Claim: Some of the features of the house where the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is located are, a mahogany (a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber) staircase, Tiffany-designed windows, and sound-absorbing floors.
Evidence: Inside is a mahogany staircase with a Tiffany-designed window on the landing, some parquet floors, ten fireplaces, a music room, and a billiard room. The floors were carefully constructed to absorb noise with layers of deafening quilts and two inches of mineral wool. There he bought the lot on Prospect Avenue, which was then Milwaukee's "Gold Coast" - where the elites built elaborate homes.