You are here

Wisconsin » The Lake District » Milwaukee County » Milwaukee » Benjamin Goldberg House

Benjamin Goldberg House

-A A +A
1898, John Moller and George Ehlers. 2727 E. Newberry Blvd.
  • (Photograph by Andrew Hope)

An exuberant Chateauesque design, the Goldberg House celebrates the late Victorian love of intricate ornament and dramatic silhouette. Asymmetry alternates with symmetry throughout, from the centered entrance to angled and round bays. The magnificent spiky tower is the facade’s focal point with its four jutting gables and an eight-faceted crocketed spire. The gables are embossed with shields and framed with unusual grille-like fretwork and—along with the front porch arches—feature flame-like fretwork. A handsome two-story Chateauesque carriage barn is one of the best surviving examples in the city. It retains its original, hand-operated carriage elevator, used to hoist a vehicle from the ground floor to storage in the loft. Attorney Benjamin Goldberg never lived in this magnificent house because he lost his fortune before its completion. He sold it at a loss in 1898 to George Martin Jr., a prominent Milwaukee tanner.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Marsha Weisiger et al.
×

Data

What's Nearby

James Sawyer House
Philip and Norma Koehring House
Albert and Hedwig Gallun House
Victor Brown House
Thomas Robinson Bours House

Citation

Marsha Weisiger et al., "Benjamin Goldberg House", [Milwaukee, Wisconsin], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WI-01-MI172.

Print Source

Buildings of Wisconsin

Buildings of Wisconsin, Marsha Weisiger and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, 150-150.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,