private resi building will be reduced by an dence adjacent to park property amount equivalent to the sum re would be an eyesore. The board ceived from the sale of the lots zoning committee had previous for residential purposes. ly recommended that Reith be, Knoernsehild pointed out that, allowed to build, since the vil-, a letter had been received from lage had already turned down the Whitefish Bay Woman's club the property. suggesting that the village sell the property for a nominal fee and that it be converted into a recreation center for retired resi dents. He observed that a deci sion must be made on this re Village Sells Lot quest. For $13,000 Home "The new village hall is nearing completion," Knoernsehild said. A $13,000 three bedroom home "It requires that members of this is to be erected by Wynhoff and board should get together as a Brunner, builders, on trie 55 foot committee of the whole to deter lot on Montciaire ave., purchased mine what we should do. We this week from the village for should get at the problem." $1600. The sale was authorized "I think so too," Mixter stated. Monday night. Bade on Tax Roll The lot, part of the old right of way, is on the south side of Knoemschilcf ?emarked that the \ the street between Santa Monica- sale of the premises for residen blvd and Shoreland dr. The J tial purposes would put the prop erty back on the tax rolls, as he { builders will, construct the home assumed that if the property be along colonial lines of brick and! came a recreation center it would frame. . ; > ( • be tax free. uf\ Building Height 'Bay' Board To Study Steps In Bay Set With To Help Sale Of Properties New Ordinance Realtor's Request Seen As In Line With Village Dwellings Must Conform 'Booster Movement9 In Heights With Others in the Same Area A request by Herman Reel, realtor,;; to permit subdivision of his. 450 feet, Future homes in Whitefish Bay of lake front property extending will have to conform to the gen .north from the southern limit' of| eral height of other buildings Whitefish Bay, was amplified Monday:, within the same general area ac by the village board into a possible cording to an ordinance adopted step in the "Boost Whitefish. Bay" by the Whitefish Bay village movement to get this as weli as other board at the regular meeting held properties into' the hands* of home Monday night of this week. Much owners. . -<, thought has been given to the. Mr. Reel's request, which wouldl tendency in some sections which require a change in the village zbn^J has caused a wide variane in the| ing ordinance, met with no serious height of buildings erected in the* objection from the board, and a sug-J same block and has created a sky gestion was mlade to refer the matter! line effect best described as being to the planning commission. It was a "saw-tooth" effect. pointed out, however, that similar! The provisions of the ordinance requests may be expected in the near,, are as follows: future, and that the action taken! "Each single family dwelling, would establish a precedent. , .:..** hereafter constructed, shall have Would Sell Property a height of all dwellings on the Trustee Edward Borgelt, charac ., same side of the street erected or terizing the proposed subdivision as J in the course of construction an organized plan which would move within 70 feet thereof. The pro some of the property in question in-f4| visions of this subsection shall stead of permitting it to remain idle, | not require the construction of moved that the zoning: and parks | such dwelling exceeding eighteen ! committee and the rest of the board $ feet in height." study the possibility of changing the The new ruling on home con- ordinance to enable the sale of this : struction will tend to create a and other lake front property, as J greater unity of appearance well as property , in business areas i throughout the entire village and i jsuch as on E. Henry Clay street." will group buildings of similar 'The latter section, he declared, has, • height and construction in a man- no chance of being built up under r ner that will harmonize .rather the present ordinance. The motion' than conflict which has happened fwas carried. . , *'•'/;* ! in many instances. I The board passed a resolution re-Jf ; The board members also au- jecting all bids received to date and „ j thorized the erection of five addi- authorizing Commissioner Ralph Ca-^f | tional overhead street lights at hill to proceed with the installation of,! ' points throughout Whitefish Bay street lights on N. Woodburn street^ ' which now are unlighted. These between E. Hampton road and - E.J lights will be erected as follows: Courtiand place, using village labor|| N. Ardmore avenue and E. Court- and materials, as soon as sufficient;! land; N. Woodruff and E. Court- funds have been received. :^V?J[ land; N. Elkhart and E. Chateau; Seek Election Law Change ':r?% N. Berkeley and E. Devon; and t George Gabel, village attorney, was' N. Shoreland and E. Fairmount. instructed on the motion' of Trustee; • Edwin L. Smalley to discuss *t witty representatives of Shorewood, Pox Point, and West Milwaukee the pos-^ sibility of securing a change in thej| state election law to permit the| school district election to be held at| the time of the village election. <| The board voted to change the 4 hour for opening the polls on election^ day from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. ; i Building permits issued from Jan.fJ 1 to Nov. 30 were reported to have j totalled $167,530, an increase of I $57,184 or 52 per cent over the same/* period last year. . .Ill m Q$ New Houses Must Have 17,5000 Cubic Feet Space Whitefish Bay Monday eve ning passed an ordinance, which {planned now, without base- will not allow the building of | ments. houses with less than 17,500 cu ;.;" Fred Mikkelson, Maitland ct., bic feet on 40 foot village lots, a builder, said the ordinance but deferred action on the ques will stop present building inas tion of a public, parking area un much 'as veterans have all the OOFS JkwM til another hearing,, which will priorities and can only build be held on the first Monday in homes valued at $7,500, which June. includes cost of lot. .Trustee Seymour did not Builders were the only ones think the ordinance would cur to appear for or against the tail building. building ordinance at its hear Cahill agrees that at 42> to 46 ing. MacCutcheon Powell ex cents a cubic foot it would be pressed approval of the pro- - posed ordinance, which will give impossible for most veterans to j the village higher priced homes, build homes. "' than those presently being built Trustee Browne said the or for war veterans. Jbhii Olson, dinance might keep out cheap, 5269 N. Idlewild ave. and R. B. undesirable houses and urged Notestein, 5221 N. Santa Monica action on the ordinance. blvd., also approved the area re "Rich, I know you mean me strictions. when you speak of small homes," said Trumpf, "but there Francis J. Schroedel, who built many apartment houses won't be any more of that type along Wilson dr., in Shorewood of home, built to take care of during the war, asked how the workers at the ordnance plant. board arrived at its cubic feet You were all afraid that those houses would become ghost as a fair sized house 32x24 feet 4 —21 feet high comes to only 18,- houses — that the occupants 129 cubic feet. < _ ; _ would move away, forfeiting Vl their equity — and to date there Ralph M. Cahill, village com- • l has not been one foreclosure on ^issioner, said that of the 152 , those small, cheap homes. homes built in 1945 one sixth \ Costs Up were less than 17,000 cubic feet ; but that since 80 per cent of the ., Brown asked: How much did homes in Whitefish Bay are at ; those houses, including lot, cost least 17,500 cubic feet, the board in 1942?" considered that a fair figure. Trumpf answered: $6,000. Basemulin Homes > Brown: "How much now?" Trumpf: $8,500 — $8,800 — Forrest Trumpf, builder of outside veteran's ceiling." many war homes, said he was in Post submitted Harold Klann's accord with the intent of the application for liquor license. ordinance, but pointed out that Seymour submitted plan to do with the coming of radiant heat something or other with Lydell -? fewer homes will be built with st^property north of Devon > rd basements. ; It was referred to the planning "Newer homes, even though committee for-a hearing on May expensive and beautiful struc-; 1 20. \ tuxes, if they are on only one ; The board authorized a \ floor/' he said, "will be less change in the buiding code to than 17,500 cubic feet. Can't allow (60-days) temporary re the ordinance be re-written lief to builders in the use of now to take into account the, 4 Romex wiring instead of B-X, many shrinking families who to allow for completion of 128 will want places on one floor,! houses in the village, now held but deluxe?" * up because there is no B-X to Cahill suggested the board be had. George Poehlmann, N. pass the ordinance now and Elkhart ave., demanded to know change it later when radiant why not Romex always. Walter heat is an actuality. Weidler, graduate of School of Shuts Out Vets Engineering and electrician, >umpf said as soon as the spoke well of Romex. Trumpf Vnment allows the building stated that B-X was specified to keep him from building Cin- K^A- tore expensive homes, radi-; 5 .«, heat will be "used. He add-/ Crete houses in 1944 but that he ed that he has five homes outsmarted his critics. (Continued on Page 16) ;i 6\ 1 1 ^ ANNIVERSARY HEADQUARTERS—Much of the activity of the two-day cele view looks north toward Fox Point and Bayside. The westernmost point of the bay bration marking Whitefish Bay's 75th anniversary of incorporation will be centered is about at the village boundary of Whitefish Bay and Fox Point. The "Y" shape in in the Bay h,?,-^ thool, its ball field and Cahill square, which dominate the lower 'lower center is formed by N. Marlborough dr. and N. -BanLiuiy id. /t/A; :%*r(< half of this { photo taken by Richard C. Borgeson, 4314 N. Oakland ave. The P/. 1 & Thursday, December 11, 1969 Page 3 Planned Development District Proposed for Whitefish Bay by Edward T. Kaveny of additional safeguards that that the village board had re would meet with the approval of stricted such construction "in our One of the most far-reaching residents. own right, but we could change zoning ordinances ever proposed 4t." He added that presently the in the village board was dis Weigh Merits only section under consideration cussed by the Whitefish Bay vil for a multi-family structure is lage plan commission Monday It was pointed out that the the Beaumont area. night. The ordinance creates a village board will have control Johnson remarked that the peo planned development district and over each development that is ple are not familiar with the has many objectives including the proposed, and will weigh its planning objectives of the village, possible construction of multi- merits. and that more information should family buildings in certain areas Hayes remarked that A. A. be provided concerning the and the broadening of the tax Lienemann, 1501 E. Fairmount planned development ordinance. base. A public hearing will be ave., has for years been urging "Do we have the oart before the held on the measure, Jan. 19. the construction of high apart horse?" he asked. ment buildings to increase village 0. K. Johnson sr., 200 E. Lex revenues. Why So Important? ington blvd., objected to the broad "Why is it necessary to adopt scope of the measure and asked "It would give ourselves an op this ordinance?"/asked Johnson. that the village board submit the portunity to improve our tax "I'm concerned, as a property proposal to a public referendum. base," observed Mixter, owner, as to what could happen five years hence. I can't under He suggested the possibility that, O. K. Johnson stated: "Before under the provisions of the ordi stand why it is so essential to the ordinance is acted on, the pass this ordinance at this time." nance, some future village board citizens of Whitefish Bay should might change the residential char Katzban remarked that a num be cognizant of what they will ber of proposals had been re acter of the village. His objections face in the ordinance. It should were given careful consideration. ceived from developers concern-1 be put to a public vote." He added ing the municipality-owned prop- The commission adopted a reso that, with a "major ordinance" erties in the Beaumont area, but lution 'approving the ordinance in of this kind, the public should that these proposals "went off in principle and specifying that safe be made familiar with its con different directions." guards be written into the meas sequences." Cart Before Horse ure to allay public fears that the "You may havjj the best in ordinance will permit drastic No Master Plan tentions, but this'is putting the changes in the format of the vil "There would not be a specific cart before the horse," Johnson lage. overall master plan," remarked stated. "There should be a public Three of the seven members Mixter. "People would have the expression on this matter." of the plan commission are asso right to petition. We are not try "The ordinance cannot be. tied ciated with the village board in ing to ride over anyone by im into any specific project," de an official capacity. They are posing a master plan on the vil clared Katzban. lage." "Two or three high rise apart Village President Henry F. Mix ments will not alleviate the prob ter, Trustee John A. Callahan and Trustee Bradley D. Hoffmann Village Manager John M. Katz- lem," replied Johnson. "It will explained, "Thii s ordinance does bring in other problems. It will ban. not change any of the zoning or depreciate the value of some At one point in the discussion, dinances in the village. It creates small homes. It's the results af Mixter remarked, "We've been a vehicle to do it if someone terwards that I'm interested in." wrestling with this for more than wants to." Hoffmann expressed "This will help attract capital," a year. As time goes on, there the fear that if the public mis suggested Mixter. will be some areas in the village construed the purpose and scope Johnson observed that, because that will become more available of the ordinance, the measure of its home atmosphere, Whitefish to developers. There is no way in would encounter difficulties. Bay has been a favorite residence the present village code to handle In response to *a question, Mix of executives of large corpora areas like these without rezon- ter stated that the present re tions. ing." strictions on high-rise apartments "People always have the privi Former Village President Tom .were imposed by the village lege of coming before the board E. Hayes suggested the insertion board, not by state law; and and enlightening themselves," de clared Architect Frederick J. Schweitzer, commission member. Trustee Hoffmann stated, "Pas sage of the ordinance will pro vide a vehicle for orderly change as some of the residential districts U>PA &u£f decline jn value." 53 "How much assurance can we give the residents that their con siderations will not be over- n ^ looked," Hayes asked in sum- / To Regulate Architectural Design of New Bay Homes . • increased Building in Whitefish Bay '. '•' j Precipitates Step; Dr. Drew Heads Cdnimittee A committee to regulate" archi tectural features of hew houses built itt Whitefish Bay has just been appointed by Dr. Frank Drew, village board president; Headed by Dr. Drew as chair man, the committee of five will pass on fclans submitted when requests for building permits are made; It will see that the new homes coincide architecturally with other, homes ifi the vicinity,? Dr. Drew said, so that there will | be no houses "that are merely four walls and a roof" to mar > the beauty of the Bay, BuMding Boom '.•/•? Such a committee is needed at* this time, Dr. Drew explained;] because of the enormous in crease in number of lots sold and homes planned in Whitefish Bay in the last couple of months. Since wartime regulations, re strict thfc cost of new residencesit! to $8,000 or under, Bay residents- felt there1 might be some danger! of acquiring architectural mi«N fits.; • * . V' ! \ Besides Dr, Drew, the commit tee consists of R a 1 p h Cahill, village commissioner; Sidney Fraser, chairman of the^ zoning; -committed; F* Ci Haupt* assessor* and George &piritif ah architect and Bay resident. It will fee similar in function to Wauwa- tosa's 18 man dommitt&fc. • *. • The committee's functions will be incbirporated into a resolution ; and will be presented to the vil lage board lit a special meeting, probably next Monday, accord ing to Dr. Drew. Reith May Build * Village board members have decided not to interfere -vir i t h Allan Reith's plans to build on a piece of property between Buckley and the** eotmty parjcs, Dr. Drew reported. But because the lot is irregular in shape and, because the village may possibly need part of the lot for the de-; velopment^of Its proposed water-1 works, a swap for certain pieces of the property may be made V**^ betwe^ft Reith and the village,] Dr. Drewp said. 6< 3,216New'Residences Built Since 1924 Based on Space • Building fees are computed at the rate of 40c per 1,000 cubic feet in the building to be erected. Pagels Has Been Inspector Formerly the valuation of the house was considered in ^deter mining the building fee. Money received from the sale of per For Two Decades in Village mits is placed into the village general fund. • To Build a Home, Garage or Any Building Any alterations or building re pairs valued at $50.00 or more Requires a Permit. Alterations, Too, require a permit from the vil Require Pagels, Okay lage hall. Installation of drive ways or sidewalks and mainte far Number nance work done on buildings To insure that all the new of Year Residences Valuation ' do not require permits. houses built in the Bay are safe 192a 61 $ 513,600 i After footings for the new and conform to the rigid build *924 67 697,600 ing code in force, the village 1925 151 1,154,140 house are poured and the foun 1926 223 1,714,776 dation is partly finished, Mr. Pa utilizes the services of a build 1927 213 1,983,630 ing and electrical inspector. It j 1928 248. 2,267,085 gels makes his first building in 1929 203 1,906,475 : spection to see that the building is his responsibility to make per .1930 134 1,328,457 sonal inspections of buildings 193,1 130 1,2)50,025 code is not being violated. 1932 36 257,850 Try to Unify Codes under construction to determine 1933 14 107,450 whether the builder is adhering 1934 •20 148,473 For several years a movement 1935 99 627,945 has been underway to unify the to the provisions of the village 1936 161 1,121,775, 155 1,190,050 building codes of Milwaukee, building ordinances. 1937 1,005,590 This responsibility plus many 1938 146 Whitefish Bay and all surround ing municipalities, but as yet no additional ones is in the capable 1 hands of Erwin L. Pagels,. who 1939 162 1,161,773 results have been achieved. A 1940 190 1,362,795 unification of codes would sim started working for the village 1941 208 1,448,800 as an electrical inspector in May, 1942 66 401,200 plify the problems of contractors 1927. A native Bayean, he was 1943 50 275,000 who are plagued with conflict- 1944 20 101,500 jing regulations in different com- born in the Bay;_and_ wasgradu^ 1945- 151 1,128,906 1946 192 1,821,600 i munities. ated in 1912 from the Whitefish 9* 139,500 When the rough carpenter Bay grammar school which was 1947 107** 1,458,876 then located at the present site * duplexes \ work is completed, Pagels in ** includes August spects the house for deficien of Marlborough dr. and Birch Watches New Building ave. cies in construction and care The bulk of Pagels* work con fully scrutinizes the installa In 1915 the old, historic cerns hew residences which are tion of electrical wiring. Be schoolhouse burned to the; built in the Bay. Before begin fore the builder can install ground. ning construction the builder wiring he obtains a wiring Has Good Background submits an application and blue permit from the village hall Previous to his association print to the village. Commis-; and is assessed a charge of 10c with the Bay, Pagels was an elec sioner Cahill and Pagels approve j for each outlet to be installed. trical contractor here. The many the plans if they merit an OK. I The final inspection is made years experience he acquired in If there is an objection to the during the completion of the in the construction field qualified newly contemplated house it is; side carpenter work. At this him handsomely for his post as referred to the building board, j time, when fixtures inside the a Bay department head. Resid for a decision. • 1 house are wired, the . builder ing at 4834 N. Larkin st., Mr. Any changes necessary to must have a fixture permit. He and Mrsv Pagels have a son who make the structure conform to pays 5c for each socket. attends "Whitefish Bay high the local building code are school. Meter Hooked Up pointed out to the builder at the Upon satisfactory completion Since 1923 there have been 3,- | time his application is submit-« of the building a certificate is 216 new residences constructed ted. When the application has mailed from the village hall to in the Bay. The peak thus far been approved, the builder is the Electric Co. authorizing elec was 1928 when 248 houses were granted a building r permit fori tric service. built. It is interesting to note which he pays a tee. I The Bay does not furnish reg the building trend in the Bay ular inspections of existing elec from 1923 to the present time. trical facilities in houses. Most electrical troubles, Pagels aver L red, do not stem from the orig inal installations but from the OcnvU^ued Hty/(p«J^€ 6U> -COT A ^feiaAtd • . '&) "This would upgrade the area ' Permit Sought and would create additional rev enue for the village and put this land ave. is presently rented to expensive land to good use; there For 4-Family a large family; the house is about are several duplexes in this area, 75 years old with an old barn to also a 16 family apartment build ing across the street, and I am Deluxe Unit one side on Chateau pi. and its sure that your zoning committee Bert L. Steigleder, 1700 E. Cum physical deterioration and func is acquainted with this area and berland blvd., asked the White- tional obsolescence make this am hopeful that the village board fish Bay village trustees, Monday building an eyesore, which has a will give this request careful con night, to approve a zoning change depressing effect on the entire sideration since I am sure they which would permit the erection are in favor of progress and up of a $95.000 resicTence at 4873 TT grading of Whitefish Bay and will Oakland aye. The structure would neighborhood and depreciates the encourage an individual owner "blTa four-family deluxe unit, own valuation of properties in this who takes it upon himself to bring immediate area and it is also about a change beneficial to all er occupied. concerned. Village President Henry F. Mix a non-conforming property. ter remarked, "I would oppose "Request is herewith made for "I would also appreciate the making any commitment at this the rezoning of four lots, 30x127 postponement of the sidewalk re time." feet from single family residential placement request contained in Chairman Bradley D. Hoffmann to one four family deluxe unit, the April 28 notice, until this re- of the zoning committee raised owner occupied. zoning request is resolved — it the question whether the proposal would not be economical to re would constitute spot zoning. "I place these slabs at this time would oppose any change in the and hopefully proceed with a zoning at this point," Hoffmann beautiful new building within a said. He added that there is need reasonable time limit, at which for an overall zoning program time all new sidewalks and ap for the village. proach walks will be installed." "We have to make a careful analysis of the village as a whole," remarked Mixter. Steigleder is president of the North Shore Realty co., 4453 N. Oakland ave. The $95,000 project is exclusive of the cost of the land. \\ "Please be informed that my wife and I are the owners of a property located at 4873 N. Oak land ave., having a lot size of - • 120 feet on Oakland ave. and 127 feet on Chateau pi., a corner lot," Steigleder wrote to the board. "The building at J873 N. Qak- III! ' II If II ikll II III MM MM _">fc- ,v W L a **-J AMERICAN FACILITIES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. 1650 SOUTH PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, SUITE 208 REDONDO BEACH, CA 90277 fTlemo TELEPHONE (213) 316-7665 mmmmmBBMBm MS. MIMI BIRD 6-13-85 TO: 6123 N. LYDELL STREET DATE: WHITEFISH BAY, WIS 53217 SUBJECT: Dear Mimi: I enclose the pictures of home on E. Beaumont ave (between Lake Drive and Shore Drive) together with what information I have. As I mentioned on the phone, I failed to note the address of each house but I am sure that a drive by the houses will allow you note the addresses where I missed them. Next time I get back there I will take more pictures and send them to you. Regafds, /& ffll/di9~a <^Jj£p£(!^^ / Georg6/Kappes, Jr, FORM NO ME VM sn 748 E, LAKEVIEW AVE, $?. BUILT 1924 BY ART AND MABEL THOMPSON; BUILT BY ART HIMSELF. MABEL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES BUSCH, WHO BUILT THE HOUSE AT 740 E, BEAUMONT AVE, (HOUSE ON BEAUMONT AVE. WAS OCCUPIED BY LOWELL AND HARRIET SNEYD AFTER HARRIET'S FATHER, CHARLES BUSCH, DIED.) 734 E. BEAUMONT AVE. ORIGINALLY NUMBERED 198 E. BEAUMONT(OLD NUMBERING); BUILT 1927 FOR GEORGE AND ANN KAPPES WHO LIVED THERE UNTIL THEY SOLD IN 1945 TO BERT WALLSCHLAEFER. 57 708 E. BEAUMONT AVENUE HOME BUILT IN 1928 BY THE MEYER FAMILY 714 E. BEAUMONT AVENUE bo HOME BUILT BY MR & MRS CARL KLOO IN 1930 - '//ss/yy 740 E. BEAUMONT AVENUE This small house, set far back on its lot line, was built by Charles W. Bush. The 1924 Assessment Roll shows it as "unfinished" that year. The Bushes and their dau. and son- in-law, Harriet and Orville Sneyd, lived together in this house. A "twin" house to this was built at 745 E. LakeView Ave. by the Bushes other daughter and her husband, Arthur M. and Mabel Thompson - and they actually did build this house. It, too, is shown as an "unfinished" house on the 1924 Roll. Information from WFB Assessment Rolls and George Kappes, Jr, (*( G<2 7V? &. SZAUMO/OT /W£. © HOME BUILT BY THE' MASON FAMILY AND OCCUPIED BY THEM UNTIL f ^.Sl HOUSE BUILT in 1928 BY SHEPARD FAMILY. ALMA SHEPARD SERVED AS VILLAGE TREASURER FOR MANY YEARS. < THE FRflNT WALK WAS MADE UP OF STONE FROM LANNON,WISCONSIN AND EACH STONE HAD A TRILOBITE OR OTHER SEA CREATURE ON ITS SURFACE. 63 7^4 F. SF/hUA^oAJT /h)£* HOME BUILT IN 1927 BY MR AND MRS FOREST TRUMP 739 E. BEAUMONT AVENUE HOME BUILT IN 1932 BY THE KAYE FAMILY UNUSUAL HOME...THE KAYE FAMILY WAS VERY SHORT AND ALL ' 6V COUNTERS IN KITCHEN WERE BUILT LOWER TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. w .* —.• m . ^,.„ HOME BUILT BY THE RITZ FAMILY ABOUT 1929. FAMILY OWNED THE RITZ INK CO IN MILWAUKEE, 73/ F> CAtf&Ui&u) AvF. HOME BUILT IN 1929 BY SCHWAB FAMILY (AA (*G 7Y^ V. jQ^AuMevf A^f- 9*, HOME BUILT IN 1931 BY EDWARD AND JESSE MOORE sO**- %AIC £. Artctf /we . Gl (rS-t a. LAueu/GiA) Ave HOUSE BUILT ABOUT 1930 BY CHARLES FRENZ's ^iik^^jU^. Oi • &xA^r, — -—^J&e.UL lit £?. LAKGU(6.u) At)£. HOUSE BUILT IN 1933 BY THE WAYNEMEIER FAMILY, HAD THE FAMOUS WAYNEMEIERS HILL IN BACK WHERE ALL THE KIDS IN THE BLOCK WENT SLEDDING... [s% LAKeJieu^ /\oe> HOUSE BUILT BY DEAC AND RUTH TOWN IN 1932. "DEAC" WAS A COACH AND INSTRUCTOR FOR MANY YEARS AT THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL IN NORTH PART OF VILLAGE ftt7 HOME BUILT BY DR. AND MRS WITTE IN 1928 67 fcuti-r ii&q La. I r. CW-,s6tr Ave. U(3 £* cA 10 hp &WPFR - (4uao X K^oZTZ- 99 111 &. CA4L'6itr Ave /<,£ Pavel - COL^^- FRoiocek I/O £. C A (ILISL^ tf^e . fJ-Fjt/LY c• HFTTFLSAT(AZ. &UIL-T/?&? 71 7W £" • C A- 4LISLE- AOIT i$>& &u?ve/£ - cr.e'. £?<.£•* C^O^TH 6>33 £\ C&*-Lisi£r five. 7^ £DQ. P. ALTtAMetFK &UJLT- /?3<2 fa/. C qo e. CARLISLF- At>£ . &uM±> 11*1 f*$ £r(x>>J£ /? - MFrtS^T I. SCASULTZ-. CfiHLtS£F~ ftV&, Irf &WF5fl - EPW/V LfEPFRT 73 \$t-9u>i^^ (loY crt6i&WGs 6^3 eA- CA/HJJL6A AAL*A 6?33 _f. CAQusie- A&&.. 1H ® 6344 N. SANTA MONICA BLVD FRED E. 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An open On the second floor are the four large family A 14-room Whitefish Bay home with a French staircase curves majestically up from another art bedrooms, 3% bathrooms, a sitting room and a Normandy exterior and dramatic, of ten theatrical, deco terrazzo floor, pausing at balcony-like land long hallway at the rear that leads to three maid's interiors will become Symphony Showhouse IX, ings. Near the top, a short flight branches off to rooms and bath. Below are the chauffeur's quar open to the public Sept. 11 through Oct. 3. one of the home's four family bedrooms. ters, adjacent to a 3 %-car garage. The Milwaukee Symphony Women's League Suspended in the curve of the stairway is an For the next several weeks, teams of designers has chosen a 52-year-old Lannon stone residence ornate, 3-f oot-tall light fixture of bronze, mahoga will be redecorating most of these rooms under at 4724 N. Wilshire Rd. for its 1982 showhouse, ny and Lalique glass. To change bulbs, servants the direction of Margaret Read of Boston Store according to Maxine Gilboy, publicity chairman. It had to lower the chandelier on a pulley from the and Marie Crowley, Porters. will be redecorated and refurnished by interior attic. designers from Boston Store and Porters of Racine All rooms have tray ceilings, and those in the In family 50 years before opening for tours as a benefit for the sym foyer, living room and dining room are surfaced in For more than 50 years, the house remained in phony orchestra. 4-inch aluminum squares sprayed with 14-karat the Weschler family, which included Robert Dan The residence was designed in 1929 by Milwau gold. iel, now deceased, and Lollie Weschler Rauseh, kee architect Armin C. Frank and completed in The octagonal library, which, like the living now of Nashotah, in addition to Edward Jr. 1930 for E. A. Weschler, his wife and three chil room, is two steps lower than the foyer, has a In 1981 it was purchased by an Arizona man dren. Weschler was president of Daniel D. Wes plaster ceiling that adds another art deco touch/ whose family decided against moving to Milwau chler & Sons, a malting firm. Invoices unearthed stepping down in layers from the center to the kee and never occupied it. So it was essentially a by his son, Edward Jr., of Pine Lake, list construc mahogany walls. Its floor is pegged oak while one-owner home until this spring, when it was tion costs of more than $108,000, a most impres those in the living and dining rooms are cut stone. sold to Gerald and Pat Walloch. Walloch, who is sive sum for that period, just after the country had The library fireplace is black African marble; the president of Applied Control Concepts in Milwau plunged into the Great Depression. living room's is Italian marble. All major rooms kee, and his wife will move in after the show- have deep window seats above decorative bronze house closes in October. Oak came from an old barn grilles that conceal radiators. Hidden in the curved Its architect, Frank, d*esigned several other pri It's clear that no expense was spared. The Lan wood paneling at two corners of the living room vate homes and apartment buildings in the Mil non stone, for example, is laid in an unusual man are swiveling bookcases. waukee area between 1920 and 1936, when he ner, intricately staggered in depth to create a tex gave up his practice after a heart attack. He died tured surface. Timbers and beams are weathered Kitchen is being remodeled .in 1947. ; ;- ;;>,;,..;,, .-'. oak, which Weschler obtained by purchasing an Also on the first floor are "ladies' and gentle Advance tickets for the showhouse will be men's" wardrobes for guests, powder rooms, a old Wisconsin barn and taking it apart, his son : available after Aug. 15 for $4 at the symphony of reported. The roof is slate, topped by a turret with huge kitchen that is being remodeled, and another fice in the Performing Arts Center or at credit of a copper weathervane in the shape of a sailing hidden feature, a walk-in vault fices at all Boston Stores and Porters. They will be vessel. There's a German rathskeller in the basement, sold at the door for $5. > - Inside, Frank's experience as a theater architect furnished with an 18-foot refectory table hand According to the co-chairmen, Jan Jacobs and (he designed the old Egyptian Theater at 3719 N. made of wood from the same barn that furnished Jane Matheus, showhouse hours will be 10 a.m. to Teutonia Ave.) is apparent even in the vestibule, a timbers and beams. Ten heavy chairs have the 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, Thursday small, octagonal room with an art deco-inspired date 1930 carved through their wooden backs. evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. and Sundays, noon to 4 terrazzo floor and a gothic dome. Above the table hangs a long iron bar with 18 p.m. //7'd*{ Y] s %JIILU--<^ Q*eJ Home THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Sunday. July 18.1982 This French Normandy home in Whitefish Bay, redecorated and refurnished, will be open to the public Sept. 11 through Oct. 3 as part of Symphony Showcase IX. •# 3 ? _ Photo courtesy of Jack Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn Pabst Whitefish Bay Resprt drew crowds in the late 1800s and early 1900s 3-:J?fteAyU£u>. WS^^SSSPSSSB*1 WorthastjQp For spectacular views of Lake Michigan, visit Big Bay f ark, at the east end of E. Fairmount Ave., or Klode Park, in the 6000 block of N. Lake Dr. A lighted fountain at the much smaller Schoolhouse Park, in the 5400 block of N. Marlborough Dr., is scheduled to be turned on in three weeks. Whitefish Bay's first village hall is still standing, al though it has been used as a home since 1919. The two- story frame building was moved from the corner of E. Lexington Blvd. and Marlborough to 3ll E. Beaumont Ave Houses built as summer homes by wealthy Mil- waukeeans around the turn of century can be found on E, Fred Isenrlng, Whitefish Bay's first village president Day Ave., east of Lake Dr. ; ' and Milwaukee County sheriff, was more infamous than ; v famous. He disappeared with $20,000 in county funds in "If you can't find it here, you won't find it.any where." ^ ^i 1899 ... Julius P. Hell, a German immigrant who became .. That's the motto at Winkle's, Variety Stttoi*62l;£:^c«;:.$. a millionaire, livej| *n Whitefish Bay before being elected Spring Dr. The store, which.sells everything frohH^hdy^^ governor in 1938*;!: ! ^ by the pound to ribbon by the yard, was built just a few Actor Jeff Hunter was known as Henry McKinnis feet from the site of Whitefish Bay's first general store. when he lived here and led the Whitefish Bay High The whitefish served at the 70-year-old Jack Pandl's School football team to its first suburban championship. Whitefish Bay Inn, 1319 E. Henry Clay St., used to come Hunter's most famous role was Christ in the 1960 movie from the bay for which the village was named. That has "King of Kings." .. .Another Whitefish Bay High School changed, but the restaurant's quaint look and many of ita graduate, Bernadine Dohrn, made the FBI's most wanted other specialties, including German pancakes, haven't.. ,v list for her alleged participation in a series of anti-war For some of the best popcorn around, try the Fox-Bay bombings in the late 1960s and early 70s. Theater, 334 E. Silver Spring Dn WTMJ-AM radio personalities Gordon Hinkley and Jim Irwin live here. Bob Reltman, of WKTI-FM, and Lar ry the Legend Johnson, of WZUU-AM, are former resi dents. & 4 L\ •-;\ • *<, \ '. \ • V*-' » \\ ' \\\\\; *\ V '\ x \\\ */\A \ V\ % ^ \ \ Area homes recognized for design There are two side-by-side duplexes in the group—one of them at 5461-63 N. Danbury Rd. The south unit of that home has been altered by an addition. Two of the homes have striking similarities—1916 E. Glendale Ave. and a home in Wauwatosa. The home at 912 E. Lexington Blvd. appears distinctly different from the rest but is known to be a The homes in Whitefish Bay are Flagg's guidelines for home Flagg design. Although the shed By Mimi Bird located at 739 E. Beaumont Ave • design were contained in a 1922 dormer was added later, the fea 0 16 Dr 4524 454 book entitled "Small Homes: Their eventeen North Shore homes—• ^A^XT ^ ' > <> and ture was on the blueprints, accord- _ 4600 N. Cramer St.; 5461-63 N Economic Design and Construc ing to Maynard Meyer, son of the 12 in Whitefish Bay and five in tion." Planned to cost under SShorewood—have been nomi Danbury Rd.; 1916 E. Glendale builder. Aye.; 829 E. Lake Forest Ave • 912 $10,000, construction savings were nated to the National Register of The National Register nomina 1016 and 1028 E. Lexington Blvd-' made possible through the omission tion was prepared bv Virginia Historic Places. and 4601 N. Murray Ave. of expensive hardware and trim, They are amorig~25 Milwaukee Palmer, 1909 E. Shorewood Blvd., a The Shorewood homes are at and the use of prefabricated specialist in the department of area homes built in the 1920s by 4448 N. Maryland Ave.; 2614 E plumbing parts which could be the Arnold F. Meyer & Co. from history at the University of Wiscon Menlo Blvd.; 1913 E. Olive St.; 3821 installed by unskilled laborers. sin-Extension. designs by the nationally known N. Prospect Ave.; and 3559 N. Architectural features include architect Ernest Flagg. i She did the research for the Summit Ave. steep roofs, a ridge dormer or \ Milwaukee County landmark desig The National Register nomination skylight for dependable summer nation. When she subsequently of the 25 homes was approved July Meyer is believed to have ventilation, casement windows and 19 by the state Preservation Review built the homes from floor plans discovered the remaining 22 Flagg several chimneys. homes in the area she continued Board. The nomination will now be prepared by Fla.gg. Meyer did not Ceilings are beamed, and bath sent to the Department of Interior '=• copy them exactly but, instead, submitting all 25 homes for room floors are higher than those of National Register consideration. in Washngton, D.C. for final adapted them for his own use, adjoining rooms to make space fpr approval. The homes were entered as a plumbing equipment. thematic nomination. keeping the Flagg characteristics. All are faced with Tennessee Three of the Whitefish Bay The 15-memberPreservation quartzite or limestone.^ ' - Review Board is composed of homes—at 4601 N. Murray Ave., While probably not a part of 9-^(98* 1916 E. Glendale Ave. and 4600 N. Flagg's plan, the homes are espe . architects, architectural historians Cramer St.—have been designated cially interesting today because historians, archeologists and citi- ' % previously as Milwaukee County they have been found to conserve zens. •••'•'" •'••••- • •••••... • j •••'•t landmarks. energy. Oj*rH^£u Flagg9 a New York architect, studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. On his return to the United States in 1891, his first commission, which he won in competition against some 80 con- -;i testants, was for St. Luke's Hospi tal in New York City. : In 1896, he designed the new campus for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. One of the office complexes he built in the 47-story Singer Tower, New York City, was for a time the tallest office building in the world. Flagg died in 1947. Four other area buildings are listed on the National Register. They are the Benjamin Church House in Estabrook Park, Shore- wood; the Shorewood Village Hall, 3930 N. Murray Ave., Shorewood; the Herman Uihlein home, 5270 N.; Lake Dr., Whitefish Bay; and Elderwood, 6789 N. Elm Tree, Glendale. AMONG THE 2.5 homes nominated recently to the National Register of Historic Places are those at 4601N. Murray Ave., Whitefish Bay, and 1913 8-1 -if$5 E. Olive St., Shorewood. (Photos by Bernice Kiedrow) ?<• n S/? .*• r. w rf/ //. */y/s/s v/s//&ssss* "Open All Day Sunday and Decoration Day' The raft have a racket, they're at work every j where . . . scurrying, vicious, they cause an an nua/ property damage of $700,000 to Milwau kee's wooden buildings. Don't pay tribute to these rat gangsters, ploy safe and build A MASONRY HOME IT'S INSURANCE AGAINST RATS AND VERMIN There's pride of possession as well as solid comfort in H concrete masonry home. For" no matter what archi tectural style is selected, no matter what color or surface texture you choose, concrete's beauty and charm endure for • generations." And the concrete home remains delightfully livable because it is snug LU and dry in winter, cool ui summer.. . . because it is permanently free from sagging walls, creaking floors, fire and vermin. U. U_ VISIT THE- MODEL CONCRETE HOME TODAY Pay as- Low at A736 N. Woodruff Ave.. .Whitefish Bay tr THE STANDARD HOME , THE DE LUXE HOME a $37.85 $3875 $4460 o MONTHLY Completely ,,. equipped and ready Includes* alr-condi- This includes pay* for living. Fire-' Honing, attached § ment on principal, proof, damp-proof, garage, kitchen T n atm fan interest, taxes and creak-proof and « r » i, t* - insurance. vermin-proof. " electric fireplace. Demonstration Horn. It D. Luxe Model UJ 326 W. Locust Brown St. John D. Edwards 3804 a Creator of "Ageless Art" Homes * w BURNISHED BY BAKER FURNITURE CO., 2637 S, KINNtCKINNIC AV£,J* < n UJ ~*~- n PLACED ON THE' NATIONAL REGISTER BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rally 'round Flagg's homes t ** The snpljest Flagg home is Mary Ellen Luxem's, at 739 E. Beaumont Ave., Whitefish Bay. A like home was shown in a 1923 magazine. Of\ By JOY KRAUSE Journal architecture reporter upgrade the construction of small houses while The exteriors are often compared reducing their cost. to Cotswold-style cottages in Eng land and the cottages of Normandy. i NE OF THE ways to economize in Flagg's Milwaukee County homes were built I building is to economize on ugli between 1924 and 1926, according to Virginia The common features of the Fiagg ness. A good-looking house will Palmer, who prepared the nomination:forms homes, as documented in Palmer's "o; for the listings on the National Register IrJh the nomination forms, include: rent better, sell better, be pieasanter to live in and altogether worth more than if ugly." basis of research that included visits b the • /Exterior walls made of concrete homes. with stone facing and built as a unit. Architect Ernest Flagg made that point in The stones were placed flat side out his 1922 book, "Small Houses: Their Economic Palmer is a local-history specialist at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee. Her in-wooden forms and the concrete Design and Construction." The Milwaukee was; poured behind them. Not only area is fortunate that the New York City ar interest in Flagg's work was stimulated large ly by an article in the Wisconsin Academy would these walls be fireproof but chitect proved his point here. Twenty-five much of the work could be done by times. i Unsiailed labor, Flagg theorized. The The 25 Milwaukee-area houses he designed Review by Milwaukee architect Richard W. walls are about 14 inches thick. were added in the fall to the National Register ' Perrin. Perrin is a former director of the Mil Two types of stones were used in of Historic Places. They are cited for their ar waukee's Department of City Development, Milwaukee: Tennessee quartzite in chitectural significance. Redevelopment Authority, City Plan Commis tones of pink, russet and mauve, and Few people would argue with Flagg's ideas sion and Housing Authority. Niagara dolomite limestone in gray about good-looking houses as he interpreted Some of the 25 area homeowners first and buff iones. that concept in his homes here. Indeed, a Flagg learned about Flagg from Perrin's article. An (The stones of Flagg's homes home includes many of the features that peo other first heard of Flagg and his other Mil-. should not be confused with flag ple associate with the ideal home: a ground- . waukee residences on a toxrr of homes in stone. Flagstone, a paving material hugging profile and a steeply pitched roof, Wauwatosa. Another learned about the history for" walks and gardens, was original several chimneys, small towers, a stone fire of her home from a neighbor. ly jii#de of sandstone, which readily place, a stone exterior and beamed and slanted Others learned about Flagg when Palmer "spllfe into flat sheets. Now flagstone ceilings inside. Despite these constant features, contacted them for her research. Among these can be a slab of concrete or cast or each of Flagg's houses here was made to suit is Janet Jelinek, 6839 Cedar St., Wauwatosa. natural stone.) the client and the lot. Jelinek, who has lived in her house for 43 • A fixed unit of measure —- a 45- Owners of Flagg homes here tend to de years, bought it from the original owner, Har inch module. The module system was scribe them as "charming" and "cute." They old R. Davis. Relatives of Davis sometimes vis use4 ^throughout the design of the say they are "doll houses," "gingerbread hous it the home, and Jelinek wants them to know Flagg homes — for both floor plans es"; one was described as a "Hansel .and Gretel that it has been listed on the National Register. and elevations. house." She has been unable to reach them. In his book, Flagg wrote that he But Ernest Flagg's homes are more than just The Flagg homes here are in Wauwatosa, used the same module in his design of pretty facades, and Flagg is known for design Milwaukee, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay and the Corcoran Gallery and his Naval ing more than homes. Fox Point. Only three of them are grouped Academy buildings and their ar Another Flagg building listed on the Nation together, the three adjacent Flagg homes on E. rangement on the grounds. al Register is the imposing Corcoran Gallery of Glendale Ave. in Whitefish Bay between N. ,„,, $ot only did the module system Cramer St. and N. Murray Ave. Simplify planning and construction, The arrangement of at least one of the Flagg fFlagg wrote, but it also made for vis homes, at 739 E. Beaumont, Whitefish Bay, ual harmony. Art, near the White House in Washington, D.C. bears a close resemblance to a floor plan pub \f Indeed, the scale and proportions Flagg also designed the main buildings of the lished with an article by Flagg in a 1923 issue tof Flagg interiors are especially US Naval Academy and the Singer Tower, of McCall's magazine. According to Palmer, ^pleasing, regardless of the size of the now demolished but once Manhattan's tallest the Beaumont house is the smallest of the fparticular home. Visits to several of building. Flagg homes here. fthe .architect's homes impress one Flagg, who lived from 1857 to 1947, added The owner, Mary Ellen Luxem, was hunting fwith his ability to organize space homes to his design repertoire rather late in in 1976 for a small home with a large kitchen. ;both attractively and functionally as life. His book on small houses was published She was immediately delighted with' the 1,200 vWell as his ability to individualize the when he was 65, and most of his Milwaukee square-foot Flagg home. Thomes without compromising his homes were constructed when he was 68. All "I took one look at it and decided to buy it," principles. were designed according to a Flagg-devised she recalled. "I fell in love with the outside." system that sought to improve the design and Or j> m Storage space set under steeply All but two of Flagg's MilwauKee ~U ^sloped roofs, with the elimination of homes are single-family buildings. ff ull attics and basements. Several of The exceptions are both duplexes, Milwaukee homes once, the diary of ^Jhe homes have only a furnace room. one of which, at 3551 N. Frederick, is his office manager, Arthur Sutcliffe, |j But all the homeowners inter- owned by Fred and Alice Gee. In indicates. Sutcliffe recorded a visit 1 viewed for this story said they had 1961,. when the Gees were looking by the architect in November 1924 ; ample storage space. Typical of their for a home they could retire to that and said Flagg had not been overly ^comments was that of Melita Biese, ^vould provide ^ome rental income^ pleased because the homes were not Jjvho said her home at 2021 Church the house on Frederick was the only built by his methods. No further ex $f>t., Wauwatosa, was "amazingly one they looked at. planation of what this meant is giv tclosetedr Her son, Kipatrick James, That was partly because Fred Gee en, according to Palmer, who noted $, reported that their house has refused to live in a flat. that the homes appear cc/nsistent * t'seven closets, tons of shelves and "I don't want anyone walking with Flagg's system. jtme secret passageway." around on my head [ceiling]," he told Only 25 homes were built, it r; As another space-saving measure, his wife, making the side-by-side would seem, because they turned out ^first-floor corridors were eliminated. Flagg duplex an instant hit. : to be more expensive to build than t • Small windows at the roof All the Flagg homes in Milwaukee had been hoped and because organi peak, called ridge dormers. These County were constructed by Milwau zations of the local building trades provide extra light and ventilation kee A builder Arnold F. Meyer, who objected to Flagg's construction. fly hen opened. was managing a concrete-construe- ~~ Estimates of prices appear on eight * • Stone chimneys with distinctive tion company when he became aware of Flagg's home-building of the 25 building permits that Vir founded tops placed at the ends of methods. (Flagg built six of his ginia Palmer consulted. The estimate Jihe houses. homes on Staten Island and described for the least expensive home among il • Concrete walks set close to thfc them in his 1922 book.) ^the eight, a hiouse on Hawley Rd., jfrome foundations to keep water was $5,000. The estimate for the 3rom eating away the soil near the Four of the homes were built for most expensive home, a duplex on gilding. _ j members of Meyer's family, includ Danbury Rd., Whitefish Bay, was ing the home at 3559 N. Summit $14,000. k • Interior walls that are 1 xh inch Ave., Shorewood, now owned by es thick and both fireproof and Diane and David Buck. The 2%-story -Soundproof. All these were built limestone home, one of the largest of .using a method Flagg devised in the 25 in the area, includes a sunken *1908. A jute screen was stretched living room. The Bucks bought their home in Ajp^ui^jJ from floor to ceiling and plaster was 1972. At the time, David Buck re t applied to both sides simultaneously. called, "We knew it was a different • Exposed horizontal beams in house, but we had no sense that it the first-floor ceilings. While the was part of a major architect's beams add visual interest, leaving work." them exposed also saved construction The couple also are grateful that time and material costs. the house is so placed on its lot that • Casement, windows that open the low winter sun can flood into the to the inside. Easier to install than living room, dining room, kitchen double-hung windows, the casement and master bedroom. windows have deep sills that usually f Although Flagg's office w£& ift are surfaced with tile and so do not New York, he probably determined require painting. how each house was placed on its lot. • Standardized hardware and As a rule, according to Virginia Pal plumbing fixtures. At the same time, mer, information about the client's the bathroom floors were raised needs and the building site were sent about eight inches to make room for to him in New York, and he respond pipes under the floor. ed with construction drawings. (The details of the financial arrangements between him and builders are not known.) Flagg is thought to have seen Tiis Melita Biese's Wauwatosa home has the sloped roof and low profile, typical of Flagg designs 25 homes illustrate Flagg ideas The home of Diane and David Buck is one of the larger Flagg houses. It is at 3559 N. Summit Ave., Shorewood. \oV HAiKrteSeh tf PLibi'iC U&ZAy not against quality education. But )y Maureen Dietxel Mertens spending a lot of money is no guarantee of a good educational program, he said, ad Many of them have lived in Whitefish ding that it appears many School Board 3ay for 30 or 40 years or longer. One wo- members feel money ensures quality. nan in her 90s has lived here for almost Jane and Horst Schillbach intend to ler entire life. stay in the village. They live in the homes their parents "All our friends are here," said Horst, ived in, in the homes their children grew "and it's too late to move now. If we did, lp in, the homes they want to grow old in, we'd have complete isolation." o stay in for the rest of their days. Jane disagreed. "It's easy to make But it's not going to be possible for With escalating property taxes, many friends," she said. "Join groups, do vol nany of these retirees, these seniors on unteer work." Ixed incomes, to stay, if property taxes Whitefish Bay residents say they can Horst does take notice of the increase continue to increase at the current rate, in property taxes. "If the School and Vil ihey say. no longer afford to hold onto their lage boards continue to be as reckless as School Board member Frank Korzilius they have been, it is going to be more and and his wife, Stella, say they have no op- more difficult." ion but to consider moving. They have ived in the village for 40 years. Some house "We have to move, for several reasons," Stella said matter-of-factly. "But the big And then there is 90-year-old Vera La gest reason is the taxes. They've gone up PLACES OF THE HEART wrence, who has lived most of her life, 80 higher than the Consumer Price Index. In years, in the same home in Whitefish our retirement, we're asked to pay for the Bay. retirement and benefits of the people who "This was my grandparents' house," work for the village." $4,800. Taxes have far outpaced for 18 years," said Norton, a former presi she explained. "And then there were no In her view, the School Board is not inflation." dent of the Whitefish Bay Taxpayers sidewalks or even any road back then. making an effort to cut spending. (Frank John and Judy Baer, Bay residents for Association. Then after they died, my parents lived Korzilius is considered by many to be the here and after they died, my husband and 16 years, are moving to Sheboygan. "Every year my health insurance goes budget's watchdog.) "We need a smaller home, and John I lived here." "It's an endless, upward spiral," she up, and I pay for it myself. I don't have the Lawrence is on a fixed income. After works in Sheboygan," explained Judy. benefit of a salary increase every year and said. "But the joke may be on those left. "So we might have moved in any case. But her husband died the government cut her We move out, a retired couple with no my health insurance being fully paid by annuity. we have to be practical. The taxes are just my employer, like others, like the teach children. Our cost to the village — almost too high." "I can't go out for lunch or anything ex nothing. A new family moves in with 2.8 ers. Their health insurance is 100 per cept once or twice a year," she said, "and cent paid by the taxpayer, and that in children. Cost to the village — a lot." Family ties right-now the gas bills are so high. And I Other residents noted that approxi cludes dental as well as hearing aids." have to pay my taxes. I hope I can stay mately 70 percent of village households Village Board member Phyllis Ernest He doesn't mind paying property taxes here as long as I can." Her voice softened. have no school-age children. The cost of and her husband, Larry, will stay. But but feels there should be some sort of "It's my old homestead." the singles and the empty-nesters is rnin- they do see how difficult it is for others. understanding that taxes must be Another resident pointed out that even imal, yet these are the very people being •There are many reasons we stay in controlled. General Motors and maybe IBM cut their forced to move. Whitefish Bay," Larry said, "and none of "I was at the School Board meeting, staffs in order to stay solvent. Why should Many people also said they tiiink the them are financial. Our children are and there was talk of a 13 percent tax local government be any different, they School Board really doesn't care. nearby, we love the house, we're close to levy, and I said that was unacceptable. ask. "Think of it? We saved our money and everything, but we know people who are Some of the board members threw up And as many of these older residents paid our taxes. Now we can't afford to being taxed out of their homes. their hands as if to say, What can we start to pack up a lifetime of memories, keep our house," Stella Korzilius said. Harry Norton isn't sure what the fu do? ' and they're the ones that make the they have many thoughts. Most of all, "When we moved in our taxes were ture holds for him. decisions." they hate the idea of having to sell the $729," said Frank "Last year they were "I've been retired and on a fixed income He emphasized that senior citizens are places that hold those memories. A \o ness of this whole thing. That time can't $50,000, money the Hryeyna's said they be given back," ~V HOIL OF HORRORS "hr^ed 8-tt-t p don't have. Lawyers arid insurance com For now, they w< )>T_ answers. In the panies are currently arguing over who meantime, the Hi^ ^yna's iM home, will pay the costs. which they still own, has been taken off Monetary costs are not the Hryeyna's the market. -^-A only concern. Terry said she worries ab .-...; 'V. >r*f. •; • - Dream house turning into out her two children, ages 13 and 14. Her They said they are still looking forward oldest child is ready to begin high school, to moving into their new home. Tom is a and doesn't have that many years left to 21-year member of the Whitefish Bay Po nightmare for family here enjoy his new home, she said. lice Department. The family has lived in "It is important ifor our family to enjoy the village for 14 years. pur new home," Hrycyna said. "This takes "We're committed to living in Whitefish by 15 V* inches. The height of the building time away from my kids. That is the sad Bay," Terry said. "We love it here." By Klmberty Wilmot-Weidman is in question, however, because no one Staff Writer has made a decision about where mea surement should begin. The Hrycyna family's dream of build They said they had discussed for years ing a home in Whitefish Bay has turned the idea of building a home and were de out to be more of a nightmare. lighted at the prospect of constructing one only a few blocks from their current V V Apparently, their new home is 1 inch x "-" -"• -m - ~ -T*? ?, **>*-&»*' ..ii \^UAiAA A-AA&A& too close to one neighbor and 2% feet too home on Henry Clay. close to the street. Moving it could cost at The excitement ended in mid-June, when their soon-to-be neighbors spoke \ was, ^Lk^/steplcldier^ to KM least $50,000. '£b&£x The conflict is over a matter of inches, out against their proposed home. although these inches have resulted in The house, worth $160,000, Is not ex rii$& biit It weeks of delays and costs that have run travagant, contended Terry, but is built into the tens of thousands. The structure to make the best use of all its space. at 5255 N. Kent Ave. was supposed to be "We want our neighbors to see purside > St^J#fga;m%t^ ready for its occupants two weeks ago, of it," Hrycyna said. "We wantthiem to see - t _,i^-r^ ^ °c- rent approval of the stages of construc various areas. The village requests tion, the construction site remains quiet. another survey from the Hrycynas. All's been still there since the middle of June and the Hyrcynas — Terry, Tom and June 8 their two children — cannot move into A new survey is filed with the village. their new $ 160,000 home. The survey is dated June 3 but is not re Here are the procedures the Hrycyna ceived by the village for another 5 days, and village officials took that led up the according to Village Manager Ed Hens- current situation. chel. The new survey lists the home as having a 30 foot setback and a width of April n 36.2 feet. These changes are violations The survey of the proposed home was for front and side setbacks. The height of filed with the village. According to the 25.5 feet is also in violation of the code. survey, the proposed dwelling will have a The new survey lists the house as setback of 32.5 feet and will have a width under construction, in the past surveys it of 34.875 feet. These dimensions are was listed as proposed dwelling. within village ordinance. July 6 April 12 The Hrycynas appear before the Board A building permit application is ap of Appeals, asking for a variance ruling proved by the village and signed by Terry for their home. The request is denied, Construction at the Hrycyna house, 5255 N. Kent Ave., is at a standstill until the vil Hrycyna, based on the April 11 survey. lage decides who is responsible for its dimensions, which violate village building August 16 codes. April 19 An ordinance change is looked at by (CNI photo by Mary Catanese-Pugens) A new building survey is filed with the the Plan Commission. If approved, the village. The house is now described as change would make the Hrycynas* di have a setback of 30 feet, a violation of vil mensions conforming for the front yard lage ordinance. and side setbacks. The decision is tabled, so legal language can be reviewed. What went wrong? April 21 procedures as other perspective home August 29 Construction of Hrycyna builders in Whitefish Bay. The Building Board, which looks at the But something went amiss along the aesthetics of a home, approves the The village still has not set a date for house at standstill until way. Hrycyna plans. the next Plan Commission meeting. If the Their new home, at 5255 N. Kent Ave., Plan Commission does approve the new question is answered is 1 inch too close to one neighbor, 9 in Late April ordinance language at the next meeting, ches too close to another, 2lA feet too the ordinance still has to be approved by close to the street and 15 lA inches too A neighbor calls the village and tells of the Zoning Committee and then the full By Kimberiy Wilmot-Weidman high. Moving it could cost upward of ficials that the home is encroaching in Village Board. Staff Writer $50,000. Now, until it is settled who is responsi The Hrycyna family apparently filed ble for the code violations — or the appa the same forms and followed the same 7VU*g£ *?-/-/?ff to makeit more clear from er than from its fbuh^tlon. The prevent hon-conforming uses." >A Panel recommends which points property setbacks Hrycynas claim yiUage; officials are supposed to be measured. told them the setbacks would be NEIGHBOR UNHAPPY WITH SITUATION vill^emeawfefiom And those changes, if ap measured based on th& founda : The ^ proved by the YiUage / Board, tion. /\':y/&^K;A.S*^A-A/ the Hrycynas' honie'.. to/tfife''vifi lage's at^nti^JJohn would bring the rfrycynas' home Those extra few inches be 1 ByJ.R.S closer to legal conformity. tweenthe foundation and siding bruegge, sai& 'jfto A^^oispleasea Special to) The commission's recommen mea^ur^iriejui; might not seem that not enough AiM^bben dor^ dation will be passed along to the like rhucfc but it was enough to to ensure better cpmrj^ia^ wifiS Whiteifeir-Bay — Inch by Zoning, Parks and Buildings force the3^ the> buildingcodereqiur^ .;** inch, Tom arid Terry Hrycyna Committee, which will meet middle of construction; "The village^ should;have t® are getting closer to being able to Monday. \-AA The Hrycynas' attorney im responsibility to enforce; the or complete their new home. Through a surveying or engi mediately fired off a letter to the dinance without the property The Hrycynas' half-built neering error tliat has yet to be village indicating that not only owner having to dp anything," home became famous after vil fully explained, the $160,000 was such measurement not past he said. ^ ^ lage officials decided it was being house at 5255 N. Kent Ave. is practice, but that under the stan For him, the real issue is why built too close to the front and not sitting quite correctly on the dard, many homes in the village work on the house was ever al^- side lot lines and would be too lot. ; would become legal, non-eon- lowed to start in the first place; - tall for the neighborhood. The While the Hrycynas already forrning properties. "What you^e trying to do is home was out of line anywhere are preparing to move the house "We are riot creating a differ put a Band-Aid on open heart from 1 inch to 2% feet, the vil back, there was no way it could ent standard for construction in surgery," he said, "These people lage said. fit within the side lot .lines as the village," said Village Presi have been harmed... now Mr. The Plan Commission recom long as the village insisted on dent JarneS ^ormley. "What and Mrs. Hrycyna hate me and mended Thursday that the vil measuring the setback distances we're trying M do is lock in past the press hate me because I did lage change its zoning ordinance from the siding of the home rath practice to avoid confusion and whatlhadtodo." ts . .. .' £./*-/f?f I/lute--cr*ct\Ma& Bay 0rgperty owners seek $850,000 Couple files claim with village over half finished home in dispute Henschel stuxjk to > Jiis guns Thursd^yrinsiMing the house By MICHAEL R.ZAHN that was built was not the same of The; Journal staff Whitefish Bay — Tom and Terry Hrycyri& who have,btei^fdrjc^to stop construction of their half-finishecl home in Whitefish Bay be? cause of objections to its size, slapped the village Friday with a claim for $850,000 hi recenuy^fSSd; off a! fetter to damages. Whitefish Bay, <^ftteijdirig that In addition to asking compensation for re quired construction changes, the Hrycynas are te^e ol'fack of oversight" of, V claiming the Village of Whitefish Bay abused l ^ « its-power and libded them. village pfficiafe: • ' s^%'piling such a claim is often a prelude to a Pittmar complained Thurs ; ••Uynmjit. Whitefish Bay has 120 days to attempt day th«^Whitefi$h Bay was still , to* negotiate a settlement. After that, the Hrycy nas are free to file suit in Circuit Court. ^m^^JP^ aWhitefish Bay policy offi- ,^ remind niS'.wife, Terry, a speech pathologist '^i^yiitHTthe Shorewood schools, are asking $2?O,000 apiece for the village's alleged "abuse ., JMlP^ be' of power and deprivation of our civil rights." iftrtar/r$aid; ^When w?'£$M0t*l?t> con#W* sftate--' . They' are also seeking rnMtMffl^ home^ $150,000 for stnutotf'^iitifl^ o^§pM#%astrateathatwe * cations and $ 100,000' aA'w libel. The allegation of li$el!ans-" caritt;iet%;fM)^t answer." es out of a news release issued (William #., last month by the^llage^,ad jmeht"Tli\j(rsiv ministrator, Edmurid M. tten- schel, who blamed the problem on: Errors, in information . pro je^cidi-, vided to the village as a part of ^.edifies, the permitting process." * bejacked The Hrycynas say Henschel §nd moved was attacking their."reputations p?lwhile the for honesty:and integrity." ^sement 'ft de- After Whitefish Bay officials lament will be issued various approvals that al- rebuilt, and-tne rfyv moved back /atop 'fee, *• ' : , •• •• • luje>in;various way§»vranging from)! iT$M$2Vif$e& Officials aJ^dfeonteMthe home^about131 ,:$et fall;; rffist beshort^rlby as m\$h as 15% inches, . ;< ft \* tt&£/}L£ } 'ni/wrr Irycynas file $850,000 claim against village Claim includes charge of libel against village Sy Kimberiy Wilmot-Weidman Staff Writer The Hrycynas have filed a $850,000 claim against the village, saying it abused its power and libeled them. Tom and Terry Hrycyna are seeking $150,000 to repair structural damage to their home, which is under construction at 5255 N. Kent Ave.; $250,000 each for the village's "abuse of power" and depriv ing them of their civil rights; and $ 100,000 each for libel. The libel charge stems from a news re lease issued last month by Village Mana ger Ed Henschel. According to the release, the problem the Hrycynas encountered in building Construction at the Hrycyna house, 5255 N. Kent Ave., remains at a standstill until ways to bring it into compliance are found. their home was because of "errors in in struction delays and thousands oi dol formation provided to the village as part lars in extra expense. The village claims "That one resident happens to be a police of the permitting process." officer who happens to be represented by According to the Hryeyna's letter to the the house is not in compliance with code; Board of Appeals, the height limit has In the claim, the Hrycynas said Hens however, the Hrycynas maintain they fol a past village president. What is happen ing here is a shame. The village attorney been changed five times. The Hrycynas chel was attacking their "reputations for lowed all the steps and got the proper honesty and integrity.n and assistant village manager should be have documentation for each of the approvals. ashamed." changes: The village has 120 days to attempt to Specifically, the village contends the negotiate a settlement. After that, the Tom Hrycyna is a Whitefish Bay police • On June 15, the head of the village's home is 1 inch too close to one neighbor, 9 officer and the attorney representing him building inspection department left a Hrycynas are free to file a lawsuit in Cir inches too close to another, 2!/ feet too cuit Court. Henschel is out of town and 2 and his family is Patrick Matthews, a for phone message for the Hrycynas' lawyer close to the street and 15/2 inches too mer village president. that said there was no height problem. could not be reached for comment. high. "We didn't want it to come to this," The last two areas not in compliance • On June 30, the village told the Terry Hrycyna said. "We tried on numer are the height and the front setback. Hrycynas that the house was .78 feet in ous occasions to work with the village ad Two of those problems — the side set To fix the front setback, regardless of excess of the height limitation. ministrative staff to settle the problem, backs - were resolved Monday, when vil the final dimensions the village specifies, • On July 12, the village attorney ad but to no avail. lage officials clarified zoning that allowed the house will have to be jacked from its vised them that the house is 15.6 inches "They asked us for a claim and we've gi homes to be measured from the founda foundation and moved to the back of the too high. • On Aug. 12, the village attorney ad ven it to them/ she said. "It seems ironic tion rather than the finished exterior. lot while the concrete basement is demol vised that the structure's height exceed that the amount of money being spent on The zoning decision was approved ished. The basement will have to be relo the maximum allowed by 1.0475 feet. attorney fees by all parties involved, in unanimously by the Village Board, but cated and rebuilt and the house will have • On Aug. 16, the village attorney cluding the Elm Grove Village Attorney not without criticism from a resident. to be moved back atop the basement. withdrew a request for reconsideration of hired by Whitefish Bay to defend the John Feldbruegge, who lives in the lot The height, though, is still a question. Board of Appeals, would probably have next to the Hrycynas, questioned why the Board of Appeal's July 6 meeting, ad The Hrycynas have filed their case with vising that the village is still considering been enough to solve the problem. Dur one resident could command a change in the Board of Appeals. A decision by the ing this time, the strain on our family and the zoning code. the proper determination of the grade, or finances continue.** "What is really going on here tonight is board is needed because construction l^rhe Hrycynas* troubles in building a the fact that this body, this village, necessary to bring the house into com- the starting point at which calculations Home on their Whitefish Bay lot began changed their ordinance to accommo date one resident," Feldbruegge said. pliance cannot be done until the village should begin. four months ago and has resulted in con- decides what heightthcbjuildingshould loo.# ^ In trying to find a solution to the height problem, the village hired a construction firm to look at possibilities and their costs. Maier Construction looked at the partly finished Hrycyna house and came back with three remedies. The first remedy involves razing the home and rebuilding the foundation and house. According to the firm, the exact cost of the first remedy could not be deter mined. The firm called the option extreme and stated that it made little sense in terms of economics or neighborhood disturbance. The second remedy involves forming new foundation walls and truncating the roof by two feet. This remedy the firm de scribed as difficult but less expensive and one that would cause less distur bance than the first option. The cost was estimated at $79,300. The third remedy would involve the Hrycyna making changes in the dimen sions of the home. An approximate cost would be $45,000. This is the option the firm recommended looking at further. Gerry Maier of Maier Construction, though, made the recommendation with some advice for the village. "I sit on the board of a zoning appeals in the City of Delaficld, so I am sensitive to the situation as a builder and as a city of ficial. I cannot help but comment that a great deal of money, time and neighbor hood disturbance is going to be involved in any of the three remedies outlined Is it worth it for such a slight visual cha;—<;?" TOP 10 TAXPAYERS in the Bay, five homes make the list In second place was Wellston Proper Each has a lake view, ties, commonly known as the Fox Bay 1994 WHITEFISH BAY I Building, 302-338 E. Silver Spring Drive, TOP 10 TAXPAYERS a Lake Drive address with an assessment of $2,337,300 and PROPERTY AMOUNT 1994 property taxes of $92,171. A lqdk at individual 1994 tax bills in Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 177 E. Silver 1 Whitefish Bay Townhouses $320,076 Whitefish Bay will probably confirm what Spring Drive, was assessed at 240 E. Chateau Place you already know: The village indeed has $1,768,700 last year and had a 1994 tax its Gold Coast. 2 Commercial Building % 92,171 bill of $65,055, putting it in third place in 316 E. Silver Spring Drive Five private properties are among the the ranking of village taxpayers. top 10 .taxpayers in Whitefish Bay. In fourth place was Sendik's Market, 3 Marshall and Ilsley Bank $ 65,055 It a'lso will be no 500 E. Silver Spring Drive, the village's 177 E. Silver Spring Drive surprise to learn largest private employer, according to the 4 Sendik's Market $ 49,750 that all five homes school district's 1994 annual report. 500 E. Silver Spring Drive are in the 5200 and Sendik's had an assessment of 5300 blocks of $ 1,352,600 and paid $49,750 In property 5 Private Home $ 43,130 North Lake Drive. taxes. 5270 N Lake Drive And, again no Of the five private homes on the list, surprise, all five are 6 Private Home $ 33,331 the top taxpayer is the landmark known 5240 N. Lake Drive on the lake side of as the Ulhlein mansion, 5270 N. Lake the street. Drive. It is listed on the National Register 7 Private Home $ 32,941 In the North of Historic Places. 5200 N. Lake Drive Shore, Whitefish The large Italian Renaissance home, Bay has the second largestnumber of pri built in 1918 on the site of the old Pabst 8 Commercial Building $ 32,605 vate residences listed among its top 10 Whitefish Bay Resort, is assessed at 424 E. Silver Spring Drive taxpayers. $1,290,800 and had a 1994 property tax j 9 Private Home $ 27,996 ! Only River Hills has more — eight, to bill of $43,130. 5312 N Lake Drive be^exact — private homes in a ranking of Sixth and seventh places on the list of •\st-paying taxpayers, top taxpayers are also private homes on 10 Private Home $ 26,431. niteflsh Bay's highest-assessed pri the lake, again on the former resort prop 5300 N. Lake Drive vate property earned a 1994 tax bill of erty. The home at 5240 N. Lake Drive has $43,130, nearly eight times higher than an assessment of $994,700 and paid the average village tax bill of $5,600. taxes of $33,331 in 1994. The home at That property, at 5270 N. Lake Drive, 18.6 percent; village of Whitefish Bay, 5200 N. Lake Drive is assessed at 18.5 percent; Milwaukee Metropolitan has a current assessment of $ 1,290,800. $983,100 and received a 1994 tax bill of The average assessment in Whitefish Bay Sewerage District, 8.1 percent; Milwau $32,941. kee Area Technical College, 5.4 percent; is $152,280. The owner of the commercial building Homeowners shoulder almost all of the state of Wisconsin at .05 percent. at 424 E. Silver Spring Drive has the Including credits, the owner of a tax burden in the village. Oi the total eighth-largest tax bill in Whitefish Bay. number of properties, 98 percent are re Whitefish Bay home assessed at The building, which houses Dan Fitzger $150,000 paid $5,513,36 in property sidential and 2 percent are commercial. ald Pharmacy among other businesses, is The proportion has been constant for taxes this year, an increase of $154.11 assessed at $948,400 with taxes of over a year ago. years and is not likely to change, given $32,605. the nearly built-up state of the village, Numbers nine and 10 on the list of top said Village Manager Edmund Henschel. taxpayers are private residences. The home at 5300 N. Lake Drive is assessed at Top 10 $674,400 and received a 1994 tax bill of F.Y.I. Here's a look at the top 10 taxpayer list $26,431. The home at 5312 N. Lake Drive in Whitefish Bay. The information was ta has an assessment of $798,900 and 1994 ken from village records. taxes of $27,996. How do you stack up? The The Whitefish Bay Townhouses has The property tax collection is divided average home in Whitefish the highest assessed value and pays the six ways. Bay la assessed at $152,280* most in property taxes. The Whitefish Bay School District re The average 1994 tax bill was The 224-unit complex at the south ceives nearly half of the total amount — $5,600. west corner of the village was assessed at 48.9 percent. $8,702,100 and paid $320,076 in prop The other taxing bodies and the per erty taxes in 1994. centage received are Milwaukee County, foes\ i if p TOP BILLING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 GLENDALE Deluxe Data $820,566 MEQUON The Whitefish Bay Townhouses, a 224-unit apartment complex located at the southwest corner of the village, paid $320,076 property taxes in 1994, giving it first place on the list of Whitefish Bay's top taxpayers. % " %v*r^^>N^'*^vr ~v* *">"''" t SHOREWOOD BAYSIDE FOX POINT Allen-Bradley Ir m "> vA&J $497,659 K ^^fe^^^^3^J[ft,^ ; V£73raB&| L(s BP^^BH na B s^j ,_2r" RIVER HILLS x ~ j i P^ffs**""0 ./V 1 Bayside Woods Porticos of Fox Point River Park Apartments $436,698 $438,932 $4101280 U>fA $jU*J Milwaukee Country Club M&I Data Services $158,387 $2,039,757 10FA £kv&? J-4-197S & \\A ;-;.->S;i^jj*&ifei.i,5sSst{j Alj^ Which suburbs are the safest, have the best schools, housing, The Suburbs Rated: Quality of Life Index Safety/ Insurance Environm'l Growth Total Rank Property Tax Schools Crime Costs duality Housing Convenience Ambiance Rate Score 1 ELM GROVE 98* 81 89 30 90 49 29 57 36 559554, in 2 MEQUON 98* 53 89 30 88 91 31 38 36 Iw' 3 CEDARBURG 84 80 84 42 56 63 . 22 56 36 523 P Jg j 4 FOX POINT 63 65 89 18 91 84 28 43 36 517 s wife, B 5 RIVER HILLS 63 76 89 18 95 63 20 43 36 503tekfiddi '"Having 6 BROOKFIELD 98 • 81 32 30 • 66 91 28 39 36 501 ere lookir 7 THIENSVILLE 84 53 89 42 94 42 24 36 36 500 jfowth and oly ones w 8 MENOMONEE FALLS 84* 63 56 30 60 91 30 45 36 495 We didn't 9 DELAFIELD 77 60 79 36 78 70 18 38 36 492 |e were th 10 HARTLAND 84 73 79 36 78 35 21 48 36 490 gents told U TheGol 11 NEW BERLIN 77* 67 61 30, 74 77 27 36 36 485 Jieirnewa 12 PORT WASHINGTON 49 56 70 42 76 56 23 54 36 462 jommute t 4*1 P°PeRoa 13 BAYSIDE 63 65 89 18 77 56 21 36 36 461 bnofhor 14 GRAFTON 63 70 84 42 63 35 24 41 36 458 nd it had 15 WHITEFISH BAY 42 63 79 18 83 56 25 55 36 457 faughters; Other's wo 16 GERMANTOWN 63 67 70 42 79 70 23 14 27 455 Goldberg: 17 MUSKEGO 84 36 89 30 82 63 22 21 27 454 tad an int 18 MUKWONAGO 70 37 65 36 81 70 23 51 18 ever 451 _ .**e 19 GREENDALE 42 53 56 18 87 77 31 50 36 450 |vere exce 20 OCONOMOWOC 70 43 37 36 66 70 24 60 36 442 house on kreet. W 21 HALES CORNERS 35 63 79 18 87 49 26 38 36 431 1 Only i 22 SAUKVILLE 42 56 65 42 55 63 20 33 36 412 did the < 1 23 SUSSEX 84 45 79 36 68 35 23 25 9 404 j:themseh •iabout yi 24 HARTFORD 49 66 42 42 62 56 23 27 36 403 says, ad( 25 BUTLER 84* 63 14 30 84 V 42 24 25 36 402 Ho be fir khan th 26 PEWAUKEE 70 57 61 30 70 21 22 34 36 ^40U1i ':.wereg; > ( « 27 WEST BEND 56 53 37 42 57, 63 20 35 . 36 399 1 Had 28 BROWN DEER 42 56 42 12 92 49. 29 38 36 396 i 1 29 GREENFIELD 28 54 51 42 84 56 28 15 36 394 | 1 30 GLENDALE 63 65 14 12 52 63 32 37 36 374 I | 31 SOUTH MILWAUKEE 56 41 51 12 74 49 28 26 .36 373 Ra i 32 WAUKESHA 56 46 47 30 56 28 26 36 36 361 j Her j 33 FRANKLIN 28 44 84 18 ... . 73^ 42 27 17 27 360 eacl 1 34 WAUWATOSA 42 56 42 6 50 49 29 34 36 344 evei .35 ST. FRANCIS - 28 54 32 12 69 49 32 25 36 337. , sev< to ii 36 OAK CREEK 35 38 51 18 56 56 28 20 27 329 enl 37 SHOREWOOD 21 63 42 6 81 14 30 35. 36 328 i T.B MIC 1 38 CUDAHY 28 37 37 12 72 56 27 13 36 318 Ja j 39 WESTALLIS 21 49 28 12 50 49 33 20 36 298 • ( j 40 WEST MILWAUKEE 14 49 14 12 51 28 30 18 36 252 fol i no jj HIGHEST SCORE1 98 8) 89 42 95 91 33 60 36 625'" O A l • Caution: These communities may incur a large i mtunded\ ax liability to the Mem )politan Milwaukee Sevvet age District. w : scores attained. Thursday, February 16, 1995 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for a hypothetical family of four). age tax rate." In an interview Monday, Fennell said About River Hills: "...with homes sell he and his stall'had been thinking about ing for an average of nearly $400,000, .rating the suburbs for a long time. Ini River Hills isn't for tine weak of wallet. If tially, the intense nature of the work you can afford It, the living's easy." LIVE IT UP ff scared the in off. '"Then we decided It was The information used for the calcula about time we did it," he said. "No one has tions came from a variety of sources. For ever done this before in Milwaukee." OR DOWN the crime rate, data was supplied by the He said the job was even more rigorous Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance than they expected. "We took a very care Statistical Analysis Center. For the fig ful, cautious approach. We know the con ures on schools, much of the data came sequences, how important this is to peo Magazine's rating of from the state Department of Public In struction. ple. We were fact-checking up until the our suburbs sure to day we shipped." Among the North Shore suburbs, Bay- create lots of talk side, Fox Point and River Hills shared the He said one of the biggest surprises top score for safe suburbs; River Hills was the low ranking of Shorewood. "We rated highest in environmental quality; never expected it to turn up so low," he What's this? Glendale and Shorewood were near the Whitefish Bay in the middle of the said. He said the poor mark can be attri top in convenience; Whitefish Bay was buted largely to the weight given catego park in a ranking of suburban third from the top in ambiance. school districts? ries in which Shorewood scored poorly, specifically taxes and crime. .No way. Shorewood's overall low rating can be Shorewood close to the bottom in a rating of overall quality of life in the traced to bottom or near-bottom scores in Now he's ready for questions — and suburbs? property tax (based on the equalized tax criticism. "We know it's not going to No way. rate for 1993 and 1994 on a hypothetical please everyone. It's a little like jumping Fox Point and River Hills on a list home with a fair market value of into a cauldron. We hope people take it for o\ Yhe area's most desirable $140,000) housing (based on recent ap what it's worth." communities? preciation rates and the proportion of More like it. owner-occupied properties) and insur Like it or not, it's all in the March ance costs (based on the annual home issue of Milwaukee Magazine, owner's and auto insurance premiums which is on the newsstands and in subscribers' mailboxes today. Best of the An article in the magazine, "The f Suburbs Rated," is sure to stir inter est — and controversy — in the Burbs North Shore. Closer to Home Magazine editor John Fennell, Here's how you and your neighbors .io is a Whitefish Bay resident, re leased an advance copy of the article stack up in Milwaukee Magazine's to CNI Newspapers this week. The article is a search for the ideal rating of 40 area suburbs. 2 Mequon suburbs in the metro area by mea suring 40 communities in nine categories - property tax, schools, crime, environmental quality, hous ing, growth rate, ambiance, conve nience and insurance costs. 4 Fox Point 4 Fox Point With the help of a statistician, four researchers spent six months collecting arid analyzing data — 64 variables in all. With the information, the maga zine rated the suburbs, then com 6 BrookfieJd pared them with each other in a so- 1 Thiensville called Quality of Life Index. When it was all over, Elm Grove 7 . :TWens#fi]te: - . "fjl'l ranked No. 1, West Milwaukee No. 40. In addition to Fox Point (4) and ^^a^saie River Hills (5), the other North Shore 8 Menomonee Falls suburbs and their rankings were Bayside, 13; Whitefish Bay, 15; 15 Whitefish Bay Brown Deer, 28; Glendale, 30; and 9 DelafieW Shorewood, 37. The top 12 suburbs, in order, are Elm Grove, Mequon, Cedarburg, 28 Brown Deer 10 Hartland Fox Point, River Hills, Brookfleld, Thiensville, Menomonee Falls, De- lafield, Hartland, New Berlin and 30 Glendale 11 New Berlin p-. Washington. Each of the 12 is ed briefly. aioout Fox Point, the authors 12 Port Washington wrote: "Some cities wish deer v/ere ^;||^,/;SWewood^ the worst of their problems. Fox Source: Milwaukee Magazine Point, unlike many communities, boasts a low crime rate, high envir onmental quality and an average CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 % ^ r inini """. 1,933 "ll mi/17 mm" '' $4,"64r ' •«'•'*'• ""$3,822* 0.2 13.9 -$1,541 . V "'' blicah 1,352 15 mi/29 min $2,941 $3,047 1.8 39.6 $1,436 : ed v't/(S. \ v £782 1-3 mi/18 min $4,568><- • $4,607 1.4 38.3 $1,733 \ • ed 2,715 13 mi/21 min $4,076 $4,256 5.3 53.5 $1,436 blicatMp 24 mi/34 min * $3,935 ^ --$4,120 0.4 20.0 - ''$1,338 • » \ Dcratic 3,968 15 mi/21 min $5,045 $5,208 2.1 35.3 $1,733 blican 492 27 mi/41 min $3,694 $3,900 : 0.2 25:0 ' $1;408 /: J,,i blican 1,565 10 mi/18 min $2,904 $3,059 0.5 15.8 $1,436 1 *r ~< \ ining , •;V,2,578: 10:m'i/15mifi^ - ' vWJwft.v.;>/^*ijfes4 ; 0.3< 14.4 ' ^$^54lV ed 718 16 mi/22 min $5,041 $5,193 0.3 20.9 $1,541 v 7 i : ~s^W „ blicaii' '456 24 mi/35'mm '• u$&yr ^^""%M^ 0.7 28.0 : $$66 : aning 2,491 8 mi/15 min $4,215 $4,191 3.8 70.6 $1,733 >v H blican 2,802 •Zlmx/iVnim - ^^^^0 ,0.4 - 21.5 x ."•'^^••' A "' 1 ,; H|# 1 ed 2,809 8 mi/18 min $4,637 $4,747 0.7 46.5 $1,541 aning 3,009 12 mi/18 min $4,794 V $4,947 0.9 42.5 * $1,313^ aning 2,439 14 mi/21 min $4,679 $5,001 0.3 26.2 $1,541 1 : { ; ed ' •'"Itfil'* ''313 mi/52 min *ft;i60^ -*y^ :'^$4$i& 0.9 49.2 \ ' ;$1,338:' >' > blican 2,318 27 mi/43 min $3,464 $3,880 0.0 24.5 $1,408 : ;; blican ' ;/840 * • ~l§v^rni^32Minr > ' ; ^ $3|S;^H v :ryi3f$f. 0.9 30.0 . :^/k^^; . WAk blican 435 16 mi/17 min $3,041 $3,165 0.1 13.1 $1,366 :ed f> A .''^8'f« 36;#3Smiri: '*$$$-: /-:> ^ $4,273 0.8 -35.4 \$1,408- , i,- 4 ed 528 19 mi/33 min $3,578 $3,903 0.3 13.4 $1,436 aning -924 18 mi/22 min $3,721 * $3,806 1.2 23.3 •$1,436 * f , aning 780 13 mi/21 min $4,519 $4,963 1.2 41.6 $1,541 l blican •. * *t$i#* 31 mi/40 min '. • $3>8$4\ AA^ .ocratic 3,866 5'mi/13 min< •• $6,407 . ' ^ $6,217 3.8 74.3^ * $1,733 ' '• ' :• ':> lblican 5,907 7 mi/16 min $4,691 $4,728 0.4 23.9 $1,541 v 2,351 18 mi/26 min $4,189 $4,407 1.1 33.1 $1,508 ! >0 Ce-- 5. Source: Multiple Listing Service, the '92 presidential election geographical center to Bradley lltip -ig Service, 1991 and 1994 through the because of votes for the. Center, leaving suburb at gh third quarter. third quarter. independent candidate Perot). 7:15 a.m. 6. Based on 1988-'92 voting patterns 7. Drive times calculated from 8. Tax bill calculated using average for state and federal races (except itf BAYSIDE 4,833 +0.9 $126,440 42.3 yrs. 4% $190,372 1% 90% BROOKFIELD 36,234 +3.0 $80,507 38.7 yrs. 3% $205,751 29% 92% BROWN DEER 12,518 +2.3 $44,104 37.9 yrs. 9% $93,008 15% 73% BUTLER 2,063 -0.8 $35,710 35.9 yrs. 0.4% $102,414 27% 47% CEDARBURG 10,364 +2.8 $52,076 35.7 yrs. 0.8% $177,406 29% 61% CUDAHY 18,809 +0.8 $34,484 34.0 yrs. 2% $89,886 28% 59% DELAFIELD 5,899 +10.3 $50,052 35.1 yrs. 2% $221,949 40% 64% ELM GROVE 6,258 -0.1 $126,986 44.6 yrs. 2% $214,813 9% 88% FOX POINT 7,218 -0.3 $114,598 41.4 yrs. 0.6% $226,179 30% 85% FRANKLIN 24,778 + 13.4 $52,419 33.1 yrs. 5% $125,084 12% 76% GERMANTOWN 15,486 +13.4 $46,753 32.2 yrs. 0.9% $140,242 26% 75% GLENDALE 14,201 +0.8 $55,447 42.3 yrs. 8% $124,420 23% 75% GRAFTON 9,525 +2.0 $47,727 32.7 yrs. 0.5% $139,822 17% 64% GREENDALE .15,171 +0.3 $56,071 38.0 yrs. 1% $140,875 30% 71% GREENFIELD 35,207 +5.4 $39,569 37.5 yrs. 2% $113,033 28% 62% HALES CORNERS 7,804 +2.4 $48,177 36.9 yrs. 1% $126,632 23% 65% HARTFORD 8,795 +7.5 $28,048 30.7 yrs. 1% $103,415 29% 57% HARTLAND 7,416 +7.4 $49,827 29.3 yrs. 0.3% $146,725 20% 55% MENOMONEE FALLS 27,703 +3.2 $49,091 36.1 yrs. 1% $146,804 35% 80% MEQUON 20,444 +8.3 $100,149 37.1 yrs. 4% $261,196 30% 91% MUKWONAGO 5,355 +19.5 $36,221 31.3 yrs. 0.6% $141,137 25% 72% MUSK EGO 19,022 4-13.1 $51,397 33.3 vrs. 0.7% $140,924 20% 85% NEW BERLIN 34,929 +4.0 $54,456 35.3 yrs. 1% $151,587 25% 85% )AK CREEK 21,984 + 12.7 $41,137 32.3 yrs. 2% $109,987 23% 66% OCONOMOWOC 11,405 +3.8 $38,944 34.6 yrs. 0.8% $161,749 33% 64% PEWAUKEE 5,875 +11.1 $44,005 32.5 yrs. 3% $138,769 9% 57% PORT WASHINGTON 9,738 +4.3 $41,261 32.7 yrs. 0.7% $116,159 28% 65% RIVER HILLS 1,646 +2.1 $306,705 42.2 yrs. 10% $391,136 17% 94% ST. FRANCIS 9,320 +0.8 $33,199 34.2 yrs. 3% $79,896 - 28% 56% SAUKVILLE 3,937 +6.6 $38,852 28.2 yrs. 1% $122,669 40% 56% SHOREWOOD 14,124 +0.1 $54,507 36.5 yrs. 3% $163,725 7% 47% SOUTHMILWAUK.EE 21,191 + 1.1 $36,218 34.2 vrs. 1% $92,108 24% 61% SUSSEX 6,373 +26.5 $44,537 30.8 yrs. 1% $139,682 10% 67% THIENSVILLE 3,345 + 1.3 $49,404 40.9 yrs. 1% $155,464 20% 60% WAUKESHA 58,428 +2.7 $43,114 30.8 yrs. 5% $125,783 15% 55% WAUWATOSA 49,434 +0.1 $49,443 37.8 yrs. 2% $119,477 19% 69% WESTALLIS 63,379 +0.3 $33,172 34.7 yrs. 2% $88,111 24% 59% WEST BEND 27,069 + 10.6 $43,337 31.5 yrs. 1% $118,322 29% 63% WEST MILWAUKEE 4,253 +7.1 $29,177 34.3 yrs. 5% $74,462 19% 37% WHITEFISH BAY 14,200 -0.5 $81,426 37.1 yrs. 3% $175,649 17% 84% SUBURBAN AVERAGE — +5.3 $59,719 35.4 yrs. 2%) $147,420 23% 68% Footnotes: * Informational item only. Not used in ratings. 1. Source: Department of • Number can exceed 100 percent due to student transfers into district after annual enrollment count. Administration, 1994. A Indicates existence of Superfund site(s). 2. Source: Department of Revenue • Indicates district weighted average when two or more high schools exist. In Waukesha, adjusted gross income figures. data pre-dates West High School opening. f\' If 2Q MI1W \l Ml \1 \uui ii;(> 'fam'tMtimmm**® WKS f w \iJ§ ^myvr^wu^>vw\ymi*w^*&#^m>q^ ?**?'' '"'* ^^ o toried Whitefish Bay mansion for sale Lakeside home, once owned by Stephen King, was in 'Major League' fVlAUREEN DlETZEL MERTENS (z Special to the Journal Sentinel Whitefish Bay —• Carl Herz- feld, president of Boston Store — one of two large retailers in downtown Milwaukee, the oth er being Gimbels — had just purchased close to 4 acres on Lake Michigan here next door to a home just built by the Uihlein family of Schlitz Brewing Co. The year was 1924, and Whitefish Bay was mostly rural — some land was still being farmed — with vacant lots ev erywhere. Herzfeld knew what he want ed—a house designed after the style of a Mediterranean Villa v view of the lake from ev ery worn, even the maid's quar ters. On the south end of the main floor, he built a solarium that in cluded a fountain with a leaded MICHAEL SEARS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER stained glass dome above and a The grand interior of the house at 5240 N. Lake, which was used as a location in the movie "Major League/' second-floor balcony overlook Herzfeld settled into the ing it. Oh yes, there's also a fire Home is For Sale "giving it an estimated fair mar house for only a few years, sell place. ket value of $1,500,000 rounded Seventy years and several ing it to Julius and Elizabeth In the large room called a liv off," she said. She added that renovations later, the home that Heil, who lived there until Heil ing room — the room his guests the 1995 taxes were $34,476 with was featured in the movie "Ma became governor of Wisconsin would enter first — along with a lottery credit of $146.54. The jor League" and is one of the in 1938. The next owners were the rich terrazzo tile floor in asking price for the home is more intriguing mansions on N. Otto and Eleanor Boehim, who deep shades of orange and $1,425,000. Lake Drive is up for sale. lived in the house until the late brown, he put in an expanse of The history of the home and Lynn Morgan, assistant vil 1970s. arched leaded glass windows who lived there is as interesting lage assessor of Whitefish Bay, across the east wall so the lake as its design. seemed to be a part of the room. said the house at 5240 N. Lake The house took two years to Drive was assessed at $906,200, build, and in 1926 Herzfeld moved in. fflrfi a\ Author Stephen King pur chased the house in 1977 for $220,000. In 1980, he sold it on a land contract for $402,000. That contract was forfeited, and in early 1986 King put the house up for sale. A young couple, Stephen and Ruth Denker, went to see it. He was from New York; she came from Michigan, although they had lived in Milwaukee for al most 10 years. -^ "If s always been our favorite house in Milwaukee," Ruth MICHAEL SEARS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The owners are asking $1.4 million for the 70-year-old Whitefish Bay Denker said. "When we went to mansion, one of the dominant homes along Lake Michigan. see it, we fell in love with it im The Denkers moved into uin mediately. We must have seen house in November 1986. Their cision," Denker said. "We love 20 or 30 other houses after that, son, Sam, was born in May 1987. Whitefish Bay and the commu but we couldn't settle for any They continued working on nity and we have friends here." thing else." the house after they moved in. Ruth Denker, walks through , They built a two-car attached the home she lived in for almost | They paid $479,000 for the garage, making sure all of the 10 years, the home she lived in j house in July 1986, but didn't when all her children were j move in right away. Herzfeld's old brick was saved and used on born, and speaks of it with love house had fallen into disrepair. the front of the house, keeping and respect. She points to a tree "We did a tremendous the integrity of the structure. outside the dining room win amount of renovation," Denker Outside, for every tree they dow. explained. "We updated the lost, they planted five, and they electric, repaired the roof, took created five Bluestone patios "That maple tree was planted the dome apart piece by piece and walkways. The house was hen our first son was born. and repaired it. We finished off used in "Major League" in 1988. ou can't imagine how hard it is the basement. We updated the "They had 175 people in • leave it. We'll miss three old fuse box from 50 amps to here," Denker said. "We'd be in ings the most: the lake, the big 400." the kitchen and the baby would d trees and the presence and For all the restoration, they lidness of the house. It's so hired skilled craftsmen, which cry and we'd hear them shout, iet. It's like a fortress. It's in- made the repairs more expen 'Cut. Shoot again.'" dible to realize that 70 years Their family had grown to families have lived here and sive, but because of their love 7 for the house they wanted it three sons — Sam, now 8, Ben, like new/ done right. 7, and Max, 6 — and a few While she doesn't want to say months ago, they decided to how much the restoration cost, ! move closer to the boys' school, Denker did point out the cost of University School of Milwaukee one detail of the work done. in River Hills, into more of a "We replaced almost all the neighborhood atmosphere. storms and screens for the "It was a very, very hard de- house in the original mahoga ny," she said. "That cost from $30,000 to $40,000." BUILDING PERMITS Year Number Value 1926 226 1,738,424 1927 216 2,009,225 1928 252 2,302,385 1929 208 1,957,875 1930 141 1,399,275 1931 137 1,350,200 1932 34 254,250 1933 14 107,450 1934 20 14 8,473 1935 101 723,945 1936 162 1,184,741 1937 156 1,211,650 1938 146 1,005,590 1939 162 1,161,773 1940 190 1,362,795 1941 208 1,448.800 1942 66 401,200 1543 50 275,000 1944 20 101,500 1945 152 1,133,706 1946 201 1,821,050 1947 206 2,487,650 1948 219 3,104,800 1949 190 3,162,465 1950 273 4,255,405 1951 166 3,253,950 ia3 ,\ $ « Building Inspection Department WHITEFISH BAY, WIS. TA«. 5--tJ-RO This Certifies that Building Permit No.. .has today been issued tn CHAK mDERPEM to erect *™UCEl»t 2^LA .VHDRELAND AVF GARAGE ..:•) Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Front Set Back. _ft. gl-PAG,Fi-.S Side Set Back. .ft. Chief Building Inspector This card must be tacked and maintained in place on the premises 8'0" above ground level, facing the street, until Final Inspection of work. ©«^^> 1000-1-5-WB \Kjt JLA SO \t \V £ * ^ ^ Is <** make the most appropriate use 3 •§ ^ s* a B g" * £ f X "tf -^ f"1^ of land and to preserve land 5.8.2 3? ? '2 ^ v *1 >>, <>> NMU 3 values by developing land in ac- ' c S «* & • 8, c » K P ^ (M **S cordance with its highest and best * 8 2 § ' § g ^ t* ^ W use. xs