National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee (Redirected from National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

This list comprises buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 283 NRHP sites listed in Milwaukee County, including 72 outside the City of Milwaukee included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and 211 in the city, listed below. One previously listed site in the city has been removed.


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Name on the Register Image Date listed Location Description
1 16th Street Viaduct
16th Street Viaduct
May 7, 2019
(#100003908)
N. 16th from W. Clybourn to W. Pierce Sts.
43°02′09″N 87°55′59″W / 43.0357°N 87.9330°W / 43.0357; -87.9330 (16th Street Viaduct)
4000-foot viaduct across the Menomonee River valley, over which in 1967 the Youth Council of the NAACP, advised by Father Groppi, led marches from the black north side into the all-white south side, forcing city leaders to address housing discrimination practices.
2 20th Street School June 4, 2020
(#100005256)
2442 North 20th St.
43°03′48″N 87°56′15″W / 43.0634°N 87.9375°W / 43.0634; -87.9375 (20th Street School)
Built in 1902 as the Tenth District Primary School No. 2, the building was designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke in Italianate style. In 1964 civil rights organizers selected this as one of the schools for the first protests against segregation in Milwaukee Public Schools.
3 27th and Wells Streets Commercial Historic District
27th and Wells Streets Commercial Historic District
November 8, 2016
(#16000767)
757, 760, 800-810, 801-813, 817-831, 820-826 N.27th St., 2632, 2711 W. Wells St.
43°02′25″N 87°56′52″W / 43.040290°N 87.947651°W / 43.040290; -87.947651 (27th and Wells Streets Commercial Historic District)
Intact commercial neighborhood on the 27th Street streetcar line, including the 1916 Baebenroth's Pharmacy, the Elizabethan Revival-styled West Point Apartments, the 1925 Mediterranean Revival Cecelia Apartments, the 1926 Mediterranean Revival Tower Theater, and the 1928 Liberty Building, which was converted to Doctors' Hospital in 1949.
4 37th Street School May 28, 2020
(#100005225)
1715 North 37th St.
43°03′10″N 87°57′36″W / 43.0528°N 87.9601°W / 43.0528; -87.9601 (37th Street School)
3.5-story brick building designed by George Birnback in Romanesque Revival style, built in 1903 with modern conveniences like central heating, indoor plumbing, and electricity. Served the Washington Park neighborhood as a school and social center until 2005.
5 Abbot Row
Abbot Row
March 3, 1983
(#83003402)
1019-1043 E. Ogden Ave.
43°02′52″N 87°53′53″W / 43.047778°N 87.898056°W / 43.047778; -87.898056 (Abbot Row)
Picturesque Queen Anne-style rowhouse of ten 3-story apartments, each with a private garden and patio. Designed by Howland Russel and built in 1889 for Edwin H. Abbot of the Wisconsin Central RR.
6 Charles Abresch House
Charles Abresch House
January 16, 1986
(#86000095)
2126 W. Juneau Ave.
43°02′46″N 87°56′25″W / 43.046111°N 87.940278°W / 43.046111; -87.940278 (Charles Abresch House)
2.5 story Queen Anne home with 3-story tower, designed by Frederick Velguth and built in 1890. Abresch was a German immigrant who initially specialized in building beer wagons. Later his Charles Abresch Company transitioned to build car and truck bodies.
7 Emanuel D. Adler House
Emanuel D. Adler House
September 13, 1991
(#91001397)
1681 N. Prospect Ave.
43°03′09″N 87°53′30″W / 43.052378°N 87.891669°W / 43.052378; -87.891669 (Emanuel D. Adler House)
3-story brick and stone Queen Anne home with Romanesque Revival elements, designed by Alfred Clas and built in 1888. Adler and his family ran a business that made ready-to-wear clothing.
8 All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex
All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex
December 27, 1974
(#74000099)
804-828 E. Juneau Ave.
43°02′46″N 87°54′06″W / 43.046111°N 87.901667°W / 43.046111; -87.901667 (All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex)
1868 Gothic Revival cathedral with 200-foot tower, designed by E. Townsend Mix, originally as Olivet Congregational Church. Also guild hall and bishop's manse.
9 Charles Allis House
Charles Allis House
January 17, 1975
(#75000072)
1630 E. Royall Pl.
43°03′13″N 87°53′25″W / 43.053611°N 87.890278°W / 43.053611; -87.890278 (Charles Allis House)
1911 Tudor-style mansion, home to Charles Allis, designed by Alexander Eschweiler.
10 American System Built Homes-Burnham Street District
American System Built Homes-Burnham Street District
September 12, 1985
(#85002166)
W. Burnham St.
43°00′38″N 87°56′55″W / 43.010556°N 87.948611°W / 43.010556; -87.948611 (American System Built Homes-Burnham Street District)
Cluster of six affordable Prairie style Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes and duplexes built in 1915 by the Richards Company as demonstration models of Wright's system of standard designs and precut parts.
11 Astor on the Lake
Astor on the Lake
September 6, 1984
(#84003715)
924 E. Juneau Ave.
43°02′46″N 87°54′01″W / 43.046111°N 87.900278°W / 43.046111; -87.900278 (Astor on the Lake)
8-story Classical Revival-styled hotel designed by Herbert Tullgren and built in 1920 a few blocks from Lake Michigan.
12 Baasen House-German YMCA
Baasen House-German YMCA
August 2, 1984
(#84003718)
1702 N. 4th St.
43°03′10″N 87°54′51″W / 43.052778°N 87.914167°W / 43.052778; -87.914167 (Baasen House-German YMCA)
1874 2-story home of railroad man and leading Catholic John Baasen, designed by Charles Gombert. Housed offices of German YMCA from 1888 to 1893. Used by Mt. Sinai Hospital starting in 1905, Wisconsin House Hotel in 1919, and Joe Kerscher's tavern in 1933.
13 Lloyd A. Barbee House
Lloyd A. Barbee House
May 7, 2019
(#100003940)
321 E. Meinecke Ave.
43°03′44″N 87°54′26″W / 43.0621°N 87.9071°W / 43.0621; -87.9071 (Lloyd A. Barbee House)
Modest home built in 1890 of Lloyd Barbee, Wisconsin's leading civil rights activist of the 20th century, who pushed to integrate Milwaukee's schools.
14 Baumbach Building
Baumbach Building
March 3, 1983
(#83003403)
302 N. Broadway St.
43°02′03″N 87°54′25″W / 43.034167°N 87.906944°W / 43.034167; -87.906944 (Baumbach Building)
5-story Chicago School structure designed by German architect Eugene R. Liebert for prominent German-Milwaukeean Ernest Von Baumbach and built in 1900. Initially housed the Cohen Brothers clothes factory.
15 Bay View Historic District
Bay View Historic District
August 23, 1982
(#82000686)
Roughly bounded by Lake Michigan, Meredith, Superior, Nock, Wentworth, Pryor, Clair, RR tracks and Conway St.
42°59′41″N 87°54′20″W / 42.994722°N 87.905556°W / 42.994722; -87.905556 (Bay View Historic District)
Fairly intact part of the Milwaukee Iron Company's company town, with 330 buildings including workers' cottages built in the 1870s, larger houses where managers lived, the Garibaldi Club, and the South Shore Park Bathhouse.
16 Blatz Brewery Complex
Blatz Brewery Complex
April 15, 1986
(#86000793)
1101-1147 N. Broadway
43°02′42″N 87°54′32″W / 43.045°N 87.908889°W / 43.045; -87.908889 (Blatz Brewery Complex)
Three historic stockhouses from the old Blatz brewery plant, built in 1891, 1904 and 1906 - all in German Renaissance Revival style.
17 Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building
Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building
March 31, 1983
(#83003404)
1120 N. Broadway
43°02′44″N 87°54′29″W / 43.045556°N 87.908056°W / 43.045556; -87.908056 (Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building)
Brewery office built in 1890, designed by Paul Schnetzky in Richardsonian Romanesque style. Now part of Milwaukee School of Engineering.
18 Blommer Ice Cream Company August 31, 2017
(#100001574)
1502 W. North Ave.
43°03′38″N 87°55′54″W / 43.06066°N 87.931769°W / 43.06066; -87.931769 (Blommer Ice Cream Company)
Factory begun in 1910 with glazed brick, then expanded in 1927 with a cream-colored terra cotta finish designed by Verner H. Esser, aiming to inspire consumer confidence with its clean, modern finish.
19 Frederick C. Bogk House
Frederick C. Bogk House
October 18, 1972
(#72000058)
2420 N. Terrace Ave.
43°03′42″N 87°52′36″W / 43.061731°N 87.87665°W / 43.061731; -87.87665 (Frederick C. Bogk House)
1917 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence, with influences from Japanese architecture and Mayan decoration.
20 Brewers Hill Historic District
Brewers Hill Historic District
August 2, 1984
(#84003745)
Vine, Reservoir, Palmer, 1st, 2nd, and Brown Sts.
•Boundary increase (listed April 27, 1995, refnum 95000449): Roughly, Brown and Lloyd Sts. and Garfield and North Aves. from 2nd St. to Hubbard St.

43°03′17″N 87°54′48″W / 43.054722°N 87.913333°W / 43.054722; -87.913333 (Brewers Hill Historic District)
Diverse neighborhood north of the old Schlitz and Blatz breweries, where a laborer's cottage could stand across the street from a manager's Queen Anne-styled home.
21 Herman W. Buemming House
Herman W. Buemming House
January 18, 1990
(#89002315)
1012 E. Pleasant St.
43°03′02″N 87°53′56″W / 43.050556°N 87.898889°W / 43.050556; -87.898889 (Herman W. Buemming House)
1901 Classical Revival-styled frame house designed to suggest a Greek temple, with a 2-story portico with Ionic capitals and a lunette window in the pediment. Buemming designed the home for his own family. Later home to art critic Frances Stover and theater manager Clair Richardson.
22 J. L. Burnham Block February 11, 1988
(#88000086)
907-911 W. National Ave.
43°01′24″N 87°55′22″W / 43.023333°N 87.922778°W / 43.023333; -87.922778 (J. L. Burnham Block)
Largely intact Italianate-style commercial building with a meeting hall on its third story, designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1875 by cream city brickmaker J.L. Burnham.
23 Elias A. Calkins Doublehouse
Elias A. Calkins Doublehouse
January 18, 1990
(#89002313)
1612-1614 E. Kane Pl.
43°03′21″N 87°53′25″W / 43.055833°N 87.890278°W / 43.055833; -87.890278 (Elias A. Calkins Doublehouse)
High Victorian Gothic-styled frame doublehouse designed by James Douglas and built in 1875 for Calkins, a newspaperman and Civil War veteran.
24 Calvary Presbyterian Church
Calvary Presbyterian Church
March 10, 1986
(#86000098)
935 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°55′27″W / 43.038333°N 87.924167°W / 43.038333; -87.924167 (Calvary Presbyterian Church)
Gothic Revival church designed by Koch & Hess and built in 1870, with a colossal corner tower.
25 Michael Carpenter House
Michael Carpenter House
January 16, 1986
(#86000096)
1115 Thirty-fifth St.
43°02′43″N 87°57′28″W / 43.045278°N 87.957778°W / 43.045278; -87.957778 (Michael Carpenter House)
2.5-story Queen Anne-styled home clad in brick and shingles, built in 1890 for Carpenter, a baker and director of Nabisco.
26 Cass-Juneau Street Historic District
Cass-Juneau Street Historic District
November 3, 1988
(#88002389)
Roughly bounded by E. Knapp and Marshall Sts., Juneau Ave., and Van Buren St.
43°02′47″N 87°54′08″W / 43.046389°N 87.902222°W / 43.046389; -87.902222 (Cass-Juneau Street Historic District)
A fragment of the old Yankee Hill neighborhood on the lower east side, including the William Metcalf house, which started as a Greek Revival-styled home in 1854, the 1862 early-Italianate Carey house, the 1874 full-on Italianate Inbusch house, the 1883 Queen Anne-styled Brandt doublehouse, the 1904 Gothic Revival-styled Summerfield United Methodist church, and the 1923 Georgian Revival-styled St. John's home.
27 Cass-Wells Street Historic District
Cass-Wells Street Historic District
June 13, 1986
(#86001325)
712, 718, and 724 E. Wells St. and 801, 809, 815, 819, and 823 N. Cass St.
43°02′31″N 87°54′08″W / 43.041944°N 87.902222°W / 43.041944; -87.902222 (Cass-Wells Street Historic District)
Another fragment of the old Yankee Hill, including the 1870 Italianate Hutchinson house (pictured), the 1892 Queen Anne Parker house, the 1897 Tudor Revival Mrs. Willis Danforth house, and the 1904 Dutch Colonial Revival Charles Danforth house.
28 Central Library
Central Library
December 30, 1974
(#74000101)
814 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′22″N 87°55′21″W / 43.039444°N 87.9225°W / 43.039444; -87.9225 (Central Library)
Ferry & Clas-designed 1895 Renaissance-style library, with the side shown at left perhaps inspired by the Louvre in Paris.
29 Century Building August 28, 2017
(#100001520)
808 N. Old World Third St., 230 W. Wells St.
43°02′25″N 87°54′51″W / 43.040399°N 87.914201°W / 43.040399; -87.914201 (Century Building)
8-story office building with commercial space at street level, designed by Alfred S. Alschuler in Neoclassical style and built in 1925.
30 Chief Lippert Fire Station
Chief Lippert Fire Station
October 28, 1988
(#88002007)
642 W. North Ave.
43°03′38″N 87°55′10″W / 43.060556°N 87.919444°W / 43.060556; -87.919444 (Chief Lippert Fire Station)
1876 Italianate-styled fire station, initially built to house a "chemical fire engine" in a neighborhood that had no water mains.
31 Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
September 25, 1987
(#87001735)
2235 W. Greenfield Ave.
43°01′00″N 87°56′31″W / 43.016667°N 87.941944°W / 43.016667; -87.941944 (Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church)
Gothic Revival-styled church designed by Frederick Velguth and built in 1901 by its German Lutheran congregation.
32 Coakley Brothers Warehouse
Coakley Brothers Warehouse
October 19, 2018
(#100003035)
3742 W Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′20″N 87°57′40″W / 43.0388°N 87.9610°W / 43.0388; -87.9610 (Coakley Brothers Warehouse)
7-story Mediterranean Revival-styled building with clock tower, designed by Eschweiler & Eschweiler and built in 1928 for storing the surplus possessions of the upper middle class residents of the West Side.
33 Commerce Street Power Plant
Commerce Street Power Plant
June 25, 1999
(#99000761)
1338 N. Commerce St.
43°02′49″N 87°54′48″W / 43.046944°N 87.913333°W / 43.046944; -87.913333 (Commerce Street Power Plant)
4-story coal-burning power plant designed by Herman Esser and built 1903-1911, with 3-story round-arched windows and clerestory window. The switch house was added in 1911 and expanded in 1941. The 7-story Art Deco boiler house was added in 1941.
34 Concordia Historic District
Concordia Historic District
July 30, 1985
(#85001688)
Roughly bounded by West State, N. 27th, W. Killbourn Ave. and N. 35th St.
43°02′32″N 87°57′09″W / 43.042222°N 87.9525°W / 43.042222; -87.9525 (Concordia Historic District)
Large historic neighborhood around what was once Concordia College, including the 1851 Italianate-styled Faries house, the 1868 Gothic Revival-styled Yates house, the 1888 Queen Anne-styled Eiring house, the 1890 Shingle style Bancker house, the 1891 Dutch Colonial Revival Reynolds house, the 1897 Colonial Revival Strong duplex, the 1897 Neoclassical Meissner house, and the 1900 Beaux Arts-styled Concordia classroom building.
35 Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue
Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue
March 5, 1992
(#92000107)
2432 N. Teutonia Ave.
43°03′47″N 87°55′43″W / 43.063056°N 87.928611°W / 43.063056; -87.928611 (Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue)
1925 synagogue in Byzantine Revival style. Sold in 1960 and converted into the Greater Galilee Missionary Baptist Church.
36 Thomas Cook House
Thomas Cook House
January 16, 1986
(#86000104)
853 N. Seventeenth St.
43°02′29″N 87°56′03″W / 43.041389°N 87.934167°W / 43.041389; -87.934167 (Thomas Cook House)
High Victorian Gothic house designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1875 for Cook, who owned a quarry business.
37 Edward J. Dahinden House
Edward J. Dahinden House
February 25, 1986
(#86000313)
3316 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′21″N 87°57′20″W / 43.039167°N 87.955556°W / 43.039167; -87.955556 (Edward J. Dahinden House)
Craftsman-style house built in 1914 for an executive of the Franzen Paper Company.
38 Desmond-Farnham-Hustis House
Desmond-Farnham-Hustis House
January 18, 1990
(#89002314)
1535 N. Marshall St.
43°03′00″N 87°54′03″W / 43.05°N 87.900833°W / 43.05; -87.900833 (Desmond-Farnham-Hustis House)
Very intact High Victorian Gothic-style home built in 1876, with scroll-sawn bargeboards and iron cresting, and a matching carriage house behind. Thomas Desmond was secretary of the Milwaukee school board, William Farnham worked life insurance, and John Hustis developed real estate.
39 Dover Street School and Social Center
Dover Street School and Social Center
May 10, 2016
(#16000239)
619 E. Dover St.
42°59′50″N 87°54′05″W / 42.997158°N 87.901385°W / 42.997158; -87.901385 (Dover Street School and Social Center)
Public school building begun in 1889, which also provided evening and weekend activities for children and adults in the Bay View neighborhood - an example of Milwaukee's "lighted schoolhouses" idea and the larger Social Center movement.
40 Eagle Knitting Mills
Eagle Knitting Mills
November 12, 2020
(#100005754)
507 South 2nd St.
43°01′34″N 87°54′45″W / 43.0260°N 87.9126°W / 43.0260; -87.9126 (Eagle Knitting Mills)
4-story reinforced-concrete structure built in 1928 to house David and Max Karger's knitting factory, which produced knit sweaters, scarfs and Eagleknit headwear, employing as many as 700 - mostly women. Shipping and receiving was in the basement, offices and stock rooms on the first floor, and production on the upper floors.
41 Eagles Club
Eagles Club
July 29, 1986
(#86002096)
2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°56′35″W / 43.0383°N 87.9431°W / 43.0383; -87.9431 (Eagles Club)
1920s ballroom, belonging to the Fraternal Order of Eagles, architect Russell Barr Williamson; part of the West Side Area MRA
42 East Brady Street Historic District
East Brady Street Historic District
March 9, 1990
(#90000363)
E. Brady St. from N. Farwell Ave. to N. Van Buren St.
43°03′11″N 87°53′52″W / 43.0531°N 87.8978°W / 43.0531; -87.8978 (East Brady Street Historic District)
Commercial center of a Polish neighborhood that grew around St. Hedwig's from 1865 to the 1920s - many of them immigrants working in the steel and leather industries. Italians moved in from the 1920s to 1950s, and counter-culture in the 1960s.
43 East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic District
East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic District
December 29, 2014
(#14001112)
300 S. Barclay, 139, 221 E. Oregon & 214 E. Florida Sts.
43°01′39″N 87°54′34″W / 43.0275°N 87.9095°W / 43.0275; -87.9095 (East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic District)
Cluster of historic factory buildings at Walker's Point, including the 1925 Art Deco-styled Pittsburgh Plate Glass-Dry Color Factory and its 1927 Mixmax Lacquer Plant, the 1927 International-style Hydrite Chemical Building H, and the 1948 Art Moderne Building #20.
44 East Side Commercial Historic District
East Side Commercial Historic District
September 23, 1986
(#86002325)
Roughly bounded by E. Wells St., N. Jefferson St. and N. Broadway, Michigan and E. Clybourn, and N. Water Sts.
43°02′18″N 87°54′26″W / 43.0383°N 87.9072°W / 43.0383; -87.9072 (East Side Commercial Historic District)
Fairly intact part of the old central business district, including the 1858 Greek Revival-styled Webber townhouse, the 1860 Italianate Iron Block, the 1878 Second Empire-style Mitchell building, the 1879 High ItalJones-ianate-styled Mackie Building, which housed the Grain Exchange, the 1883 Queen Anne-styled Milwaukee Club, the 1890 Richardsonian Romanesque Pfister Hotel, the 1901 Beaux Arts Wells building, the 1925 Mediterranean Revival Watts building, the 1916 French Gothic-styled Wisconsin Telephone building, and the 1937 Moderne-styled Mariner building.
45 East Village Historic District
East Village Historic District
January 21, 2004
(#03001486)
Generally bounded by North Humboldt, East Brady, North Warren and Milwaukee R
43°03′19″N 87°53′45″W / 43.0553°N 87.8958°W / 43.0553; -87.8958 (East Village Historic District)
Working class residential neighborhood settled chiefly by Polish immigrants starting in the 1860s. Many of the houses are workers' cottages like the 1881 Rewolinski house and "Polish flats" on raised foundations, like the 1900 Stan Toyar house. Some lots contain an extra "rear house" or two. Interspersed are businesses like the 1903 Wolski's Tavern and more stylish buildings like the Craftsman-styled Stormowski duplex.
46 Abraham H. Esbenshade House
Abraham H. Esbenshade House
January 16, 1986
(#86000106)
3119 W. Wells St.
43°02′25″N 87°57′13″W / 43.0403°N 87.9536°W / 43.0403; -87.9536 (Abraham H. Esbenshade House)
Late Queen Anne house with unusual Flemish Renaissance gable and bell-shaped dome on turret, designed by Crane and Barkhausen and built in 1899.
47 Exton Apartments Building
Exton Apartments Building
January 9, 1997
(#96001576)
1260 N. Prospect Ave.
43°02′49″N 87°53′45″W / 43.0469°N 87.8958°W / 43.0469; -87.8958 (Exton Apartments Building)
1938 nine-story apartment building designed by architect Herbert Tullgren. In its day the Exton offered modern living, from its Art Moderne exterior to air conditioning inside.
48 Federal Building
Federal Building
March 14, 1973
(#73000082)
515-519 E. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′17″N 87°54′16″W / 43.0381°N 87.9044°W / 43.0381; -87.9044 (Federal Building)
5-story Richardsonian Romanesque federal building and courthouse designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and built in the 1890s.
49 Otto F. Fiebing House
Otto F. Fiebing House
September 12, 1985
(#85002022)
1302 N. Hawley Rd.
43°02′51″N 87°59′01″W / 43.0475°N 87.9836°W / 43.0475; -87.9836 (Otto F. Fiebing House)
1.5-story Tudor Revival-style house clad in Tennessee quartzite with ridge dormers and round-capped chimneys, built in 1924 by Arnold F. Meyer & Co. using one of Ernest Flagg's designs. Fiebing was the first owner, and the brother-in-law of Meyer.
50 Fifteenth District School August 26, 2021
(#100006834)
2001 West Vliet St.
43°02′54″N 87°56′18″W / 43.0484°N 87.9384°W / 43.0484; -87.9384 (Fifteenth District School)
Historic brick public school, with the oldest 1885 section designed by Frederick Seyring, a second section added by 1894, the westernmost block designed by Mollerus & Lotter and added in 1898, and a Contemporary-style addition in the 1950s. MPS closed the school in the 1970s.
51 Fifth Street School
Fifth Street School
March 5, 2018
(#100002175)
2770 N 5th St.
43°04′08″N 87°55′01″W / 43.0688°N 87.9170°W / 43.0688; -87.9170 (Fifth Street School)
3.5-story brick public school designed in Romanesque Revival style by German-born Milwaukee architect John Schnetzky, and built in 1888. Expanded in 1908 and 1960.
52 First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist
March 8, 1989
(#89000070)
1443-1451 N. Prospect Ave.
43°02′57″N 87°53′41″W / 43.0492°N 87.8947°W / 43.0492; -87.8947 (First Church of Christ, Scientist)
Neoclassical-styled Christian Science church designed by S.S. Beman and built in 1907.
53 First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church
December 30, 1974
(#74000102)
1009 E. Ogden Ave.
43°02′53″N 87°53′57″W / 43.0481°N 87.8992°W / 43.0481; -87.8992 (First Unitarian Church)
1891-2 Gothic Revival church designed by Milwaukee architects Ferry and Clas.
54 First Ward Triangle Historic District
First Ward Triangle Historic District
March 19, 1987
(#87000489)
Roughly Franklin Pl., N. Prospect and E. Juneau Aves., and E. Knapp St.
43°02′47″N 87°53′50″W / 43.0464°N 87.8972°W / 43.0464; -87.8972 (First Ward Triangle Historic District)
Intact group of high style Victorian homes just south of Burns Park, including the 1855/1860/1895/1984 now-Neoclassical Diederichs house, the 1874 Italianate Prentiss house, the 1874 High Victorian Gothic Downer house, the 1875 Queen Anne Rublee house, the 1887 Queen Anne/Romanesque Miller house, the 1890 wooden Queen Anne Forsythe house, and the 1896 Elizabethan Revival Hawley house.
55 Florida and Third Industrial Historic District
Florida and Third Industrial Historic District
July 10, 2008
(#08000656)
234-500 (N side) W. Florida St., 222 W. Pittsburgh Ave., 212, 222, 305, 331 S. Third St., 400 S. Fifth St.
43°01′39″N 87°54′46″W / 43.0275°N 87.9128°W / 43.0275; -87.9128 (Florida and Third Industrial Historic District)
Group of 11 multi-story factories built from 1891 to 1928 near the Soo Line Railroad yard, including an 1891 gas stove factory, a factory that made looseleaf notebooks, a bedding company, a candy company, and two seed companies.
56 Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel
Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel
November 3, 1980
(#80000166)
2405 Forest Home Ave.
42°59′53″N 87°56′35″W / 42.9981°N 87.9431°W / 42.9981; -87.9431 (Forest Home Cemetery and Chapel)
Resting place for many noted Milwaukee residents, including beer barons, industrialists and politicians, founded 1850.
57 Christian Foth House
Christian Foth House
March 22, 1988
(#88000218)
1209-1211 S. Seventh St.
43°01′08″N 87°55′11″W / 43.0189°N 87.9197°W / 43.0189; -87.9197 (Christian Foth House)
Modest 2-story frame gabled ell house built in 1867, probably by German immigrant Foth, a ship carpenter and grocer. The Komschlies bought the house in 1890 and lived there at least into the 1980s.
58 Fourth Street School
Fourth Street School
August 2, 1984
(#84003720)
333 W. Galena St.
43°03′03″N 87°54′55″W / 43.0508°N 87.9153°W / 43.0508; -87.9153 (Fourth Street School)
Young Jewish-Ukrainian refugee Golda Mabovitch attended this school from 1906 to 1902, before going to Palestine and eventually becoming Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir.
59 Friedmann Row
Friedmann Row
April 12, 1996
(#96000420)
1537, 1539, 1541, 1543 N. Cass St. and 731 E. Pleasant St.
43°03′02″N 87°54′08″W / 43.0506°N 87.9022°W / 43.0506; -87.9022 (Friedmann Row)
Row house built in 1891, designed by W.A. Holbrook in Queen Anne style, which is unusual for row houses.
60 Gallun Tannery Historic District
Gallun Tannery Historic District
August 2, 1984
(#84003721)
Holton and Water Sts.
43°03′20″N 87°54′05″W / 43.0556°N 87.9014°W / 43.0556; -87.9014 (Gallun Tannery Historic District)
Intact tannery complex along the Milwaukee River owned by German immigrant August F. Gallun, including a number of early buildings, the 1894 Ferry & Clas-designed office building, and the 1905 hide house.
61 Garden Homes Historic District
Garden Homes Historic District
May 4, 1990
(#90000669)
Roughly bounded by W. Ruby and N. Teutonia Aves., N. 24th Pl., W. Atkinson Ave. and N. 27th St.
43°05′51″N 87°56′41″W / 43.0975°N 87.9447°W / 43.0975; -87.9447 (Garden Homes Historic District)
First public housing project in the U.S., built in 1923 by the City of Milwaukee under socialist mayor Daniel Hoan to ease the city's housing shortage, based on ideas from Britain's garden city movement.
62 German-English Academy
German-English Academy
April 11, 1977
(#77000037)
1020 N. Broadway
43°02′39″N 87°54′29″W / 43.044167°N 87.908056°W / 43.044167; -87.908056 (German-English Academy)
Romanesque Revival school built 1891-92 to house a private Academy started in 1851 by German immigrants to promote German language and culture. Designed by Crane and Barkhausen.
63 Germania Building
Germania Building
July 7, 1983
(#83003405)
135 W. Wells St.
43°02′23″N 87°54′45″W / 43.039722°N 87.9125°W / 43.039722; -87.9125 (Germania Building)
1896 home to Germania Publishing Company, designed by Schnetzky & Liebert with 'Kaiser's Helmet' domes on the corners. Largest office building in the city at the time. George Brumder's company produced German-language publications, but the name was changed to Brumder Building in 1918 due to anti-German feelings.
64 Gesu Church
Gesu Church
January 16, 1986
(#86000108)
1145 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°55′38″W / 43.038333°N 87.927222°W / 43.038333; -87.927222 (Gesu Church)
Twin-spired French Gothic-style Catholic church designed by Henry C. Koch and built in 1893.
65 Gimbels Parking Pavilion
Gimbels Parking Pavilion
March 29, 2001
(#01000310)
555 N. Plankinton Ave.
43°02′13″N 87°54′43″W / 43.036944°N 87.911944°W / 43.036944; -87.911944 (Gimbels Parking Pavilion)
Art moderne monument to postwar suburban mobility, built by the Gimbels store in 1947.
66 Goodwill Industries Building
Goodwill Industries Building
July 14, 2004
(#04000714)
2102 W. Pierce St.
43°01′29″N 87°56′22″W / 43.024722°N 87.939444°W / 43.024722; -87.939444 (Goodwill Industries Building)
Training center where Oliver and Robert Friedman developed innovative rehab programs for the blind and mentally handicapped in the 1930s and 40s.
67 Graham Row
Graham Row
July 27, 1979
(#79000095)
1501, 1503, and 1507 N. Marshall St.
43°02′58″N 87°54′04″W / 43.049444°N 87.901111°W / 43.049444; -87.901111 (Graham Row)
2.5-story cream brick row house built in 1880 by Irish immigrant stonemason John Graham, whose family lived there. Its round arches and rough stone trim are elements of Romanesque Revival style.
68 Grand Avenue Congregational Church
Grand Avenue Congregational Church
January 16, 1986
(#86000110)
2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°56′25″W / 43.038333°N 87.940278°W / 43.038333; -87.940278 (Grand Avenue Congregational Church)
Romanesque Revival-styled church designed by E. Townsend Mix and built 1887-88 for progressive Congregational congregation.
69 Grand Avenue Elementary School
Grand Avenue Elementary School
March 23, 2018
(#100002236)
2708 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′19″N 87°56′54″W / 43.038745°N 87.948264°W / 43.038745; -87.948264 (Grand Avenue Elementary School)
Very intact 3-story elementary school designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1921. Served as a school until 2007.
70 Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum
Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum
November 4, 1993
(#93001615)
3367 N. Downer Ave.
43°04′44″N 87°52′41″W / 43.078889°N 87.878056°W / 43.078889; -87.878056 (Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum)
Built in 1913 to house the fossils and minerals collected by Milwaukee druggist and amateur geologist Greene, including fossilized trilobites, crinoids and corals from the dolomite outcrops of southeastern Wisconsin.
71 Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No. 7 December 14, 2020
(#100005901)
228 South 1st St.
43°01′43″N 87°54′39″W / 43.0286°N 87.9109°W / 43.0286; -87.9109 (Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No. 7)
3-story industrial loft designed by Kirchoff & Rose and built in 1912 for the motorcycle maker.
72 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building
November 9, 1994
(#86003850)
3700 W. Juneau Ave. (1147 N. Thirty-eighth St.)
43°02′45″N 87°57′40″W / 43.045833°N 87.961111°W / 43.045833; -87.961111 (Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building)
Industrial buildings built from 1910 to 1926, where William S. Harley invented the first commercially successful motorcycle clutch, the step starter, the carburetor choke, an 2 and 3-speed transmissions.
73 Highland Avenue Methodist Church
Highland Avenue Methodist Church
January 16, 1986
(#86000114)
2024 W. Highland Ave.
43°02′41″N 87°56′19″W / 43.044722°N 87.938611°W / 43.044722; -87.938611 (Highland Avenue Methodist Church)
German Gothic-styled church built in 1891 by the first German Methodist congregation in Wisconsin.
74 Highland Boulevard Historic District
Highland Boulevard Historic District
July 30, 1985
(#85001686)
W. Highland Blvd. roughly bounded by N. 33rd and N. 29th Sts.
43°02′41″N 87°57′09″W / 43.044722°N 87.9525°W / 43.044722; -87.9525 (Highland Boulevard Historic District)
String of mansions and large houses on large lots facing the landscaped esplanade down Highland Boulevard, including the 1897 Beaux Arts-style Koch house, the 1897 Queen Anne-style Manegold house, the 1898 Elizabethan Revival-style Gustav Pabst house, the 1905 German Renaissance Revival Starke house, the 1911 Prairie School Weinhagen house, and the 1917 Stroble bungalow.
75 Historic Third Ward District
Historic Third Ward District
March 8, 1984
(#84003724)
Bounded by the Milwaukee River, C&NW RR, and E. St. Paul and N. Jackson Sts.
43°01′56″N 87°54′26″W / 43.032222°N 87.907222°W / 43.032222; -87.907222 (Historic Third Ward District)
Historic warehouse and factory district rebuilt after the fire of 1892. Irish settlers dominated before that, shifting to Italian businesses in the early 1900s.
76 Alfred M. Hoelz House
Alfred M. Hoelz House
September 12, 1985
(#85002029)
3449-3451 Frederick Ave.
43°04′49″N 87°53′02″W / 43.080278°N 87.883889°W / 43.080278; -87.883889 (Alfred M. Hoelz House)
1.5-story Tudor Revival-style double-house clad in Tennessee quartzite with ridge dormers and round-capped chimneys, built in 1925 by Arnold F. Meyer & Co. using one of Ernest Flagg's designs.
77 Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
November 7, 1972
(#72000062)
605 S. 4th St.
43°01′30″N 87°54′57″W / 43.025°N 87.915833°W / 43.025; -87.915833 (Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church)
Zopfstil-style church built in 1850 by German-speaking Catholic parish. Now one of the oldest surviving church buildings in Milwaukee, and very intact.
78 Home Office, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Home Office, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
March 20, 1973
(#73000083)
605-623 N. Broadway
43°02′16″N 87°54′28″W / 43.037778°N 87.907778°W / 43.037778; -87.907778 (Home Office, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company)
Luxurious 5-story office building designed by Solon Spencer Beman in Richardsonian Romanesque style and built 1885-86 for Northwestern Mutual.
79 David W. Howie House
David W. Howie House
January 16, 1986
(#86000116)
3026 W. Wells St.
43°02′26″N 87°57′09″W / 43.040556°N 87.9525°W / 43.040556; -87.9525 (David W. Howie House)
Queen Anne-style house built in 1886 for Howie, an agent of a fuel company. Now the Manderley Bed and Breakfast.
80 Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
December 27, 1974
(#74000104)
1100 N. Astor St.
43°02′41″N 87°53′58″W / 43.044722°N 87.899444°W / 43.044722; -87.899444 (Immanuel Presbyterian Church)
1873 Gothic Revival design by E. Townsend Mix, buff-colored Wauwatosa limestone with red and gray interjections. Original interior destroyed by 1887 fire.
81 Iron Block
Iron Block
December 27, 1974
(#74000105)
205 E. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°54′32″W / 43.038333°N 87.908889°W / 43.038333; -87.908889 (Iron Block)
Cast Iron façade, shipped from New York, built 1861. Now one of the few pre-Civil War buildings left in the central business district, and the city's main surviving example of a building with a cast iron front.
82 Johnston Hall
Johnston Hall
January 16, 1986
(#86000118)
1121 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°55′37″W / 43.038333°N 87.926944°W / 43.038333; -87.926944 (Johnston Hall)
When built in 1907, this hall housed the whole of Marquette College. Designed by Charles D. Crane with a mix of Neogothic and Renaissance Revival stylings.
83 Jones-Hill House November 17, 2021
(#100004165)
2463 N. Palmer St.
43°03′49″N 87°54′35″W / 43.0635°N 87.9096°W / 43.0635; -87.9096 (Jones-Hill House)
Large Arts and Crafts-style house designed by Messmer & Son and built in 1906 for William Engelbert Conrad, a tannery owner. In 1953 the house was bought by Willie and B. Fostoria Jones, African Americans involved in a number of black-owned businesses in Bronzeville, and the basement bar became a local social center. Miss Eva Hill bought the house in 1967.
84 Joseph B. Kalvelage House
Joseph B. Kalvelage House
May 23, 1978
(#78000118)
2432 W. Kilbourn Ave.
43°02′30″N 87°56′38″W / 43.041667°N 87.943889°W / 43.041667; -87.943889 (Joseph B. Kalvelage House)
Kalvelage was a son of German immigrants and secretary-treasurer of a company that made plumbing fixtures. In 1897 he built this house, designed by Otto Strack (German immigrant) in the German Baroque style with atlantes, tin lions, and a mansard roof, similar to what was popular in the homeland at that time. The iron work is by Cyril Colnik.
85 Sanford R. Kane House
Sanford R. Kane House
September 13, 1991
(#91001398)
1841 N. Prospect Ave.
43°03′15″N 87°53′22″W / 43.054167°N 87.889444°W / 43.054167; -87.889444 (Sanford R. Kane House)
Queen Anne style mansion designed by James Douglas and built in 1883 for Kane, hotelier and a manager of Siloam Mineral Spring Co.
86 Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic District
Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic District
March 7, 2002
(#02000185)
Roughly bounded by N. Hackett Ave., E. Edgewood Ave., N. Lake Dr. and E. Newberry Ave.
43°04′33″N 87°52′30″W / 43.075833°N 87.875°W / 43.075833; -87.875 (Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic District)
Large neighborhood on a bluff on the upper east side, including the 1895 Queen Anne-style Schmitt house, the 1906 Neoclassical-style Dearholt house, the 1909 Colonial Revival Ellsworth house, the 1911 Georgian Revival Akin house, the 1912 Craftsman Schley house, the 1912 Prairie style Engelhardt house, the 1912 Tudor Revival Upham house, the 1916 Arts and Crafts-style Black house, and the 1924 Mediterranean Revival Kern house.
87 Frederick Ketter Warehouse
Frederick Ketter Warehouse
August 2, 1984
(#84003725)
325 W. Vine St.
43°03′13″N 87°54′54″W / 43.053611°N 87.915°W / 43.053611; -87.915 (Frederick Ketter Warehouse)
Romanesque and German Renaissance-styled structure built for Frederick Ketter about 1891, probably as a grocery warehouse. Bought by Walter Geiger in 1926 and used as a junk shop, plaster studio, flax seed warehouse, a bottling plant for horseradish and honey, and for light manufacturing.
88 Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic District
Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic District
February 25, 1986
(#86000311)
Roughly bounded by N. 14th St., W. Kilbourn Ave., and N. 15th St.
43°02′29″N 87°55′53″W / 43.041389°N 87.931389°W / 43.041389; -87.931389 (Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic District)
Four-block cluster of historic residences including five row houses. Includes the 1874 Italianate-styled Krause cottage, the 1891 Queen Anne-styled Breslauer house, the 1897 German Renaissance Revival Breslauer Doublehouse, the 1897 Queen Anne Starke Row, the 1897 Trimborn Row (pictured), and the 1899 Queen Anne Forrestal Apartments.
89 Kilbourn Masonic Temple
Kilbourn Masonic Temple
January 16, 1986
(#86000121)
827 N. Eleventh St.
43°02′26″N 87°55′35″W / 43.040556°N 87.926389°W / 43.040556; -87.926389 (Kilbourn Masonic Temple)
Masonic temple designed by H. Paul Schnetzky in simple Classical Revival style and built in 1911 for Kilbourn Lodge #3.
90 Kinnickinnic River Parkway
Kinnickinnic River Parkway
July 14, 2011
(#11000462)
Between S. 72nd & S. 16th Sts.
42°59′51″N 87°57′49″W / 42.9975°N 87.963611°W / 42.9975; -87.963611 (Kinnickinnic River Parkway)
Strip of urban parkland along the Kinnickinnic River connecting Jackson Park and Pulaski Park. Designed by Charles Whitnall and Alfred Boerner and built starting in 1934 during the Great Depression with help from the Works Progress Administration.
91 Knapp-Astor House
Knapp-Astor House
March 27, 1980
(#80000167)
930 E. Knapp St. and 1301 N. Astor St.
43°02′49″N 87°53′59″W / 43.046944°N 87.899722°W / 43.046944; -87.899722 (Knapp-Astor House)
2.5-story townhouse designed by Ferry & Clas with elements of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival styles and built in 1891 for Frank W. Montgomery, then principal stockholder of the Badger Knitting Company.
92 Knickerbocker Hotel
Knickerbocker Hotel
June 2, 1988
(#88000680)
1028 E. Juneau Ave.
43°02′45″N 87°53′56″W / 43.045833°N 87.898889°W / 43.045833; -87.898889 (Knickerbocker Hotel)
8-story late Neoclassical residential apartment hotel built in 1929, designed by Rossman & Wierdsma.
93 Koeffler-Baumgarten Double House November 12, 2020
(#100005755)
817-819 North Marshall St.
43°02′31″N 87°54′02″W / 43.0420°N 87.9006°W / 43.0420; -87.9006 (Koeffler-Baumgarten Double House)
2.5-story structure designed by Ferry & Clas in German Renaissance Revival style and built in 1898 for children of German immigrants. Charles Koeffler Jr. and his family lived in the south unit while his sister Hermine lived with her family in the north.
94 Koelsch Funeral Home
Koelsch Funeral Home
October 12, 2010
(#10000822)
7622 W, Greenfield Ave.
43°01′00″N 88°00′30″W / 43.0167°N 88.0083°W / 43.0167; -88.0083 (Koelsch Funeral Home)
Tudor Revival-styled funeral home, designed by Raymond Dwyer and built in 1937 with air conditioning and a sound system - advanced for the time.
95 Lake Park
Lake Park
April 22, 1993
(#93000339)
2900 N. Lake Dr. and 2800 E. Kenwood Blvd.
43°04′13″N 87°52′07″W / 43.0703°N 87.8686°W / 43.0703; -87.8686 (Lake Park)
Mile-long urban park on a bluff above Lake Michigan, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and begun in the 1890s, now containing Bradford Beach, North Point Lighthouse, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
96 Lincoln Creek Parkway February 5, 2021
(#100006105)
Located between West Lincoln Creek Dr. at West Hampton Ave., and Meaux Park
43°06′37″N 87°56′42″W / 43.1104°N 87.9450°W / 43.1104; -87.9450 (Lincoln Creek Parkway)
Road and park following Lincoln Creek - a segment of a network of parks designed by landscape architect Charles Whitnall in the 1920s and built starting in the 1930s with the New Deal and WPA funding.
97 LIGHT VESSEL NO. 57 (Shipwreck) December 23, 1991
(#91001823)
Lake Michigan near South Shore Park
43°00′05″N 87°53′08″W / 43.0015°N 87.8855°W / 43.0015; -87.8855 (LIGHT VESSEL NO. 57 (Shipwreck))
90-foot wood-hulled boat built in 1891 and stationed until 1923 at Gray's Reef west of the Mackinac Bridge in lieu of a more expensive permanent lighthouse. Scuttled and wrecked by a storm around 1930.
98 Lindsay-Bostrom Building
Lindsay-Bostrom Building
April 26, 2002
(#02000417)
133 W. Oregon St.
43°01′41″N 87°54′43″W / 43.0281°N 87.9119°W / 43.0281; -87.9119 (Lindsay-Bostrom Building)
Lindsay Brothers, one of the largest wholesalers of agricultural implements in Wisconsin, built this 5-story industrial building in 1904, with John Deere Co. its first occupant. In this building William Lindsay improved a self-feeder for threshers and separators. Bostrom Corp. bought the building in 1947 and in it developed the "suspension" tractor seat which is still used on most tractors and large trucks.
99 Lohman Funeral Home and Livery Stable
Lohman Funeral Home and Livery Stable
March 17, 1988
(#88000220)
804 W. Greenfield and 1325 S. Eighth
43°01′02″N 87°55′16″W / 43.0172°N 87.9211°W / 43.0172; -87.9211 (Lohman Funeral Home and Livery Stable)
Home built in 1890 with livery stable added in 1893. In 1918 Archibald Lohman bought both and started a full service funeral home business, which provided hearses, first horse-drawn and later gas-powered. Livery stable being razed as of October 2012.
100 Robert Machek House
Robert Machek House
October 28, 1977
(#77000038)
1305 N. 19th St.
43°02′50″N 87°56′12″W / 43.0472°N 87.9367°W / 43.0472; -87.9367 (Robert Machek House)
Machek was a Viennese woodcarver who in 1884 was awarded a medal for his work on the royal palace in Belgrade. After immigrating to Milwaukee, he built this house in 1893-94. From a distance its style is Tudor Revival, but up close the woodwork is decorated with Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Oriental designs.
101 Mackie Building
Mackie Building
April 3, 1973
(#73000084)
225 E. Michigan St.
43°02′14″N 87°54′29″W / 43.0372°N 87.9081°W / 43.0372; -87.9081 (Mackie Building)
1879 Victorian landmark designed by E. Townsend Mix, once the world’s largest grain exchange, with the original trading pit.
102 George C. Mansfield Company Building
George C. Mansfield Company Building
July 26, 2016
(#16000476)
1300 N. 4th St.
43°02′50″N 87°54′57″W / 43.0473°N 87.9158°W / 43.0473; -87.9158 (George C. Mansfield Company Building)
Office and cold storage facility of Mansfield's dairy company, begun in 1908 and expanded between 1919 and 1927. Later bought by Gridley Dairy and Borden.
103 Marshall & Ilsley Bank November 29, 2021
(#100007170)
770 North Water St.
43°02′25″N 87°54′33″W / 43.0403°N 87.9092°W / 43.0403; -87.9092 (Marshall & Ilsley Bank)
21-story office building designed by Grassold, Johnson, Wagner & Ilsley in International style and built by Hunzinger Construction in 1968 as headquarters for M&I Bank, founded in Milwaukee in 1847. In the 1970s M&I and other banks developed the TYME machine system; the first cash terminal in the US was installed in the lobby of this building.
104 Mayer Boot and Shoe Company Building
Mayer Boot and Shoe Company Building
August 2, 1984
(#84003728)
116 E. Walnut St.
43°03′10″N 87°54′37″W / 43.0528°N 87.9103°W / 43.0528; -87.9103 (Mayer Boot and Shoe Company Building)
6-story shoe factory begun in 1880 by German immigrant Frederick Mayer, designed by Schnetzky & Co in Romanesque Revival style. Produced as many as 3,000 pairs of shoes a day.
105 McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion
McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion
August 31, 2000
(#00001045)
1584 N. Prospect Ave.
43°03′02″N 87°53′33″W / 43.0506°N 87.8925°W / 43.0506; -87.8925 (McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion)
1904 Classical revival-styled mansion, designed by architect H.R. Wilson for Charles McIntosh, a leader of J.I. Case and Milwaukee Harvester. Later William and Marie Goodrich lived there, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music since the 1930s.
106 McCullough and Dixon Steam Laundry and Soap Company September 26, 2022
(#100008208)
419 West Vliet St.
43°02′54″N 87°54′59″W / 43.0484°N 87.9165°W / 43.0484; -87.9165 (McCullough and Dixon Steam Laundry and Soap Company)
2-story brick laundry built in 1888, when commecial laundries were just starting. Washing and coal-fired boilers were in the basement; drying, folding, and ironing were done on the first floor; soap was manufactured on the floors above.
107 McKinley Boulevard Historic District
McKinley Boulevard Historic District
July 30, 1985
(#85001687)
W. McKinley Blvd. between N. 34th & N. 27th Sts.
43°02′50″N 87°57′08″W / 43.0472°N 87.9522°W / 43.0472; -87.9522 (McKinley Boulevard Historic District)
Largely intact neighborhood built in first decade of 1900s, with many houses incorporating German-flavored half-timbering, including the 1901 Rohn house, the 1902 Arts and Crafts-style Brummermann house, the 1902 Tudor Revival Hase house, the 1903 Queen Anne-styled Hunholz house, the 1903 Colonial Revival Weld house, the 1903 Neoclassical Graham house, the 1905 Craftsman Leypoldt house, and the 1909 American Foursquare Steuerwald house.
108 Milwaukee Athletic Club
Milwaukee Athletic Club
March 28, 2019
(#100003549)
758 N. Broadway
43°02′25″N 87°54′28″W / 43.0402°N 87.9079°W / 43.0402; -87.9079 (Milwaukee Athletic Club)
12-story men's club built in 1917, designed by Armand Koch in Neoclassical style.
109 Milwaukee Breakwater Light
Milwaukee Breakwater Light
September 16, 2011
(#11000678)
South end of the north breakwater, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of the mouth of the Milwaukee River
43°01′37″N 87°52′55″W / 43.0269°N 87.8819°W / 43.0269; -87.8819 (Milwaukee Breakwater Light)
Lighthouse on the breakwater, built in 1926 to mark an entry into the harbor.
110 Milwaukee City Hall
Milwaukee City Hall
March 14, 1973
(#73000085)
200 E. Wells St.
43°02′31″N 87°54′35″W / 43.0419°N 87.9097°W / 43.0419; -87.9097 (Milwaukee City Hall)
Henry C. Koch-designed Flemish Revival building, built 1894-95. Tallest building in US outside of New York City from 1895 to 1901.
111 Milwaukee County Courthouse
Milwaukee County Courthouse
March 9, 1982
(#82000687)
901 N. 9th St.
43°02′29″N 87°55′26″W / 43.0414°N 87.9239°W / 43.0414; -87.9239 (Milwaukee County Courthouse)
Massive Classical Revival courthouse designed by Albert Randolph Ross and completed in 1931.
112 Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
March 21, 1985
(#85000639)
2430 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′22″N 87°56′38″W / 43.0394°N 87.9439°W / 43.0394; -87.9439 (Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency Hospital)
Very intact emergency hospital and clinic designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke in severe Neoclassical style and built in 1927. First full-service, public hospital in Milwaukee that served all, regardless of ability to pay, and site of Dr. Edgar End's research into high-pressure oxygen therapies.
113 Milwaukee County Historical Center
Milwaukee County Historical Center
March 14, 1973
(#73000086)
910 N. 3rd St.
43°02′30″N 87°54′52″W / 43.0417°N 87.9144°W / 43.0417; -87.9144 (Milwaukee County Historical Center)
Intact bank building designed by Kirchoff & Rose in Beaux Arts style and built in 1913, currently home to the Milwaukee County Historical Center.
114 Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station
Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station
July 7, 1981
(#81000049)
2011 S. 1st St.
43°00′21″N 87°54′41″W / 43.0058°N 87.9114°W / 43.0058; -87.9114 (Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station)
Unusual pumping station built in 1931 to provide immediate high pressure to help put out fires in its industrial neighborhood without waiting for a pumper truck.
115 Milwaukee Hospital
Milwaukee Hospital
September 6, 2006
(#06000800)
2200 W. Kilbourn Ave.
43°02′33″N 87°56′26″W / 43.0425°N 87.9406°W / 43.0425; -87.9406 (Milwaukee Hospital)
Lutheran hospital founded in 1863, with surviving buildings as old as 1912 - a leader in antiseptic procedures around 1900 and x-rays in the 1920s.
116 Milwaukee Journal Complex
Milwaukee Journal Complex
April 19, 2021
(#100006270)
333 West State St., 918 Vel R. Phillips Ave.
43°02′34″N 87°54′57″W / 43.0428°N 87.9158°W / 43.0428; -87.9158 (Milwaukee Journal Complex)
Historic sections are the Sentinel's 1918 4-story cast concrete office building and the Journal's 1924 5-story Art Deco pink office building (pictured) designed by Frank Chase, with its frieze depicting the history of communications in 6-foot relief figures carved by Arthur Weary.
117 Milwaukee News Building and Milwaukee Abstract Association Building
Milwaukee News Building and Milwaukee Abstract Association Building
March 1, 1982
(#82000688)
222 E. Mason St.
43°02′24″N 87°54′32″W / 43.04°N 87.9089°W / 43.04; -87.9089 (Milwaukee News Building and Milwaukee Abstract Association Building)
The Milwaukee News building (right in photo), built 1879, housed the Milwaukee Journal offices from 1885 to 1891. The Abstract Assn. building (left) was built in 1884. Both are clad in cream city brick, with form and styling typical of the period when they were built.
118 Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School
Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School
January 16, 1986
(#86000123)
1820 W. Wells St.
43°02′27″N 87°56′09″W / 43.0408°N 87.9358°W / 43.0408; -87.9358 (Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School)
School complex, with its oldest part the 1885 State Normal School, designed in Queen Anne style by E. Townsend Mix. Converted in 1919 to the MPS's Girls technical high school, where girls learned dressmaking, millinery, short-hand, typing and bookkeeping, and Tudor-Gothic wings were added in 1918 and 1932.
119 Milwaukee Paper Box Company December 18, 2013
(#13000956)
1560 W. Pierce St.
43°01′29″N 87°55′57″W / 43.0247°N 87.9325°W / 43.0247; -87.9325 (Milwaukee Paper Box Company)
5-story factory built in 1920 for Walter Carlso's company, which made "candy packages of distinctive design." Building designed by Schnetzky & Son.
120 Milwaukee Pierhead Light
Milwaukee Pierhead Light
November 21, 2012
(#12000971)
Milwaukee Harbor entry N. pier, SE. corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park
43°01′34″N 87°53′43″W / 43.0260°N 87.8953°W / 43.0260; -87.8953 (Milwaukee Pierhead Light)
42-foot lighthouse built in 1906 on the end of a pier in Milwaukee's harbor.
121 Milwaukee River Parkway
Milwaukee River Parkway
November 6, 2012
(#12000914)
Between Good Hope Rd. & W. Capitol Dr.
43°07′07″N 87°55′24″W / 43.1187°N 87.9232°W / 43.1187; -87.9232 (Milwaukee River Parkway)
String of public parks along the Milwaukee River, connected by a road. Conceived in the 1920s by Charles Whitnall, designed by Alfred Boerner, and built with help from work relief programs during the Great Depression.
122 Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Building
Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Building
March 5, 1992
(#92000108)
2150 N. Prospect Ave.
43°03′29″N 87°53′07″W / 43.0581°N 87.8853°W / 43.0581; -87.8853 (Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Building)
Art Deco office building with Art Moderne influence, designed by Herbert Tullgren and built in 1934 for the large coal distributor, with scenes of coal processing in the panels between the windows.
123 Milwaukee-Downer "Quad"
Milwaukee-Downer "Quad"
January 17, 1974
(#74000106)
NW corner of Hartford and Downer Aves.
43°04′42″N 87°52′43″W / 43.0783°N 87.8786°W / 43.0783; -87.8786 (Milwaukee-Downer "Quad")
Four buildings of Milwaukee-Downer College, the early women's college, built from 1897 to 1905. Now part of UW-Milwaukee.
124 Mitchell Building
Mitchell Building
April 3, 1973
(#73000087)
207 E. Michigan St.
43°02′14″N 87°54′31″W / 43.0372°N 87.9086°W / 43.0372; -87.9086 (Mitchell Building)
French Second Empire-style office building, designed by E. Townsend Mix and built for Alexander Mitchell in 1876 to house his bank and insurance company.
125 Alexander Mitchell House
Alexander Mitchell House
August 28, 2012
(#86003852)
900 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′23″N 87°55′25″W / 43.0397°N 87.9237°W / 43.0397; -87.9237 (Alexander Mitchell House)
Home of Alexander Mitchell, Scottish immigrant, banker, and president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. Begun by Mitchell in 1848, remodeled in 1859 to then-stylish Italianate style, then remodeled again to Second Empire style in 1876, designed by E. Townsend Mix. Bought by the Deutscher Club, renamed the Wisconsin Club around WWI.
126 New Coeln House
New Coeln House
February 11, 1988
(#88000083)
5905 S. Howell Ave.
42°56′14″N 87°54′36″W / 42.937222°N 87.91°W / 42.937222; -87.91 (New Coeln House)
2-story brick Italianate-styled village inn, built between 1862 and 1869 in New Coeln, which was then a hamlet of German farmers mostly immigrated from the Rhineland. Probably initially had a tavern and living quarters downstairs and sleeping rooms upstairs.
127 Newberry Boulevard Historic District
Newberry Boulevard Historic District
March 7, 1994
(#94000137)
1802-3000 E. Newberry Blvd.
43°04′10″N 87°52′50″W / 43.069444°N 87.880556°W / 43.069444; -87.880556 (Newberry Boulevard Historic District)
String of upper-middle-class homes along a landscaped boulevard, including the 1896 Chateauesque-style Goldberg house, the 1900 Elizabethan Revival Wiggenhorn house, the 1908 Arts and Crafts-style Russel house, the 1908 American Foursquare Meisenheimer house, the 1909 Georgian Revival Halsey house, the 1917 Italian Renaissance revival Miller house, the 1917 Maitland bungalow, the 1919 Mediterranean Revival Doepke house, the 1921 Prairie Style Dr. Bours house, the 1925 English-cottage-style Tries house, the 1925 Colonial Revival Zimmermann house, and the 1929 Tudor Revival Harnischfeger house.
128 North 47th Street Bungalow Historic District
North 47th Street Bungalow Historic District
February 28, 2017
(#100000699)
2500 block of N. 47th St. between Wright and Clarke Sts.
43°03′55″N 87°58′21″W / 43.065280°N 87.972436°W / 43.065280; -87.972436 (North 47th Street Bungalow Historic District)
Neighborhood of 24 homes built in the 1920s. Many are imaginative bungalows, including the 1923 Craftsman-styled Freiburger bungalow, the 1923 frame Conrad bungalow, the 1924 Tudor Revival-flavored Hirt bungalow, and the 1926 Damkoehler bungalow with its clipped gables. Also the 1928 Colonial Revival Olroge house.
129 North First Street Historic District
North First Street Historic District
August 2, 1984
(#84003731)
Roughly 1st and 2nd Sts. between North and Center Sts.
43°03′47″N 87°54′42″W / 43.063056°N 87.911667°W / 43.063056; -87.911667 (North First Street Historic District)
Large, varied residential neighborhood, including the 1891 brick Queen Anne-styled Miller house, the 1893 frame Queen Anne Stolper house, the 1897 Dutch Colonial Revival Shape house, the 1905 Neogothic English Lutheran Church, the 1912 Craftsman Mausz house, the 1912 Feur bungalow, and the 1913 Colonial Revival-styled Masonic Temple.
130 North Grant Boulevard Historic District
North Grant Boulevard Historic District
March 23, 1995
(#95000290)
2370-2879 N. Grant Blvd.
43°04′02″N 87°57′57″W / 43.067222°N 87.965833°W / 43.067222; -87.965833 (North Grant Boulevard Historic District)
Upscale subdivision built 1913–1931 with large lots and deed restrictions that required single-family homes, large setbacks, and minimum home values.
131 North Point Lighthouse
North Point Lighthouse
July 19, 1984
(#84003732)
Wahl St. at Terrace
43°03′57″N 87°52′13″W / 43.065833°N 87.870278°W / 43.065833; -87.870278 (North Point Lighthouse)
Lighthouse established in 1855, rebuilt in 1888, and raised in 1913 to be visible farther out on Lake Michigan.
132 North Point North Historic District
North Point North Historic District
March 24, 2000
(#00000255)
Roughly bounded by N. Downer Ave., E. Park Pl., and N. Wahl Ave.
43°03′55″N 87°52′35″W / 43.065278°N 87.876389°W / 43.065278; -87.876389 (North Point North Historic District)
Upper-middle-class neighborhood on the upper east side on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, including the 1895 Queen Anne-style Middleton house, the 1901 Tudor Revival Eschweiler house, the 1906 American Foursquare Dearsley house, the 1912 Prairie Style Stanz house, the 1914 Franzen Craftsman bungalow, the 1915 Arts and Crafts Horter house, the 1924 Mediterranean Revival Moss house, the 1925 Dutch Colonial Revival Locher house, and the 1926 Georgian Revival Bloodgood house.
133 North Point South Historic District
North Point South Historic District
September 4, 1979
(#79000322)
Roughly bounded by North Ave., Summit, Terrace, and Lafayette Sts.
43°03′26″N 87°52′55″W / 43.057222°N 87.881944°W / 43.057222; -87.881944 (North Point South Historic District)
15-block neighborhood on a bluff above Lake Michigan, once part of Milwaukee's "Gold Coast," including the 1861/1902/1915 Paine-Falk house, the 1887 Queen Anne-styled Hathaway house, the 1895 Chateauesque Goodrich castle, 1895 High Victorian Gothic Kemper house, the 1896 Colonial Revival Sprague Forsythe house, the 1897 Tudor Revival Gallun house, the 1901 Georgian Revival Fitzgerald-Herzfeld house, the 1902 Arts and Crafts Lane house, the 1905 English Jacobean Uhrig house, the 1907 Elizabethan Revival Ott house, the 1907 Neoclassical Pabst house, and the 1924 Italian Villa-style Smith house.
134 North Point Water Tower
North Point Water Tower
February 23, 1973
(#73000088)
E. North Ave. between N. Lake Dr. and N. Terrace Ave.
43°03′37″N 87°52′47″W / 43.060278°N 87.879722°W / 43.060278; -87.879722 (North Point Water Tower)
175-foot Victorian Gothic tower, used to regulate water pressure, designed by Charles Gombert and built in 1873 as part of Milwaukee's first public waterworks system.
135 North Sherman Boulevard Historic District
North Sherman Boulevard Historic District
April 6, 2004
(#04000271)
N. Sherman Blvd. Roughly bounded by W. Keefe Ave. and W. Lisbon Ave.
43°04′13″N 87°58′02″W / 43.070278°N 87.967222°W / 43.070278; -87.967222 (North Sherman Boulevard Historic District)
Neighborhood of stylish homes built starting in 1907 along the parkway connecting Sherman and Washington Parks.
136 North Third Street Historic District
North Third Street Historic District
August 2, 1984
(#84003733)
Roughly N. 3rd St. between N. 3rd Ave. and Vine St.
43°03′35″N 87°54′52″W / 43.059722°N 87.914444°W / 43.059722; -87.914444 (North Third Street Historic District)
Milwaukee's first business district outside the central downtown, a mile north of that downtown, with surviving examples of many phases of commercial development all the way back to 1854.
137 Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
June 3, 2005
(#05000530)
5000 W. National Ave.
43°01′44″N 87°58′33″W / 43.028889°N 87.975833°W / 43.028889; -87.975833 (Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District)
Cream city brick building in Gothic Revival style designed by E. Townsend Mix in 1867, surrounded by grounds that were one of the first city parks; designated a National Historic Landmark June 17, 2011
138 Nunn-Bush Shoe Company Factory September 11, 2017
(#100001599)
2821 N. 4th St.
43°04′13″N 87°54′56″W / 43.070302°N 87.915465°W / 43.070302; -87.915465 (Nunn-Bush Shoe Company Factory)
Factory and headquarters complex of the maker of leather shoes, designed by Herman J. Esser and built in 1916. In 1930 Nunn-Bush was the second largest producer of fine men's shoes in the U.S.
139 Old St. Mary's Church
Old St. Mary's Church
March 7, 1973
(#73000253)
844 N. Broadway
43°02′29″N 87°54′28″W / 43.041389°N 87.907778°W / 43.041389; -87.907778 (Old St. Mary's Church)
Milwaukee's first German Catholic church, designed by Victor Schulte in Zopfstil style, which must have been familiar to many of the parish's German immigrants. Completed in 1847. Current exterior looks much as it did after an 1867 remodeling, two years after the Civil War. Now the oldest surviving church in Milwaukee.
140 Old World Third Street Historic District
Old World Third Street Historic District
March 19, 1987
(#87000494)
N. Old World Third St., W. Highland Ave., and W. State St.
43°02′37″N 87°54′53″W / 43.043611°N 87.914722°W / 43.043611; -87.914722 (Old World Third Street Historic District)
Relatively intact remnant of the old German retail district west of the Milwaukee River, including the 1858 Italianate-styled Bauer building, the 1889 Romanesque Revival Schlitz Brewing Company saloon, the 1906 Neoclassical-styled Usinger sausage factory, and the 1953 Neo-Germanic-styled Mader's German Restaurant.
141 Joseph B. Oliver House
Joseph B. Oliver House
January 18, 1990
(#89002312)
1516 E. Brady St.
43°03′10″N 87°53′29″W / 43.052778°N 87.891389°W / 43.052778; -87.891389 (Joseph B. Oliver House)
Wood-clad Italianate house designed by Henry C. Koch and built in 1870 for Oliver, a Civil War veteran, grain broker, meat-packing businessman, industrialist, and speculator in real estate and lard. One of the best frame Italianate houses remaining in Milwaukee.
142 Oneida Street Station
Oneida Street Station
December 6, 1984
(#84000701)
108 E. Wells and 816 N. Edison Sts.
43°02′28″N 87°54′41″W / 43.041111°N 87.911389°W / 43.041111; -87.911389 (Oneida Street Station)
Site of pioneering experiments into the use of pulverized coal in boilers from 1918 to 1920. Brick Neoclassical-styled building, designed by Herman Esser and built 1900.
143 Oriental Theatre
Oriental Theatre
February 1, 2023
(#100008594)
2216-2230 North Farwell Ave.
43°03′35″N 87°53′09″W / 43.0597°N 87.8857°W / 43.0597; -87.8857 (Oriental Theatre)
1927 movie palace designed by Dick & Bauer with a Moorish Revival exterior and inside draperies, tile floors, murals, false timbers, and plaster sculptures in Moorish, Indian and Islamic styles, intended to transport visitors to exotic places.
144 Pabst Brewery Saloon
Pabst Brewery Saloon
January 16, 1986
(#86000125)
1338-1340 W. Juneau Ave.
43°02′46″N 87°55′48″W / 43.046111°N 87.93°W / 43.046111; -87.93 (Pabst Brewery Saloon)
Corner brewery bar built in 1896, designed in Neo-Gothic style by Charles G. Hoffman, with a 3-story square corner tower topped with battlements and lancet windows below. Only this building remains of several bars that Pabst built in this style.
145 Pabst Brewing Company Complex
Pabst Brewing Company Complex
November 14, 2003
(#03001165)
Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., 11th, Winnebago and 9th Sts.
43°02′45″N 87°55′28″W / 43.045833°N 87.924444°W / 43.045833; -87.924444 (Pabst Brewing Company Complex)
Brewing company founded in 1844, and by 1892 the largest brewer of lager in the world. Surviving buildings in the complex include the 1875 Italianate-styled 6-story stock/fermenting house, the 1880 main office (complete with battlements to suggest a German castle), the 1889 German Renaissance Revival bottling house, and the 1933 Flemish Renaissance Revival visitor center.
146 Pabst Theater
Pabst Theater
April 11, 1972
(#72000063)
144 E. Wells St.
43°02′28″N 87°54′52″W / 43.041111°N 87.914444°W / 43.041111; -87.914444 (Pabst Theater)
Technologically innovative theater, financed by Frederick Pabst, designed by Otto Strack in German Renaissance Revival style, and built 1895. At that early date, included a fire curtain, electric lights, and ice-and-fan air conditioning.
147 Frederick Pabst House
Frederick Pabst House
April 21, 1975
(#75000073)
2000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′21″N 87°56′17″W / 43.039167°N 87.938056°W / 43.039167; -87.938056 (Frederick Pabst House)
1892 Flemish Renaissance Revival mansion of beer baron, Captain Frederick Pabst, designed by George Bowman Ferry. Bought by the Archdiocese in 1908, housing archbishops, priests and sisters. Now a house museum offering public tours.
148 George W. Peck Row House June 14, 2016
(#16000378)
1620-1630 N. Farwell Ave.
43°03′07″N 87°53′36″W / 43.051834°N 87.893360°W / 43.051834; -87.893360 (George W. Peck Row House)
Upscale Queen Anne-styled row house designed by George B. Ferry and built in 1883 as an investment property for Peck, the newspaperman, author, and later mayor of Milwaukee and governor of Wisconsin.
149 Peckham Junior High School
Peckham Junior High School
May 30, 2012
(#12000319)
3245 N. 37th St.
43°04′42″N 87°57′37″W / 43.078238°N 87.9603°W / 43.078238; -87.9603 (Peckham Junior High School)
Early junior high school designed by Guy Edson Wiley in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1927, when the junior high was a newish idea for bridging the gap between elementary and high school without extending school beyond 12 years.
150 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant
October 21, 2009
(#09000851)
201 E. Pittsburgh Ave.
43°01′44″N 87°54′30″W / 43.028797°N 87.908389°W / 43.028797; -87.908389 (Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant)
Art Moderne-styled paint factory, designed by Eschweiler & Eschweiler and built in 1937.
151 Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic District
Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic District
June 13, 1986
(#86001328)
Roughly bounded by Wells, Bridge, N. Water, E. Mason, W. Wells, and N. Second Sts.
43°02′26″N 87°54′40″W / 43.040556°N 87.911111°W / 43.040556; -87.911111 (Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic District)
Concentration of historic commercial buildings, including the 1870 Italianate-styled Nunnemacher building, the 1895 German Renaissance Revival Milwaukee City Hall, the 1897 Queen Anne-styled Cawker building, the 1900 Neoclassical-styled Pietsch Dye Works, the 1904 Miller Brewing Co. bar, and the 1909 Chicago Commercial-style Manufacturers' Home building.
152 John Pritzlaff Hardware Company
John Pritzlaff Hardware Company
January 14, 2013
(#12001187)
305-333 N. Plankinton & 143, 155, W. St. Paul Aves.
43°02′04″N 87°54′43″W / 43.034337°N 87.911977°W / 43.034337; -87.911977 (John Pritzlaff Hardware Company)
Complex of Italianate-style buildings which housed Milwaukee's largest wholesale hardware company, built from 1875 to 1919.
153 Prospect Avenue Apartment Buildings Historic District
Prospect Avenue Apartment Buildings Historic District
April 19, 1990
(#90000640)
N. Prospect Ave. area roughly between E. Kane Pl. and E. Windsor St.
43°03′20″N 87°53′17″W / 43.055556°N 87.888056°W / 43.055556; -87.888056 (Prospect Avenue Apartment Buildings Historic District)
Group of historic apartment buildings on the Lower East Side, including the 1909 Elizabethan Revival-styled Cudahy Apartments, the 1911 Neoclassical Wallard Apartments, the 1922 Georgian Revival Ambassador Apartments, the 1924 Mediterranean Revival Shorecrest Hotel, and the 1930 Art Deco Park Lane.
154 Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District
Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District
April 7, 1990
(#90000478)
1363-1551 N. Prospect Ave.
43°02′56″N 87°53′40″W / 43.048889°N 87.894444°W / 43.048889; -87.894444 (Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District)
Group of stylish mansions on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, including the 1876 High Victorian Italianate Collins-Elwell-Cary house, the 1888 Queen Anne Osborne house, the 1901 Elizabethan Revival Black house, the 1902 Mediterranean Revival Kraus house, and the 1907 Neoclassical First Church of Christ Scientist.
155 Prospect Hill Historic District
Prospect Hill Historic District
March 1, 2005
(#05000104)
2700 block of N. Hackett Ave., N. Shepard Ave., N. Summit Ave. and 2804-06 E. Park Place
43°04′05″N 87°52′33″W / 43.068056°N 87.875833°W / 43.068056; -87.875833 (Prospect Hill Historic District)
Another prestigious neighborhood on the upper east side, on a bluff above Lake Michigan and Lake Park, including the 1894 early Georgian Revival-style Douglass house, the 1895 early Neoclassical Major Sawyer house, the 1895 Dutch Colonial Revival Skinner house, the 1896 Queen Anne-styled Laffer house, the 1907 Colonial Revival Koss house, the 1907 Craftsman Adams house, and the 1924 Tudor Revival Mischler house.
156 Public School No. 27
Public School No. 27
August 2, 1984
(#84003735)
2215 N. 4th St.
43°03′34″N 87°54′58″W / 43.059444°N 87.916111°W / 43.059444; -87.916111 (Public School No. 27)
Largely intact 3-story school building designed by H.C. Koch and built in 1887, with striking 2-story windows and tiled roof. The round-topped openings are a hallmark of Romanesque Revival style.
157 Public Service Building
Public Service Building
May 20, 1998
(#98000576)
231 W. Michigan St.
43°02′14″N 87°54′52″W / 43.037222°N 87.914444°W / 43.037222; -87.914444 (Public Service Building)
Home of the first unified electric power utility in the nation, the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (now Wisconsin Energy Corporation), founded 1896. The 4-story building was designed by Herman J. Esser in Beaux-Arts style and built 1902-06 as a streetcar terminal, electric plant, public auditorium, and company headquarters.
158 Pythian Castle Lodge
Pythian Castle Lodge
February 25, 1988
(#88000089)
1925 W. National Ave.
43°01′21″N 87°56′15″W / 43.0225°N 87.9375°W / 43.0225; -87.9375 (Pythian Castle Lodge)
1927 Spanish Colonial Revival-style lodge of Knights of Pythias, designed by Richard Oberst.
159 Charles Quarles House
Charles Quarles House
July 27, 1979
(#79000096)
2531 N. Farwell Ave.
43°03′52″N 87°52′55″W / 43.064444°N 87.881944°W / 43.064444; -87.881944 (Charles Quarles House)
2.5-story wood-clad Queen Anne-styled house with round corner tower, designed by James Douglas and built in 1891-92 for Quarles, a well-regarded constitutional lawyer. Quarles' mother-in-law Louisa Thiers lived in the house until 1926 when she died at age 111, the oldest person in the U.S.
160 Saint Anthony Hospital
Saint Anthony Hospital
October 6, 2017
(#100001724)
1004 N. 10th St.
43°02′37″N 87°55′28″W / 43.043579°N 87.924380°W / 43.043579; -87.924380 (Saint Anthony Hospital)
5-story brick hospital designed by E. Brielmaier and Sons and built in 1931.
161 Saint George Melkite Catholic Church
Saint George Melkite Catholic Church
January 16, 1986
(#86000128)
1617 W. State St.
43°02′35″N 87°56′00″W / 43.043056°N 87.933333°W / 43.043056; -87.933333 (Saint George Melkite Catholic Church)
Best example of Byzantine Revival-inspired architecture in the city, designed by E. Brielmaier & Sons and built in 1917 for its Syrian-Lebanese community, exemplifying the association between ethnicity and architectural design.
162 Saint James Court Apartments
Saint James Court Apartments
July 2, 2008
(#08000606)
831 West Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′18″N 87°55′22″W / 43.038342°N 87.922714°W / 43.038342; -87.922714 (Saint James Court Apartments)
6-story apartment building designed by Alfred C. Clas in Beaux Arts style and built in 1903, aiming for upper middle class renters with its stylish facade and conveniences like built-in china cabinets, maid's rooms, and an elevator.
163 St. James Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal Church
June 27, 1979
(#79000098)
833 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′17″N 87°55′22″W / 43.038056°N 87.922778°W / 43.038056; -87.922778 (St. James Episcopal Church)
English Gothic Revival-styled Episcopal church, limestone-clad with a large square corner tower, designed by Gordon W. Lloyd and built 1867-68.
164 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex
May 18, 1992
(#92000459)
804-816 W. Vliet St.
43°02′55″N 87°55′19″W / 43.048611°N 87.921944°W / 43.048611; -87.921944 (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex)
1889 Gothic Revival church designed by Herman Schnetzky for the German-American congregation. Complex includes 1889 Queen Anne-styled parsonage and 1914 caretaker's bungalow.
165 St. John's Roman Catholic Cathedral
St. John's Roman Catholic Cathedral
December 31, 1974
(#74000108)
812 N. Jackson St.
43°02′30″N 87°54′14″W / 43.041667°N 87.903889°W / 43.041667; -87.903889 (St. John's Roman Catholic Cathedral)
Zopfstil-style cathedral, designed by Victor Schulte and built 1847-1852. The top of the tower is an 1893 redesign by Ferry & Clas.
166 St. Josaphat Basilica
St. Josaphat Basilica
March 7, 1973
(#73000089)
601 W. Lincoln Ave.
43°00′09″N 87°55′09″W / 43.0025°N 87.919167°W / 43.0025; -87.919167 (St. Josaphat Basilica)
Grand 1901 church designed by Erhard Brielmaier, inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Named the third basilica in the US in 1929.
167 St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church
September 25, 1987
(#87001741)
1557 W. Orchard St.
43°00′57″N 87°55′57″W / 43.015833°N 87.9325°W / 43.015833; -87.9325 (St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church)
Gothic Revival-styled church designed by Herman Schnetzky and built in 1887, with gold pinnacles on the towers.
168 St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
May 8, 2019
(#100003909)
2944 N. 9th St.
43°04′20″N 87°55′21″W / 43.0723°N 87.9226°W / 43.0723; -87.9226 (St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church)
Headquarters of MUSIC (Milwaukee United School Integration Committee) and site of freedom schools during Milwaukee's civil rights movement from 1964 to '67 under Pastor B.S. Gregg. Before that, the Collegiate Gothic church was built in 1915.
169 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
December 16, 1974
(#74000109)
1105 S. 7th St.
43°01′12″N 87°55′13″W / 43.02°N 87.9203°W / 43.02; -87.9203 (St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church)
Gothic Revival-styled church designed by James J. Egan and built from 1893 to 1895.
170 St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
December 27, 1974
(#74000110)
904 E. Knapp St.
43°02′50″N 87°54′02″W / 43.0472°N 87.9006°W / 43.0472; -87.9006 (St. Paul's Episcopal Church)
Romanesque Revival style church noted for its Tiffany windows, built 1882-90 by local architect E. Townsend Mix adapting an original design published earlier by Henry Hobson Richardson.
171 Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
September 25, 1987
(#87001736)
1204, 1213, 1214, and 1215 S. Eighth St.
43°01′08″N 87°55′16″W / 43.0189°N 87.9211°W / 43.0189; -87.9211 (Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church)
Designed by Andrew Elleson in Victorian Gothic Revival style and completed in 1885.
172 Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum
Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum
September 25, 1987
(#87001742)
809 W. Greenfield Ave.
43°01′01″N 87°55′16″W / 43.0169°N 87.9211°W / 43.0169; -87.9211 (Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum)
Catholic institution to nurture unwanted infants and unwed mothers, with the 1878 section designed by Charles Gombert and the 1890 section by E. Townsend Mix.
173 Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex
September 13, 1991
(#91001392)
2474 and 2490 N. Cramer St. and 2479 and 2491 N. Murray Ave.
43°03′48″N 87°53′10″W / 43.0633°N 87.8861°W / 43.0633; -87.8861 (Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church Complex)
Later parish of German immigrants, with Romanesque Revival church built in 1890-92, Neoclassical school built in 1890, and Romanesque convent built in 1889.
174 Salem Evangelical Church
Salem Evangelical Church
October 1, 1987
(#87001760)
1025 & 1037 S. Eleventh St.
43°01′13″N 87°55′32″W / 43.0203°N 87.9256°W / 43.0203; -87.9256 (Salem Evangelical Church)
Modest Victorian Gothic-styled church built in 1874 for the German congregation. Now houses St. Michael's Ukrainian Roman Catholic Church. (Still ethnic after all these years.)
175 Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company Saloon
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company Saloon
April 11, 1977
(#77000040)
2414 S. St. Clair St.
43°00′01″N 87°53′35″W / 43.0003°N 87.8931°W / 43.0003; -87.8931 (Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company Saloon)
Queen Anne-styled corner bar designed by Charles Kirchhoff Jr. and built by Schlitz in 1897, then leased until 1920, when antitrust law forced Schlitz to divest ownership of its bars. The belted globe on the turret is a Schlitz trademark, and very few like it remain.
176 Joseph Schlitz Company Brewery Complex
Joseph Schlitz Company Brewery Complex
December 30, 1999
(#99001632)
219 W. Galena St.
43°03′03″N 87°54′46″W / 43.0508°N 87.9128°W / 43.0508; -87.9128 (Joseph Schlitz Company Brewery Complex)
Schlitz brewery complex, including the 1886 German Renaissance Revival-styled Stock and Malt house, the 1886/1910/1936 Office/Brown Bottle Pub, the 1890 Romanesque Revival-styled Brew House, the 1899 Bottle House A, and six other industrial buildings.
177 Victor Schlitz House
Victor Schlitz House
January 16, 1986
(#86000145)
2004 W. Highland Ave.
43°02′41″N 87°56′16″W / 43.0447°N 87.9378°W / 43.0447; -87.9378 (Victor Schlitz House)
Fine Queen Anne-styled house with various turrets and textures, designed by Charles Gombert and built in 1890 for Schlitz, a German immigrant who became a wealthy liquor and wine distributor.
178 Schoonmaker Reef
Schoonmaker Reef
September 25, 1997
(#97001266)
North of West St., between N. 66th St. and N. 64th St. extended
43°02′50″N 87°59′37″W / 43.0472°N 87.9936°W / 43.0472; -87.9936 (Schoonmaker Reef)
Fossil coral reef, formed in the Silurian period when Wisconsin lay beneath a shallow tropical sea. While it was quarried for lime starting in the 1830s, many fossils of extinct organisms like trilobites were found in its dolomite. In 1862 this formation and similar ones nearby were recognized to be fossilized reefs - the first recognized in North America, and among the first in the world.
179 Schramka Funeral Home February 2, 2023
(#100008601)
608-612 East Burleigh St.
43°04′29″N 87°54′13″W / 43.0748°N 87.9035°W / 43.0748; -87.9035 (Schramka Funeral Home)
Tudor Revival-style structure designed by Roland Kurtz and built in 1929 as a funeral home for its working class Polish-Catholic neighborhood. The first floor held the business and the Schramka family lived above. Three generations of the family ran the business for 72 years.
180 George Schuster House
George Schuster House
January 16, 1986
(#86000137)
3209 W. Wells St.
43°02′25″N 87°57′16″W / 43.0403°N 87.9544°W / 43.0403; -87.9544 (George Schuster House)
Eclectic-styled 1891 red brick and sandstone home with bays and tower, Flemish gables, and a bartizan, with 1891 carriage barn. Designed by Crane & Barkhausen for tobacco merchant Schuster.
181 Second Church of Christ Scientist
Second Church of Christ Scientist
January 16, 1986
(#86000139)
2722 W. Highland Blvd.
43°02′43″N 87°56′54″W / 43.0453°N 87.9483°W / 43.0453; -87.9483 (Second Church of Christ Scientist)
Christian Science church inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, designed by Carl Barkhausen and built in 1913.
182 Sheridan Apartment Building December 14, 2020
(#100005903)
2435 West Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′19″N 87°56′38″W / 43.0386°N 87.9440°W / 43.0386; -87.9440 (Sheridan Apartment Building)
6-story apartment designed by Backes & Uthus and built in 1927. The style is Mediterranean Revival, with a brown brick exterior with terra cotta ornament.
183 Shorecrest Hotel
Shorecrest Hotel
September 7, 1984
(#84003737)
1962 N. Prospect Ave.
43°03′20″N 87°53′15″W / 43.0555°N 87.8874°W / 43.0555; -87.8874 (Shorecrest Hotel)
9-story luxury apartment building, Moroccan/Art Deco-style with brick trimmed in terra cotta and copper, designed by Herbert Tullgren, built in 1924, and expanded in 1929.
184 Fred Sivyer House
Fred Sivyer House
January 16, 1986
(#86000141)
761 N. 25th St.
43°02′24″N 87°56′42″W / 43.04°N 87.945°W / 43.04; -87.945 (Fred Sivyer House)
Fine 2-story frame Queen Anne house with many textures and gables, built in 1888, and little changed since. Built for Sivyer, founder of Northwestern Malleable Iron Co. and Milwaukee's first trades school.
185 Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist
Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist
March 27, 1980
(#80000168)
1036 N. Van Buren St.
43°02′42″N 87°54′17″W / 43.045°N 87.9047°W / 43.045; -87.9047 (Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist)
1902 Christian Science church designed by Elmer Grey in a fresh combination of Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival styles.
186 A.O. Smith Corporation Headquarters October 11, 2022
(#100008256)
3025 West Hopkins St. and 3533 North 27th St.
43°05′00″N 87°56′51″W / 43.0834°N 87.9475°W / 43.0834; -87.9475 (A.O. Smith Corporation Headquarters)
Original 1910 headquarters, 1931 Research and Engineering building, and the world's first automated assembly plant, where auto frames were made. A. O. Smith also designed bomb casings, propellers, and components for the atom bomb during WWII.
187 Lloyd R. Smith House
Lloyd R. Smith House
December 30, 1974
(#74000107)
2220 N. Terrace Ave.
43°03′28″N 87°52′51″W / 43.0578°N 87.8808°W / 43.0578; -87.8808 (Lloyd R. Smith House)
1924 Italian villa-style home overlooking Lake Michigan, with landscaped gardens spilling down the bluff. Now Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.
188 Soldiers' Home Reef
Soldiers' Home Reef
November 4, 1993
(#93001617)
Northeast of the junction of Wood Ave. and General Mitchell Blvd., Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center grounds
43°01′40″N 87°58′29″W / 43.0278°N 87.9747°W / 43.0278; -87.9747 (Soldiers' Home Reef)
Another fossilized coral reef, much like Schoonmaker. They were the first formations in North America identified as fossil coral reefs, by James Hall in 1862. Unlike Schoonmaker, this reef remains very much as when Lapham and Hall studied it in the 1800s.
189 South Branch Library
South Branch Library
February 11, 1988
(#88000084)
931 W. Madison St.
43°01′04″N 87°55′25″W / 43.0178°N 87.9236°W / 43.0178; -87.9236 (South Branch Library)
Neoclassical-style library with an unusual semi-circular stack room, designed by Brust and Philipp and built 1908-10 - the first purpose-built branch library in Milwaukee, with a particular aim to serve the south side's immigrants with materials in German and Polish.
190 South First and Second Street Historic District
South First and Second Street Historic District
November 30, 1987
(#87002092)
Roughly bounded by Menomonee River, Chicago & N. Western RR, Seeboth, S. First, Oregon, & S. Second Sts.
43°01′49″N 87°54′43″W / 43.0303°N 87.9119°W / 43.0303; -87.9119 (South First and Second Street Historic District)
Group of 28 commercial and industrial buildings near the confluence of the Milwaukee and Menomonee Rivers, including the ca 1858 Greek Revival-styled Borger tavern, the 1864 Romanesque Revival Burnham warehouse, the 1865 Italianate Stamm building, the 1872 Victorian Gothic-influenced Michel warehouse, the 1873 Queen Anne-style Seidel tavern, and the 1892 Romanesque Revival Milwaukee Cold Storage, and Lindsay Ag Implement warehouse.
191 South Layton Boulevard Historic District
South Layton Boulevard Historic District
April 24, 1996
(#96000412)
921-2264 S. Layton Blvd.
43°00′48″N 87°56′54″W / 43.0133°N 87.9483°W / 43.0133; -87.9483 (South Layton Boulevard Historic District)
Large residential neighborhood strung along Layton Blvd, including the 1892 Queen Anne-style Kretschmar house, the 1902 Neoclassical Dr. Stack house, the 1907 Arts and Crafts Baumann house, the 1908 American Foursquare Schuerman house, the 1909 Colonial Revival Kroening house, the 1911 Filipowicz bungalow, the 1912 Craftsman Nimmer house, the 1914 Romanesque Revival St. Joseph's Convent Chapel, the 1915 Prairie School Huschek house, the 1927 Mediterranean Revival Huber house, and the 1927 Tudor Revival Dr. Bernhard house.
192 Spencerian Business College
Spencerian Business College
March 14, 2008
(#07001331)
2800 W Wright St.
43°03′52″N 87°56′56″W / 43.0644°N 87.9489°W / 43.0644; -87.9489 (Spencerian Business College)
Housed Miss Ethelyn Bennet's distinguished business training institution from 1923 to 1965, where the school pioneered work-study programs and the trimester calendar. The Georgian Revival building was designed by Alexander Eschweiler and built in 1911 to be the Kilbourn Exchange of the Wisconsin Telephone Company.
193 Spring Grove Site September 10, 1979
(#79000097)
Address Restricted
194 Square D Company-Industrial Controller Division October 22, 2014
(#14000878)
710 S. 3rd St.
43°01′26″N 87°54′50″W / 43.0239°N 87.9139°W / 43.0239; -87.9139 (Square D Company-Industrial Controller Division)
1913 factory designed by Frank L. Bader for Riverside Printing Company. Bought by Industrial Controller/Square D in 1925, and used for manufacturing controls for industrial motors, resistance welders, steel mills, and other devices.
195 State Bank of Wisconsin
State Bank of Wisconsin
March 8, 1984
(#84003742)
210 E. Michigan St.
43°02′15″N 87°54′30″W / 43.0375°N 87.9083°W / 43.0375; -87.9083 (State Bank of Wisconsin)
6-story Neoclassical-styled office building begun as two banks in 1856 and 1858, then joined in 1903.
196 William Steinmeyer House
William Steinmeyer House
October 11, 1984
(#84000102)
1716-1722 N. 5th St.
43°03′11″N 87°55′01″W / 43.0531°N 87.9169°W / 43.0531; -87.9169 (William Steinmeyer House)
2.5-story Queen Anne 4-plex with bays and shingled gable ends, designed by C.R. Ringer and built in 1895. Steinmeyer was a wholesale grocer with a warehouse behind the apartments.
197 TOPS Club Inc September 26, 2022
(#100008211)
4575 South 5th St.
42°57′39″N 87°55′02″W / 42.9607°N 87.9171°W / 42.9607; -87.9171 (TOPS Club Inc)
1965 building designed by Baudhuin & Associates, Engineers to hold headquarters, publishing, printing and warehouse facilities of the international TOPS Club, which sponsors research and supports people in weight control.
198 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
May 8, 1979
(#79000099)
1046 N. 9th St.
43°02′39″N 87°55′21″W / 43.0442°N 87.9225°W / 43.0442; -87.9225 (Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church)
1878 German Romanesque/Gothic Revival-style church designed by Frederick Velguth. Now the oldest Missouri Synod church in Milwaukee.
199 Tripoli Temple
Tripoli Temple
January 16, 1986
(#86000142)
3000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
43°02′21″N 87°57′05″W / 43.0392°N 87.9514°W / 43.0392; -87.9514 (Tripoli Temple)
Moorish Revival-styled Shrine Center, with massing based on the Taj Mahal, designed by Clas and Shepard and built in 1928. One of the best examples of this architectural style in the U.S.
200 Turner Hall
Turner Hall
November 7, 1977
(#77000041)
1034 N. 4th St.
43°02′37″N 87°54′56″W / 43.0436°N 87.9156°W / 43.0436; -87.9156 (Turner Hall)
Henry C. Koch-designed 1882 meeting place of German-American social, political and gymnastic organization, the Turners.
201 Harry B. Walker House
Harry B. Walker House
January 16, 1986
(#86000144)
3130 W. Wells St.
43°02′26″N 87°57′14″W / 43.0406°N 87.9539°W / 43.0406; -87.9539 (Harry B. Walker House)
Picturesque Victorian Gothic-style house designed by James Douglas and built ca. 1878, with 2-story bays and deep, flared eaves. Exterior is little changed since 1878.
202 Walker's Point Historic District
Walker's Point Historic District
December 19, 1978
(#78000120)
Roughly bounded by the Freeway, Scott, 2nd, and W. Virginia Street
43°01′27″N 87°55′00″W / 43.0242°N 87.9167°W / 43.0242; -87.9167 (Walker's Point Historic District)
Old working-class neighborhood that developed in the area where George Walker initially settled, it is the only part of 19th century Milwaukee to survive largely intact, with buildings ranging from the 1849 Zopfstil Holy Trinity Catholic Church, to the 1854 Greek Revival Howard house, to remnants of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company complex, to the 1901 Neoclassical Tivoli Palm beer garden/dance hall.
203 Ward Memorial Hall
Ward Memorial Hall
September 6, 1984
(#84003748)
5000 W. National Ave.
43°01′32″N 87°58′35″W / 43.0256°N 87.9764°W / 43.0256; -87.9764 (Ward Memorial Hall)
Gothic/Romanesque-style theater at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home, designed by H.C. Koch and built in 1881-82. Now one of the oldest theaters in Wisconsin.
204 West Center-North 32nd Industrial Historic District March 23, 2020
(#100005095)
2727, 2748, 2769 & 2784 North 32nd St.; 2758 North 33rd St.; and 3212 West Center St.
43°04′05″N 87°57′14″W / 43.0680°N 87.9540°W / 43.0680; -87.9540 (West Center-North 32nd Industrial Historic District)
Factories eventually acquired by Briggs & Stratton and merged into its West plant, consisting of the 1900 Milwaukee Reliance Boiler Works, the 1906 Eschweiler-designed Romadka Brothers trunk factory, the 1920 Westinghouse Lamp building, the 1920 Columbia Knitting and Manufacturing Co., the 1925 A.H. Weinbrenner Shoe factory, the 1929 Ideal Shoe factory, and the 1950 Briggs & Stratton factory.
205 West Mitchell Street Commercial Historic District November 9, 2018
(#100003103)
Generally bounded by W Forest Home Ave., S 13th, W Historic Mitchell & S 5th Sts.
43°00′44″N 87°55′31″W / 43.0123°N 87.9254°W / 43.0123; -87.9254 (West Mitchell Street Commercial Historic District)
Business district on the South Side, once called "the Polish Grand Avenue." Includes the 1872 Romanesque Revival St. Stanislaus Church, the 1888 Queen Anne-styled Noe meat market, the 1889 Boomtown-style Kubal Grocery & Saloon, the 1896 Chateauesque St. Anthony's rectory, the 1897 Neoclassical-styled Czerwinski real estate office, the 1898 German Renaissance Revival Kalczynski dry goods store, the 1914 20th Century Commercial Schuster's Department Store, the 1924 Neoclassical-styled Modjeska Theater, and the 1937 Art Deco-styled Grand Department Store.
206 West Side Commercial Historic District
West Side Commercial Historic District
December 22, 2000
(#78003462)
Roughly, W. Wisconsin Ave., N. Third St., N. Plankinton Ave, and N. 2nd St.
43°02′18″N 87°54′49″W / 43.0383°N 87.9136°W / 43.0383; -87.9136 (West Side Commercial Historic District)
Part of the central business district along W. Wisconsin, including the 1891-92 Romanesque Revival Matthews Brothers building, the 1895-1920 Commercial-style Plankinton/Boston Store, the 1901 Commercial-style Gimbels Dept. Store, the 1907/1913 Caswell office building, the 1907 Beaux-Arts Majestic office towers, the 1913 German Renaissance Revival Hotel Wisconsin, the 1916 Neoclassical Plankinton Arcade, the 1927 Mediterranean Revival Empire Building/Riverside Theater, the 1930 Art Deco Kresge building, and the 1930 Moderne-style Warner building.
207 West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic District March 12, 2018
(#100002198)
Generally bounded by the N & S sides of & 1101-2045 W. St. Paul Ave. including 272 to 405 N 12th & 324-422 N 15th Sts.
43°02′05″N 87°55′52″W / 43.0347°N 87.9312°W / 43.0347; -87.9312 (West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic District)
Grouping of 22 properties, including the 1889 Queen Anne-style Kunz Schlitz Brewery Tavern, the 1893/1919 Cutler-Hammer Factory and Machine Shop, the 1901 Milwaukee Casket Company, the 1902 Geuder, Paeschke, and Frey Manufacturing Co., the 1913 Milwaukee Brewers Specialty Co., the 1929 20th Century Commercial-styled NESCO office building, and the 1951 Cutler-Hammer Motor Switch Plant.
208 West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic District
West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic District
May 18, 1994
(#94000422)
4701-5929 W. Washington Blvd.; 1720-2049 N. Hi-Mount Blvd.
43°03′12″N 87°58′49″W / 43.053333°N 87.980278°W / 43.053333; -87.980278 (West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic District)
Historic neighborhood of stylish homes built along the named boulevards beginning in 1912, mostly for businessmen and professionals. In Milwaukee, "boulevard" generally meant a broad street with a landscaped median, connecting two parks.
209 Wisconsin Consistory Building
Wisconsin Consistory Building
September 26, 1994
(#94001158)
790 N. Van Buren St.
43°02′29″N 87°54′08″W / 43.0414°N 87.9022°W / 43.0414; -87.9022 (Wisconsin Consistory Building)
Originally built in 1889 as a Romanesque-style Congregational church, the building was later bought by a Masonic order and remodeled in 1937 to Art Moderne style.
210 Wisconsin Leather Company Building
Wisconsin Leather Company Building
March 30, 2005
(#05000250)
320 E. Clybourn St.
43°02′18″N 87°54′24″W / 43.0383°N 87.9067°W / 43.0383; -87.9067 (Wisconsin Leather Company Building)
Designed and built in 1874 by E. Townsend Mix. Served as the central office and store for one of the first leather companies established in Milwaukee, and by the 1870s, one of the largest.
211 Woman's Club of Wisconsin
Woman's Club of Wisconsin
October 4, 1982
(#82001847)
813 E. Kilbourn Ave.
43°02′33″N 87°54′05″W / 43.0425°N 87.9014°W / 43.0425; -87.9014 (Woman's Club of Wisconsin)
The oldest woman's clubhouse in the United States, designed by George Ferry and built in 1887 for the Athenaeum, the first known stock company formed by women in the U.S.

Former listing

Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Old Coast Guard Station
Old Coast Guard Station
August 7, 1989
(#89001047)
July 1, 2009 1600 North Lincoln Memorial Drive
43°03′04″N 87°53′15″W / 43.0511°N 87.8875°W / 43.0511; -87.8875 (Old Coast Guard Station)
Milwaukee 3-story building with 4-story tower, designed by Victor Mendleheff in Prairie Style and built in 1915.

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