Architect Designed Arts & Crafts 12 Room 4300 sq ft Home

Eastside Arts and Crafts house located within a few blocks of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, the Downer Shopping Area, Lake Park and Lake Michigan, available at an affordable price.

Architect designed, impeccably restored Queen Ann and Arts & Crafts 1902, 12 room, 4,300 square foot home meticulously maintained by the same owner for the past 34 years. The home has six bedrooms, four fireplaces, and two baths with a large third floor recreation / audio visual room.

The Entrance Foyer includes a Great Room with a beamed 20 foot ceiling with an open hearth natural fireplace and a built in Arts and Crafts sitting area. The grand staircase has a gallery landing with a 13 foot ceiling and two stained glass windows. The open balcony on the second floor connects 4 large Bedrooms and overlooks the Gallery Area and the first floor open hearth fireplace. The home has a sunken Library, with a gas fireplace, wainscoting and beveled leaded glass built-in bookcases. Original ornamental brass hardware and light fixtures are found throughout. The home has an open plan with a quarter grain oak first floor, a nine-foot coved ceiling in the Living Room, and a wooden soffit ceiling in the Dining Room.

The Living Room has nine foot coved ceilings with a built in window seat in the bay window, natural wood, and an ornate tiger maple veneer gas fireplace whose upper shelf is secured by carved lion heads. The Dining Room has five-foot oak wainscoting, a glass china cabinet, and a leaded glass window overlooking the private garden.

The house has two Bathrooms, one of which has a natural maple floor and contemporary fixtures. The second has the original marble sink and five-foot glass tile wainscoting, with the original claw-foot bathtub. The Kitchen has the original ceramic tile wainscoting with a large island and sink areas, a natural maple floor, new stainless steel built in stove and dishwasher, and an adjacent butlers sink and built in glass cupboards.

The third floor is completely finished, newly carpeted, and functioned formerly as a ballroom. Presently, the Recreation / Audio Visual Room has an adjacent fifth and sixth Bedroom.

Articles and Photographs of the house have been published in the Evening Wisconsin, 1902, and the Milwaukee Journal, 1952 and 1982.

Special Features:

• New built-up roof in 2006
• New outdoor painting in 2006
• Many rooms freshly painted in 2007
• Upgraded to 200 amp breakers and new carpeting in 2007
• 50-gallon energy efficient hot water tank
• New front sidewalk in 2007
• Brick garage