Abstract:
Collection contains materials relating to landmarks and buildings in Milwaukee County. There are some materials relating to the Madison area and Wisconsin. The materials are organized by specific landmark or building, historic district or miscellaneous materials.
See Also:
Ernst Kronshage Collection, Mss-2166
Mary Ellen Young, Mss-2255
Administrative Info:
Collection was processed by Nicolas L. Neylon in July 1992. It was revised by Janet Geronime in November 1994, by Steve Daily in 1996 and 1997, by Mary Ann Dyer in 1997, by Kevin Abing in February 2000 and 2001, and by Amanda Wynne in June 2009.
Contents List:
Landmark/Building |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
|
Abbot Row |
1 |
A |
All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral |
1 |
A |
Allen-Bradley Building |
1 |
A |
Allis-Chalmers Clubhouse (SueShar’s) |
1 |
A |
Amador-Almeda Apartments |
1 |
A1 |
Ambassador Hotel |
1 |
A |
Amtrak Station/Intermodel |
1 |
A |
Annason Apartments |
1 |
A |
Astor On The Lake |
1 |
A |
Astor St. Row Houses, 1225-1231 N. Astor St. |
1 |
A |
Athenaeum |
1 |
A |
Atlas Apartments 211 W. North Ave. |
1 |
A |
Bank of Milwaukee Building |
1 |
B1 |
Bank One Plaza |
1 |
B |
Baumbach Building |
1 |
B |
Bay View Library |
1 |
B |
Bay View Terrace |
1 |
B |
Bertelson Building |
1 |
B |
Blatz Brewery |
1 |
B3 |
Blatz Hotel |
1 |
B |
Blatz, The (Apartments) |
1 |
B2 |
Blatz, Val, House |
1 |
B |
Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Catholic Church |
1 |
B4 |
Bluemel’s Florist and Garden Service |
1 |
B |
Bogk, Frederick C., House |
1 |
B |
Boston Lofts (Boston Store Building) |
1 |
B |
Bradley Center |
1 |
B5 |
Brandt House |
1 |
B6 |
Bresler, F. H., Building, 729 N. Milwaukee St. |
1 |
B |
Brumder, George, House |
1 |
B |
Buemming ,Herman W., House |
1 |
B |
Button, Henry Harrison, House/David Barnett Gallery, 1024 E. State St. |
1 |
B |
Carpenter, Matthew H. House |
1 |
C |
Cawker Building 108 W. Wells |
1 |
C1 |
Century Hall |
1 |
C |
Chalet at the River |
1 |
C2 |
Chapman, T. A., House |
1 |
C3 |
Chapman’s Dept. Store |
1 |
C4 |
Charles Allis Art Library |
1 |
C |
Chicago & North Western Railroad Depot |
1 |
C |
Chief Lippert Fire Station |
1 |
C |
Clement Zablocki Veterans Administration Center |
1 |
C5 |
Coast Guard Station |
1 |
C6 |
Colby-Abbot Building 320 E. Mason St. |
1 |
C7 |
Commerce Building |
1 |
C |
Council House |
1 |
C |
Cream City Brick Buildings |
1 |
C |
Cross Keys Hotel, N. Water & E. Detroit |
1 |
C |
Cudahy Tower Apartments |
1 |
C9 |
Cudahy, The |
1 |
C8 |
Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House / Austin - Day |
1 |
D1 |
Desmond-Farnham-Hustis House |
1 |
D |
Diederichs, Edward,/ Lion House |
1 |
D2 |
Dixon, Luther, House, 1321 N. Prospect Ave. |
1 |
D |
Downer, Jason, House |
1 |
D |
Eagles Ballroom |
1 |
E1 |
East Wells (Oneida Street) Power Plant |
1 |
E2 |
Edith S. Hefter Conference Center |
1 |
E |
Egyptian Theater |
1 |
E3 |
Eighth Street Middle School |
1 |
E |
Empire Building |
1 |
E |
Englemann Hall |
1 |
E4 |
Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee |
1 |
E |
Eschweiler Designed Buildings |
1 |
E5 |
Fairy Chasm |
1 |
F |
Federal Building |
1 |
F |
Fine Arts Building (100 block, E. Wells) |
1 |
F |
First Church of Christ Scientist (1036 No. Van Buren) |
1 |
F |
First Church of Christ Scientist (1451 No. Prospect) |
1 |
F |
First Unitarian Church |
1 |
F |
First Wisconsin Center |
1 |
F1 |
Fitzgerald, Robert P., House |
1 |
F |
Ford Motor Company Milwaukee Branch |
1 |
F |
Forest Home Cemetery & Chapel |
1 |
F |
Foth, Christian, House |
1 |
F |
Fourth Street School |
1 |
F2 |
Furlong House, 904 E. Mason St. |
1 |
F |
German-English Academy |
1 |
G |
Germania Building |
1 |
G1 |
Gimbel's |
1 |
G2 |
Gipfel Union Brewery |
1 |
G |
Globe, The - 2028 E. North Ave. |
1 |
G |
Goldberg, Benjamin Murray, House |
1 |
G |
Goldsmith Building 425 E. Wisconsin Ave. |
1 |
G |
Goodrich, William O., House |
1 |
G3 |
Graham Row |
1 |
G |
Graham-Sternemann House |
1 |
G |
Grider, Daniel Webster, House |
1 |
G |
Grain Exchange, 741 N. Milwaukee |
1 |
G |
Grand Cinemas |
1 |
G |
Greenfield Cream City Brick, 1847-1896 |
1 |
G |
Grohmann Museum |
1 |
G |
Hankwitz House (2572 Kinnickinnic Ave.) |
1 |
H |
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building |
1 |
H |
Harley-Davidson Museum |
1 |
H1 |
Harnischfeger, Henry, House 3424 W. Wisconsin |
1 |
H2 |
Hart, Thomas B., House |
1 |
H |
Hathaway-Brumder House 2105 E. Lafayette Place |
1 |
H |
Haunted Sites |
1 |
H3 |
Henni Hall |
1 |
H |
Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza |
1 |
H4 |
Holy Rosary Catholic Church |
1 |
H |
Holy Trinity-Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church |
1 |
H |
Hotel Metro |
1 |
H |
Hotel Plankinton |
1 |
H |
Hotel Schroeder |
1 |
H |
House of Hearts Bed and Breakfast/The Mansion |
1 |
H |
Howard, William, House |
1 |
H5 |
Hull, Rev. Lemuel B. House |
1 |
H |
Immanuel Presbyterian Church 1100 N. Astor St. |
1 |
I |
Iron Block |
1 |
I |
Italian Community Center |
1 |
I |
Jacobs, Col. William (W. National & S. 27th St.) |
1 |
J |
Jefferson Hall |
1 |
J |
John L. Doyne Hospital |
1 |
J |
Johnson, Caleb, House (2819 E. Bradford) |
1 |
J |
Juneau Village |
1 |
J |
Kalvelage, Joseph B., House |
1 |
K |
Kane, Sanford, House |
1 |
K1 |
Kearney House, Wauwatosa |
1 |
K |
Kenilworth Building |
1 |
K |
Kenwood United Methodist Church |
1 |
K |
Kern Center, MSOE |
1 |
K |
Kilbourn State Bank |
1 |
K |
Kilbourn Tower |
1 |
K |
Kneeland-Walker House Museum |
1 |
K2 |
Kneisler's Tavern |
1 |
K |
Knickerbocker on the Lake |
1 |
K3 |
Knights Tower |
1 |
K |
Koenig, Frederick, House, 1731 N. 32nd |
1 |
K |
Lake Crest Apartments |
1 |
L1 |
Lake Shore Tower Apartments |
1 |
L2 |
Lakeside Power Plant, St. Francis |
1 |
L |
Landmark on the Lake |
1 |
L |
Layton Art Gallery |
1 |
L |
LeFevre House, 2129 S. 6th St. |
1 |
L |
Lindsay/Stein House 2055 W. Dean Road |
1 |
L |
Lion Gates at Fairy Chasm-Donges Bay |
1 |
L3 |
Little Red Store, Wauwatosa |
1 |
L |
Little White School House |
1 |
L |
Lohman Funeral Home & Livery Stable |
1 |
L |
Lustron Homes |
1 |
L4 |
Machek, Robert, House |
1 |
M1 |
Mackie Building |
1 |
M2 |
MacLaren, Myrin T., Mansion |
1 |
M3 |
Majestic Building |
1 |
M4 |
Marine Plaza (See MV, F11) |
1 |
Loose |
Marshall Building |
1 |
M5 |
Meinecke House, N. Milwaukee St. & E. Juneau Ave. |
1 |
M |
Mercantile Building (Railroad Salvage Bldg.) 318 N. Water |
1 |
M |
Millerand, The |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee - Downer College |
1 |
M10 |
Milwaukee Center |
1 |
M6 |
Milwaukee City Hall |
1 |
M7 |
Milwaukee Community Sailing Center |
1 |
M8 |
Milwaukee County Courthouse |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee County Dispensary & Emergency Hospital |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee County Grounds |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee County Jail |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center |
1 |
M9 |
Milwaukee Fire Department - Engine Company #11 |
1 |
M11 |
Milwaukee Fire Dept. Fire Engine House (784 N. Broadway) |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee Fire Dept. High Pressure Pumping Station |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee News Building & Milwaukee Abstract Assn. Building |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee Protestant Home For the Aged |
1 |
M12 |
Milwaukee Public Library |
1 |
M13 |
Milwaukee Public Market |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee River Flushing Station |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee Stockyard Exchange Building and Barn/Pens |
1 |
M |
Milwaukee Terminal Buildings |
1 |
M14 |
Milwaukee Theater |
1 |
M15 |
Milwaukee Western Fuel Company Building |
1 |
M |
Mitchell Building |
1 |
M |
Mitchell, John Lendrum, House (Meadowmere), 2377 S. 52nd St. |
1 |
M |
Montgomery House |
1 |
M |
Municipal Building |
1 |
M |
Natatoria |
1 |
N |
National Liquor Bar, 2601 W. National |
1 |
N |
Newport, The |
1 |
N1 |
Niedecken, George Mann |
1 |
N |
Noonan Block, 307-315 E. Wisconsin |
1 |
N |
Normandy Village |
1 |
N |
Norris, D. W. House, 1914 W. Wisconsin |
1 |
N |
North Milwaukee Municipal Building |
1 |
N2 |
North Point Light House |
1 |
N3 |
North Point South |
1 |
N |
North Point Water Tower |
1 |
N4 |
Northridge Lakes |
1 |
N |
Northwestern Coffee Mills |
1 |
N5 |
Northwestern Mutual Life |
1 |
N6 |
Octagon House, 2443 N. Gordon Place |
2 |
O1 |
Ogden Row Apartments |
2 |
O2 |
Old Coast Guard Station |
2 |
O |
Oliver, Joseph B., House |
2 |
O |
Oriental Theatre |
2 |
O |
Orth, Michael, House (2306 N. Humboldt Ave.) |
2 |
O |
Ott, Emil, House |
2 |
O3 |
Pabst Brewery |
2 |
P |
Pabst Building |
2 |
P |
Pabst City Project |
2 |
P |
Pabst City Project |
2 |
P3 |
Pabst Mansion |
2 |
P |
Pabst Theater |
2 |
P2 |
Pabst, Fred Jr., House |
2 |
P1 |
Pabst, Gustave, Estate |
2 |
P |
Paetzold, Lorenz, House |
2 |
P4 |
Pagoda Gas Stations |
2 |
P5 |
Paynesville Cemetery Chapel |
2 |
P6 |
Peck Rowhouse |
2 |
P |
Pettibone, Sylvester, House |
2 |
P7 |
Pfister Hotel |
2 |
P |
Pier Wisconsin |
2 |
P |
Pier Wisconsin |
2 |
P8 |
Plankinton, Elizabeth, Mansion |
2 |
P9-P11 |
Plankinton, John, House, 15th St. & Wisconsin Ave. |
2 |
P |
Plymouth Congregational Church (Masonic Wis. Consistory Scottish Rite Cathedral) |
2 |
P12 |
Pritzlaff Mansion |
2 |
P13 |
Produce Exchange Building |
2 |
P |
Prospect Tower |
2 |
P |
Pryor Avenue Artesian Well |
2 |
P14 |
Public Library Facilities Of Wisconsin |
2 |
P |
Public Service Building |
2 |
P15 |
Puddler’s Hall |
2 |
P |
Pure Milk Association – Dairy Lane Products |
2 |
P16 |
Quarles, Charles, House |
2 |
Q |
Railway Exchange Building |
2 |
R1 |
Regency House |
2 |
R2 |
Residences on Water (1150 North Water Street) |
2 |
R |
Richards, Daniel, House |
2 |
R3 |
River Houses, The |
2 |
R |
Robertson, Orrin, House |
2 |
R4 |
Rosenberg Building/Berlin Arcade |
2 |
R |
Royal Plaza Apartments |
2 |
R5 |
Salem Evangelical Church |
2 |
S |
San Camillo 10100 W. Blue Mound Rd. |
2 |
S |
Sandberg, Carl, House, 3324 N. Cambridge |
2 |
S |
Schlesinger, Ferdinand, House, 1444 N. Prospect Ave. |
2 |
S |
Schlesinger, Ferdinand, House, 2045 E. Lafayette Pl. |
2 |
S |
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center |
2 |
S |
Schlitz, V., House |
2 |
S4 |
Schneider, Emil, House |
2 |
S |
School Sisters of Notre Dame Convent, 1324 N. Milwaukee St. |
2 |
S |
Second Ward Savings Bank |
2 |
S5 |
Sholes, Christopher Latham, House |
2 |
S |
Shorecrest Hotel |
2 |
S |
Shorewood Village Hall |
2 |
S |
Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist |
2 |
S |
Small Block |
2 |
S |
Smith, Lloyd R., House |
2 |
S |
South Fourth Street Natatorium |
2 |
S |
Spring Grove Site |
2 |
S |
St. George Byzantine-Melkite Catholic Church |
2 |
S |
St. James Episcopal Church |
2 |
S |
St. Joan of Arc Chapel |
2 |
S1 |
St. John Cathedral |
2 |
S |
St. John’s Home of Milwaukee |
2 |
S |
St. John's Roman Catholic Church |
2 |
S |
St. Josephat Basilica |
2 |
S |
St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church |
2 |
S |
St. Mary’s & St. Antonious Church |
2 |
S2 |
St. Peter's Church (2469 N. Murray Ave.) |
2 |
S3 |
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church |
2 |
S |
St. Vincent's Infant Asylum |
2 |
S |
Starke - Meyer Home |
2 |
S |
State Bank Of Wisconsin & Bank of Milwaukee Blocks |
2 |
S |
Stevens Block |
2 |
S |
Stewart, Alexander, House |
2 |
S6 |
Stoner, Joseph J., House |
2 |
S |
Summit House |
2 |
S |
Swan Court (Broadlea) |
2 |
S7 |
Sydney HiH Building |
2 |
S8 |
Three Brothers Tavern |
2 |
T1 |
Tiffany, George Row House |
2 |
T |
Tinicum Flats 1101 N. Water St. |
2 |
T |
Tivoli Building |
2 |
T |
Town of Milwaukee Town Hall |
2 |
T |
Trac Inn |
2 |
T |
Trimborn Farm |
2 |
T2 |
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church |
2 |
T |
Tripoli Mosque |
2 |
T3 |
Turner Hall |
2 |
T4 |
Uihlein, Herman, House |
2 |
U |
Uihlein, Joseph, House, 3318 N. Lake Dr. |
2 |
U |
Union Baptist Church, 1018 N. Jefferson |
2 |
U |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Buildings |
2 |
U |
Vieau, Jacque, House |
2 |
V |
Villa Terrace |
2 |
V1 |
Warren and Francoeur House |
2 |
W |
Water Tower (Town of Lake, 4001 S. 6th St.) |
2 |
W |
Wauwatosa Arcade Building |
2 |
W |
Wauwatosa Woman’s Club |
2 |
W3 |
Wayland Apartments (839 N. Marshall) |
2 |
W |
Wells Building (N. Milwaukee & E. Wisconsin) |
2 |
W |
White Tower Coffee Shop |
2 |
W1 |
Whitnall, Frank, House |
2 |
W |
Williamson, Russel Barr, House, 4860 N. Oakland |
2 |
W2 |
Wingspread |
2 |
W |
Winmar Building |
2 |
W |
Wisconsin Center |
2 |
W4 |
Wisconsin Club |
2 |
W |
Wisconsin Gas Company Building 626 E. Wisconsin Ave. |
2 |
W |
Woolworth Building |
2 |
W |
Zion Lutheran Church |
2 |
Z |
Zonta Manor Apartments |
2 |
Z1 |
114 North Water Street |
2 |
Addresses |
1260 Apartments (1260 N. Prospect Ave.) |
2 |
Addresses |
1318 E. Brady |
2 |
Addresses |
1609 Church Street (Wauwatosa) |
2 |
Addresses |
1739 North 48th Street |
2 |
Addresses |
100 East Wisconsin Ave. |
2 |
1-2 |
1451 Renaissance Place (1451 N. Prospect Ave.) |
2 |
3 |
1920 N. Warren Ave. |
2 |
4 |
5502 W. Wells Street |
2 |
5 |
6113 West Washington Blvd. (1997 Symphony Showhouse) |
2 |
6 |
1809 E. Lake Bluff (Shorewood) |
2 |
7 |
3965 N. Harcourt (Shorewood) [Designed by Russell Barr Williamson] |
2 |
8 |
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Historic District |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
|
Bay View |
3 |
6 |
Brady Street |
3 |
7 |
Burnham Street |
3 |
8 |
Cass/Juneau - Cass/Wells |
3 |
9 |
Church Street |
3 |
10 |
East Side Commercial |
3 |
11 |
First Ward Triangle |
3 |
12 |
Highland Blvd. |
3 |
13 |
Kilbourn Avenue Row House |
3 |
14 |
Layton Park |
3 |
15 |
McKinley Blvd. |
3 |
16 |
North Prospect Ave. Mansions |
3 |
17 |
Old World Third Street |
3 |
18 |
Plankinton/Wells/Water |
3 |
19 |
South First & Second |
3 |
20 |
Third Ward |
3 |
21 |
Walker's Point |
3 |
22-25 |
Washington Highlands |
3 |
26 |
West Granville |
3 |
27 |
West Side |
3 |
28 |
Miscellaneous Maps: Concordia, North First Street, North Third Street, North Point South, Vine/Reservoir |
3 |
29 |
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Miscellaneous Materials |
Box |
Folder |
|
|
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1980 - A & D Component - Project Evaluations |
3 |
Loose |
1980 - S & P Component - Project Evaluations |
3 |
Loose |
Churches - misc. |
3 |
5 |
City of Milwaukee. Landmarks Commission |
2 |
Loose |
Downtown Buildings - general |
3 |
1 |
Historic American Building Survey |
3 |
32 |
Historic Building Code |
3 |
33 |
Historic Buildings – drawings |
3 |
2 |
Historic Sites - Madison |
3 |
30 |
Historic Sites - Wisconsin |
3 |
31 |
Inventory of Historic Places in Wisconsin |
2 |
Loose |
Landmarks Commission |
3 |
34 |
Legal documents limiting height of building 1924 |
3 |
35 |
Manual for State Historic Preservation Review Boards |
3 |
Loose |
Milwaukee County Landmarks Committee |
2 |
Loose |
Milwaukee Landmarks - multiple |
3 |
3 |
Preservation - Methodology |
3 |
39 |
Preservation - Milwaukee |
3 |
36 |
Preservation - U. S. |
3 |
38 |
Preservation - Wisconsin |
3 |
37 |
Theaters |
3 |
4 |
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Scrapbooks of clippings on historic homes and buildings in Milwaukee (Public use M.F. #534) |
RC 16 Shelf 12-14 |
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