Front view of House
Maintained by the  W.J. Niederkorn Museum and Art Center


The Judge Eghart House

A Victorian Restoration

302 W Grand Avenue    Port Washington, Wisconsin

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ParlorOriginally, the property wasDress  owned by Byron and Clara Teed, who built the  house in 1872.  Judge Leopold Eghart bought the house and property in 1881 moving his family from Cedarburg to Port Washington.  Together with his wife Anna, they raised six children, Ida, Adele, Emilie, Meta, Albert and Elsa.

 
Mrs. Eghart was known for her lilacs which she often sold in Milwaukee.  Several lilac bushes still bloom on the property in spring.  The Eghart children hosted many parties here in the warmer months.  The house stayed in the Eghart Family until 1969 when Elsa Eghart died.

 

 

The city had plans to raze the property and use it for parking, until a group of women asked the city to preserve it as a link to the city's past.  With fundraising and volunteer help, this little house next to the W.J. Niederkorn Library has been restored  and furnished as an authentic example of early Victorian architecture representing the transition period between classic and ornate Victorian.  The furnishings are from both the Teed and Eghart families as well as other local families.