Curtin, Jeremiah, House - Greendale, WI
N 42° 56.683 W 088° 01.332
16T E 416607 N 4755182
Boyhood home of Jeremiah Curtin at 8685 W Grange Ave in Greendale, WI
Waymark Code: WM232D
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
Views: 13
Text on the marker reads:
"BOYHOOD
HOME OF
JEREMIAH CURTIN (1835-1906)
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Born in Detroit of Irish immigrant parents, Curtin
came to Milwaukee in 1837 to join his mother's family the Furlongs
and settle on a farm in Greenfield. In the 1840's the Curtins moved
into this typically Irish stone house described in Curtin's
Memoirs. After his father's death Jeremiah persevered in his
love for learning and languages and graduated from Harvard College
in 1863. His command of Russian won him a position in the U.S.
Legation in St. Petersburg in 1864, thus launching his forty-year
world-wide career as linguist, translator (Sienkiewicz's Quo
Vadis), ethnologist, folklorist, and diplomat. He died and was
buried at his wife's Vermont home in Bristol.
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Street address: 8685 W Grange Ave Greendale, WI USA 53129
County / Borough / Parish: Milwaukee
Year listed: 1972
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1825-1849
Historic function: Domestic: Single Dwelling
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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