Sunnyhill Home
Historic house in Wisconsin, United States in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Built 1874 by James Douglas. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House, also known as Sunnyhill Home, is a historic house at 8000 West Milwaukee Avenue in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Built in 1874, it was the home of Doctor Fisk Holbrook Day (1826-1903), a prominent local physician and amateur geologist. The stylistically eclectic house was built in part to house Day's large collection of artifacts, and is the Milwaukee suburb's only major 19th-century mansion. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997. It is privately owned and not open to the public.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 8000 W. Milwaukee Ave., Wauwatosa, WI |
| County | Milwaukee County |
| Listed | May 7, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80000169 |
| Built | 1874 |
| Architect | James Douglas |
| Type of place | single-family detached home |
| Style | Second Empire style, Gothic Revival, Italianate architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 8000 W. Milwaukee Ave., Wauwatosa, WI |
| Coordinates | 43.05317, -88.01285 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pullman National Historical Park · 96 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80000169. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.