Building History Detail
Public Service Building

A four story steel building built in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical style and faced with grey stone and brick. It was built for the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company as terminal facilities and offices. It has since been used exclusively for offices of Wisconsin Electric Power Company which is now Wisconsin Energies.

Architect: Esser, Herman J

Year Built: 1905, Year Demolished: n/a

Address History:
215 Sycamore St (1905 - 1929)
231 W Michigan Ave (1930 - present)

Sources:
UWM Digital Collection
Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places
Architectural Record, April 1908
Milwaukee Sentinel, June 10, 1906

Wisconsin Historical Society AHI#: 27234

Record Update: 2009-02-26

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