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Volume 1 • Number 38
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Districts create living time capsules
Kenosha has four historical areas designated by national register By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
Historic districts are found throughout the country in towns and cities that respect their history. They are composed of a collection of buildings, properties or sites that have been designated as historically or architecturally significant to the community’s development. While most communities have one historical district, Kenosha has had four such districts designated and each has received the National Register of Historic Places designation. The best way to appreciate these areas that have been so significant in the development of the city, is to walk through them, looking at the architecture and imagining what life was like for Kenosha residents who lived here in the early days of the community’s development. Third Avenue District The Third Avenue Historic District is the showplace of high-end homes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This district is along Third Avenue primarily between 51st Street and 60th Street, on land originally owned by Charles Durkee. The district is bounded by Lake Michigan on the east. The movers and shakers of Kenosha built ele-
gant homes that reflected their place in society and enjoyed this prime waterfront location. Many of these homes were designed by the popular architects, including Max Dunning, Richard Philip, and Pond and Pond of Chicago. The homes reflected the popular styles of the day including the Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival, and the Queen Anne Colonial Revival styles. Most of the homes have been well maintained giving the street the same appearance it had in the 1900s, except for the presence of so many automobiles. A walk down Third Avenue is a walk into an area of Kenosha as it was in the 1900s. Imagine taking an evening stroll and stopping to chat with neighbors – the Charles Jeffrey and Charles Nash families of the automobile industry, Charles Durkee, businessman and frequent legislator for the area, James Anderson of the American Brass Company, and many other political and business figures of the time. The Episcopal Girls School opened on the Durkee property in 1874 when Durkee left the area to become governor of the Utah Territory. The school, known as Kemper Hall, was the leading private
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SANDRA LANDEN MACHAJ Hi-Liter
This Queen Anne style home, located in the Library Park Historic District, was the original home of Urban Lewis, a businessman. Since 1920 the home has served as the Hansen-Lendman Funeral Home.
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