Masonry Contractor in Pleasant Prairie, WI

When Were Pleasant Prairie's Homes Built?

Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the village at about 9,230 homes. About 42 percent were built in 2000 or later, and about 18 percent in the 1990s. The median home dates to 1996. In Kenosha, just to the north, the median is 1970.

About 69 percent of the homes are detached single-family houses. About a quarter were built before 1970. The village says the Chiwaukee area of Carol Beach was laid out in the 1920s. The rest of Carol Beach was subdivided starting in 1947.

A 2024 historic survey for a state road project on 93rd Street recorded early 1950s houses in ashlar stone veneer. Nearby are 1960s ranches in buff Roman brick and variegated brick. On a newer house, we tuckpoint the brick and stone and rebuild the front steps. On a mid-century ranch, we match new mortar to the old and repair stone veneer fronts.

Brick and Stone Landmarks in Pleasant Prairie

Pleasant Prairie was a rural township until it became a village in 1989. The Wisconsin Historical Society's building inventory still lists brick buildings from the township days. An 1887 cream brick house stands on 39th Avenue. Small brick schoolhouses from 1920 and 1927 are listed on Sheridan Road and 116th Street.

Village Hall on 39th Avenue began as the 1967 town hall and fire station, and was enlarged in 1997. The inventory describes a concrete block building faced mostly with brick, with limestone accents. It also lists a house from about 1913 on 95th Street, built of rock-faced concrete block.

On older brick, we match the new mortar to the old in color and strength. When the face of a brick flakes off, which masons call spalling, we replace that brick with a close match.

Frost and Footings on Pleasant Prairie Soil

NRCS soil maps show Ozaukee silt loam on about a quarter of the village. It formed in a layer of silt up to 18 inches thick over dense glacial till. Poorly drained Ashkum silty clay loam covers about another tenth. By the lake, the village says the Chiwaukee Prairie stands on old beach sand under about 10 inches of topsoil.

The same maps rate frost action high on about 45 percent of the village's land, and moderate on about half. Frost action means the ground heaves as ice forms in it, then loses strength as it thaws. The state rule for footing depth is SPS 321.16 of Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code. It puts footings below the frost line or at least 48 inches below grade, whichever is deeper.

The code lists a few exceptions, and footings under landings and stoops follow the same rule. Pleasant Prairie's building code also has a rule for old farm field tile. If the dig for a new building hits it, the tile must be rerouted in rigid pipe. The dig and the tile belong to other trades, and we lay the block once the footing is in.

Much of the village has filled in since Prairie Springs Park and Lake Andrea opened in 1995. In 2025 the village issued permits for 380 new housing units, most of them apartments. It also approved the first 108 lots of Highland Estates and 36 lots at Cedar Ridge.

Which Masonry Jobs Need a Permit in Pleasant Prairie?

Residential permits go through the Building Inspection Department at Village Hall. The village's permit page lists additions and detached garages among the projects that need one. Porches and steps are on the list too, new or repaired. Review can take up to 10 business days once the application is complete.

Chapter 370 of the village code asks for a permit before most building and repair work. In July 2026 the village board added that unpermitted work, and its continued use, is a violation.

The code's short list of exceptions does not name tuckpointing. So before a big tuckpointing job or a chimney rebuild above the roof, ask the department about a permit. The permit is sorted out before work starts.