{"id":369,"date":"2020-04-24T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/?p=369"},"modified":"2020-06-30T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T02:52:00","slug":"colonel-theodore-yates-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/colonel-theodore-yates-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Theodore Yates Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gallery-div\" class=\"gallery-div\">\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-gallery-container-1\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"0\"> <div class=\"swiper swiper-gallery\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-slider-gallery swiper-wrapper \" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item swiper-slide\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2710-W-State.jpg\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2710-W-State.jpg\" title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates House\" data-rl_title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates House\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates House\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2710-W-State.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"930\" alt=\"\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Colonel Theodore Yates House<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item swiper-slide\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yates.jpg\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yates.jpg\" title=\"Yates House circa 1870s\" data-rl_title=\"Yates House circa 1870s\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"Yates House circa 1870s\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yates.jpg\" width=\"886\" height=\"540\" alt=\"\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Yates House circa 1870s<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item swiper-slide\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col_Yates.png\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col_Yates.png\" title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates\" data-rl_title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"Colonel Theodore Yates\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col_Yates.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\"\/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Colonel Theodore Yates<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- If we need pagination --> <div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div> <!-- If we need navigation buttons --> <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div> <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div> <!-- If we need scrollbar --> <\/div> <div class=\"swiper swiper-thumbs\"> <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"> <div class=\"swiper-slide\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2710-W-State.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <\/div> <div class=\"swiper-slide\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Yates.jpg\" alt=\"\"> <\/div> <div class=\"swiper-slide\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tourdeforce360.com\/hcni_tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/Col_Yates.png\" alt=\"\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The historic Colonel Theodore Yates residence, built circa 1863, was one of the first homes in the area. Originally built as a country home on a parcel of land that was nearly 7 acres and just outside the then city limits of Milwaukee, the Gothic Revival Villa has undergone a wild life cycle. Its original owners were retired Colonel Yates (a highly decorated Civil War hero in the Battle of Vicksburg) and his wife, the daughter of one of the area\u2019s foremost land sub-dividers, Dousman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other long-term owners occupied it before it suffered a debilitating stint as a rooming house. The City of Milwaukee took possession of it in the early 1990s and struggled to find a buyer. During that time, there was a fire in the east parlor, various open access points, and a series of non-paying tenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The house\u2019s decline has since been reversed, and it is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.&nbsp; &nbsp;It is one of the few remaining residences in Milwaukee from this period and features a steeply pitched multi-gabled roof, Gothic arched windows, and moldings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renovations in the last decade removed a modern concrete stoop and aluminum awning over the front entryway thereby revealing the original charm of the acorn window over the front door and recreating the 40-foot long front porch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic Colonel Theodore Yates residence, built circa 1863, was one of the first homes in the area. Originally built as a country home on a parcel of land that was nearly 7 acres and just outside the then city limits of Milwaukee, the Gothic Revival Villa has undergone a wild life cycle. 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