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S.201 – Arthur L. Richards Duplex
Apartments, 2720-2734 W. Burnham Street,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin LINK TO DISCUSSION OF
AMERICAN SYSTEM-BUILT HOMES PHOTOS OF INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS Photographed on May
11, 2012. Wright designed an entire
city block of prefab homes for Arthur L. Richards, a real estate developer
who hoped to sell prefabricated houses.
The houses were part of Wright’s dream to sell prefabs all across the
country through builder/licensees.
While many were built by Richards’ company, World War I’s restrictions
on building materials and various developer/architect disputes brought the
project to an early end. Of 25 structures believed
built, 15 survive. The duplexes on
Burnham Street served as demo units for the Milwaukee-based manufacturer, as
did the single residences (S.202,
S.203). The duplexes all employ the same design,
although S.201.4 is a mirror image of the others. They have all been renovated and changed
over the years, so the colors and sheathing are not as designed. The addresses go up as you look from east
to west (right to left), from South Layton Street to 28th Street (east to
west). Prof. Storrer
has assigned decimal suffixes to the four duplexes, in order of their
addresses:
S.203.1
– 1835 S. Layton S.202
– 2714 W. Burnham S.201.1 – 2720 & 2722 W.
Burnham S.201.2
– 2724 & 2726 W. Burnham S.201.3
– 2728 & 2730 W. Burnham S.201.4 – 2732 & 2734 W.
Burnham |
Narrow gap between
S.201.4 & S.201.3
Left: S.201.4,
S.201.3, and S.201.2. Right: sidewalk
gap between S.201.1 & S.201.2
S.201.2, S.201.1, and
S.202
From 28th Street,
looking east – the grey duplex in the foreground is S.201.4
PHOTOS OF INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS
New 05/19/2012
Revised 09/27/2012
