Buildings By: Build Date |
Building |
History |
Yr Blt |
Yr Dem |
Gimbels Department Store | A four story, solid brick building with a stone front built in the neoclassical style. A grand domed cupola graced the top of the 4th & Wisconsin Avenue corner but was removed around the turn of the c | 1902 | present |
Empire Building | A twelve story buff colored brick and stone office building with a structure of steel. | 1928 | present |
Plankinton Building | The Plankinton building was originally built as a two story arcade of shops and was a forerunner of the modern shopping mall. | 1916 | present |
Caswell Building | Originally known as the Caswell building, after Napolean Caswell, the name was changed in 1982 to the Posner building. | 1908 | present |
Gross Building | An eight story office building built for hardware merchant, Philip Gross. | 1918 | present |
Bartlett Building | A ten story steel and brick commercial block also known as the Brouwer Shoe Building. | 1923 | present |
Security Building | This eight story building was built as a department store for Stumpf & Langhoff although it was for a time occupied by the Lefly store. | 1912 | present |
Kresge Building | A three story department store with a grey sandstone facade. | 1931 | present |
Centre Building | A twelve story office building and movie theater built in French renaissance and modernistic styles. | 1931 | present |
Majestic Building | This was one of Milwaukee's early office skyscrapers. It was 14 stories high with all of the ornamentation and heavy cornices popular at the time. | 1908 | present |
Straus Building | A twelve story high office building with a cream-colored glazed tile exterior built on a 40x100 ft lot. | 1924 | present |
Matthews Building | A six story pressed red brick and brown stone building with terra cotta ornamentation built for the Matthews Brothers Furniture Company. | 1893 | present |
Breithaupts Building | A three story, gray granite building with a steel frame built for the Breithaupts Apparel Co. | 1923 | present |
Boston Store | A five story brick building built for the John Plankinton estate to replace buildings burned down in early 1895. | 1896 | present |
Milwaukee Journal | A three story reinforced concrete and brick building built as headquarters for the Milwaukee Journal to which they move in April of 1907. | 1907 | present |
Boston Store | A nine story addition to the Boston Store building built of reinforced concrete and with an exterior of glazed white terra cotta brick. | 1921 | present |
Hotel Schroeder | A 25 story brick and concrete hotel built in the art deco style for Walter Schroeder. | 1927 | present |
Mariner Building | A 22 story office tower built for John Mariner in an Art Deco style. | 1930 | present |
Central Market Apartments | A four story red brick and reinforced concrete building with terra cotta and stone trimmings. | 1918 | present |
Gimbels | A six story addition to the Gimbels Department Store. | 1920 | present |
Public Service Building | A four story steel building built in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical style and faced with grey stone and brick. | 1905 | present |
Fourth Ward Square | Although established in 1835 it wasn't until 1877 that the park was landscaped and properly designed by gardener Thomas Armstrong. | 1835 | present |
Eighth Street School | A three story cream city brick schoolhouse with fourteen classrooms and built of a basic design. | 1884 | present |
The Warehouse Lofts | A six story brick and reinforced concrete commercial building. | ? | present |
Cawker Building | A five story office building built with a steel structure and a brown brick exterior for the E Harrison Cawker estate. | 1898 | present |
Brumder Building | An eight story gray stone and brown pressed brick building built in the Italian Renaissance style. | 1896 | present |
Milwaukee Auditorium | The two story auditorium was a one block square public building with a large 330'x180' main hall in the west wing. | 1909 | present |
Stag Hotel | A three story Schlitz saloon and hotel built in the High Victorian Romanesque style. | 1889 | present |
Milwaukee Journal | A five story steel building built for the expanding Milwaukee Journal newspaper in an art deco style. | 1924 | present |
Gimbels Department Store | This addition to the department store was built in two sections with the tallest a five story building on the southern-most part. The center portion was built as a four story building. | 1915 | present |
Waldheim Furniture | A ten story brick and reinforced concrete structure with a glazed terra cotta exterior. It was built with dimensions of 80x135 feet. | 1916 | present |
Merchants & Manufacturers Building | An eight story glazed terra cotta, enameled brick, and reinforced concrete building with a central light court on the south side of the building. | 1912 | present |
Home Furniture Co. | A four story, cream city brick building built in a romanesque revival style.. | 1887 | present |
Second Ward Savings Bank | A two story bank originally opened as a branch of the First Wisconsin Bank and currently is the home of the Milwaukee County Historical Society. | 1913 | present |
National Bank Building | This building was built as a four story home for the American National Bank. | 1924 | present |
Chalet At The River Building | A nine story reddish-brown brick and reinforced concrete building built as a furniture store and warehouse for CW Fischer Furniture. | 1908 | present |
Thiele Building | A three story cream city brick building built by Otto Thiele to house his drug store. | 1874 | present |
Pietsch Building | A six story solid brick building which was originally built as a four story for Otto Pietsch Dye Works. | 1901 | present |
Hotel Wisconsin Annex | A five story brick and steel building constructed as an annex to the Hotel Wisconsin. | 1924 | present |
Hinkel Building | Built by John Hinkel to house the Central Hall, a popular saloon and eatery. | 1887 | present |
Hotel Wisconsin | A 12 story brick and steel hotel building which was unique for Milwaukee. | 1913 | present |
Century Building | An eight story brick and concrete building. | 1925 | present |
Toy's Restaurant | A two story brick building which was originally occupied as a business college and was more recently Toy's Chinese Restaurant. | 1924 | present |
Watkins Building | A six story, red brick building. The Watkins Building was shortened by removing the north half of the building with the widening of Kilbourn/Cedar Street in 1928. | 1910 | present |
Bauer Building | A three story cream city brick commercial building built in an Italianate style for Adam Bauer. | 1858 | present |
Fred Usinger Sausages | A five story, solid red-pressed brick building with stone trimmings with dimensions of 40x150 feet. | 1906 | present |
Hilgendorf Hardware | A four story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style and known as the Pritzlaff Hardware company in 1861. | 1861 | present |
Maders Restaurant | | 1902 | present |
Steinmeyer Building | A five story structure built of red-pressed brick with dimensions of 60 x 147 feet. | 1893 | present |
Lipps Building | John Lipps became a successful operating a millinery business at this site and upon building this building leased it out to other mercantile businesses over the years such as Espenhain and Boston Stor | 1878 | present |
Lincoln Fireproof Warehouse | A six story modern fireproof warehouse built with two large freight elevators. | 1923 | present |
Commerce Building | A six story office building built for Realty Improvement Company of which Martin Tullgren was the president. | 1928 | present |
West Side Turn Hall | A three story cream city brick building built for the West Side Turner Society. | 1883 | present |
Milwaukee Vocational School | A six story brown brick and reinforced concrete vocational school built in several stages. | 1919 | present |
Wellauer Building | A five story brick and steel building built as a combination laundry on the lower floors and business college on the upper floors. | 1910 | present |
Paramount Film Exchange | A single story brick building built as a film exchange for the Famous-Players-Lasky studios. | ? | present |
Warner-Vitagraph Film Distributing | | 1926 | present |
Community Advocates Building | This building was the headquarters of the publishers of Milwaukee Herold, Sonntagspost, Union Press, etc. | 1911 | present |
Hochmuth Building | A three story cream city brick building built for Frank Hochmuth. | 1892 | present |
Milwaukee Public Library | A large three story Indiana Bedford limestone-clad building designed by Ferry & Clas in a Neo-Renaissance design during a competition among Milwaukee architects. | 1898 | present |
Public Safety Building | The six story, steel framed building was built as a joint effort between the County and the City. | 1929 | present |
Trinity Lutheran Church | A cream city brick church with a limestone foundation built in a Victorian Gothic style. | 1878 | present |
Button Block | A seven story brick building of red pressed brick and red terra cotta with the bottom two floors built of red stone. | 1892 | present |
Milwaukee Building | A six story, reinforced concrete and brick office building with dimensions of 50x150ft. | 1927 | present |
Zimmermann Block | A four story, red brick building built in an Italianate style for the Zimmermann Brothers clothing company. | 1885 | present |
First Wisconsin National Bank | A 16 story building built of steel with an exterior of heavily ornamented granite in a classical style on the first four floors and a buff colored brick on the remaining stories. | 1914 | present |
Fox Building | A three story brick building built as a saloon by the Miller Brewery. | 1849 | present |
City Hall | The eight story City Hall building was opened for occupancy late in 1895. | 1895 | present |
Badger Apartments | The four story red brick apartment building in which the Water Street Brewery now sits was built for Clarence Allen for $35,000. | 1894 | present |
Voss Building | A four story red brick neoclassical office and store building built by Herman Voss who headquartered his advertising specialty business here. | 1909 | present |
Stacy Block | A three story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style. | 1874 | present |
Loyalty Building | A Richardsonian Romanesque building built as the second headquarters of Northwestern Mutual Life. | 1886 | present |
Lawrence Block | Almost damaged by fire in 1880. | 1868 | present |
Godfrey Building | This eight story building was a very modern grocery wholesale and commission house built of heavy reinforced concrete. | 1911 | present |
Bell Telephone Building | A 317-foot tall headquarters for the phone company built in a mixture of gothic and tudor styles. | 1917 | present |
Broadway-Wisconsin Building | A five story reinforced concrete and steel office building finished with cut stone on the first floor and gray brick on the upper floors. | 1924 | present |
Kesselman Building | A seven story brick and reinforced concrete office building built for the Munkwitz Realty Company. | 1912 | present |
Milwaukee Athletic Club | The Athletic Club is a twelve story building faced with stone and brown brick. | 1918 | present |
Hokanson Building | A four story brick and reinforced concrete building constructed for an automobile dealership. | 1921 | present |
Underwriters Exchange Building | A nine story red brick and steel office building designed by the architectural firm who also designed the Knickerbocker Apartment Hotel on Juneau. | 1923 | present |
St Marys Catholic Church | Remodeled to it's current look in 1866. | 1853 | present |
Grohmann Museum | A three story concrete and brick building originally built for Curtis Automobile as a car dealership. | 1924 | present |
German English Academy | A three story stone and cream city brick building built for the German English academy. | 1891 | present |
Val Blatz Brewing Co | A two story building built of Wauwatosa limestone with darker Indiana limestone trim and cream city brick. | 1890 | present |
Fritzel Building | This building was originally a three story brick hotel and boarding house. In 1939 the top two stories were removed and it was converted into a Moderne style clothing store occupied by Lou Fritzel. | 1877 | present |
Stephenson Building | A four story building built with brown brick and grey stone accents built for Isaac Stephenson. | 1904 | present |
Colby Abbott Building | A six story brick building built for the headquarters of the Wisconsin Central railway. | 1884 | present |
Boynton Garage | A three story enclosed auto parking garage with stone facing on the first floor and brown brick on the top two floors. | 1881 | present |
Columbia Apartments | In 1939, this building was cut down from its original 5 stories to 1 story. | 1904 | present |
Comstock Apartments | A five story apartment building of brick and stone front with a total of seventeen apartments. | 1898 | present |
Grain Exchange Building | The Grain Exchange Building, aka Munkwitz building is so called because it housed the Grain Exchange on the upper floors from 1935 to 1973. | 1926 | present |
MSOE Hall of Science | A two-story brick-faced reinforced concrete automobile showroom and service building with offices above. | 1920 | present |
Milwaukee Club | A three story Victorian clubhouse with red pressed brick, red sandstone and red terra cotta. | 1884 | present |
Geo Watts & Sons | A two story art deco showroom for George Watts china store. | 1926 | present |
Matthew Keenan House | A three story cream city brick townhouse built in Italianate style for early settler and politician, Matthew Keenan. | 1860 | present |
Court House Square | One of the earliest parks in the city. It was deeded by Solomon Juneau to the city to be used for public purposes on August 7, 1837. | 1837 | present |
Quistorf Building | A three story brown stone building built as the East Side Palm Garden for the Schlitz brewing company and originally operated by Arnold & Quistorf. | 1887 | present |
St Johns Cathedral | Plans were originally drawn by Victor Schulte. The tower was replaced in 1893. | 1853 | present |
Advertising Arts Building | A seven story red brick office building with a structure of reinforced concrete which originally housed offices for graphic arts businesses. | 1927 | present |
Hollitz Apartments | A three story brick, concrete and steel building with two stores on the ground floor and eight flats above. | 1925 | present |
Scottish Rite Cathedral | Originally built as the Plymouth Congregational Church with a style that was very unique for a church. | 1889 | present |
Candon Court | A four story red brick apartment building with 24 apartments built in an L-shaped plan. | 1917 | present |
Dominican Sisters | A three story high brick building built as a convent for St John's Cathedral with dimensions of 40x106 ft. | 1926 | present |
Christian Science Church | The church is built of red-brown brick with a slate roof and dormer windows. The style of the building is reminiscent of English country churches. | 1902 | present |
Blackstone Apartments | An eight story brownish-gray brick and stone apartment building with a reinforced concrete structure and terra cotta ornamentation. | 1916 | present |
Van Buren Apartments | A four story brown brick apartment building with stone trimmings. | 1917 | present |
Benesch Building | A two story brick building with an Egyptian-styled terra cotta cornice built for the offices of Irving Benesch Real Estate. | 1926 | present |
Inbusch House | A two and a half story Italianate house built of cream city brick for wholesale grocer, John Inbusch. | 1874 | present |
Colonial Apartments | A four story apartment hotel with 94 units. | 1923 | present |
South Lake Apartments | A four story red brick apartment building whose name is currently unkown was also named Lakeside Apartments in the 1980's. | 1923 | present |
Lancaster Apartments | A four story red brick apartment building with 32 apartments that has gone by many names. | 1914 | present |
Eastwood Apartments | A 3 1/2 story red brick apartment building. | 1924 | present |
Holland Apartments | A four story, red brick apartment building with stone trimmings and parapet with dimensions of 50x117 feet. | 1918 | present |
Plaza Apartment Hotel | A large four story red brick brick and steel apartment hotel. | 1925 | present |
Hotel Astor | An eight story hotel and residence apartment built with a reinforced concrete structure and an exterior of grey stone on the first two stories and red brick on the remaining floors. | 1920 | present |
Wayland Apartments | A six story reinforced concrete and brown brick apartment building. It had dimensions of 118x119 feet and consisted of 60 apartments with ten on each floor. | 1913 | present |
St Clair Apartments | An eight story apartment building. | 1928 | present |
Ilsley Apartments | Four story brick apartment building built on the former site of the Charles Isley mansion. | 1906 | present |
Marshall Hall Apartments | A nine story red brick apartment building with terra cotta trim built by Arthur L Richards. | 1929 | present |
Julia Klatt Apartments | A four story light brown brick with terra cotta trimmings building now known as Lakeside Apartments. | 1928 | present |
Robert Patrick Fitzgerald House | An Italianate mansion built for the owner of a shipping company, Robert Patrick Fitzgerald. | 1874 | present |
Immanuel Presbyterian Church | The church was built at a cost of $160,000. It was rebuilt in 1889 after fire almost entirely destroyed the original. | 1874 | present |
Mitchell Building | A five story high building built with Minnesota granite in the French Renaissance style. | 1878 | present |
Insurance Exchange Building | A four story, buff-colored brick and stone building. | 1858 | present |
Chamber of Commerce Building | A massive five story structure built of Amherst stone in the modern conventional Italian style. | 1880 | present |
McGeoch Building | A six story high building built of buff colored St Louis pressed brick with terra cotta trimmings and designed in the modern renaissance style for Peter McGeoch. | 1895 | present |
Universal Foods Building | A five story high brick and reinforced concrete warehouse built for the Milwaukee Drug Company with dimensions of 77x150-ft. | 1909 | present |
Johnson Service Building | | 1908 | present |
Iron Block | The Iron block was officially known as the Excelsior Block. | 1861 | present |
Bankers Building | A 14 story office building built of steel with a brick exterior. The exterior originally consisted of an orange brown brick with art deco styling and light orange terra cotta. | 1929 | present |
Railway Exchange Building | A 12-story steel skeleton building originally known as the Herman building with stores on the ground level and offices above. | 1901 | present |
Noonan Block | A three story cream city brick building of Italianate style constructed for Josiah Noonan. It was occupied by A W Rich dry goods until 1881. | 1867 | present |
Guaranty Building | A six story brick and reinforced concrete building which was built for Roy Maischoss. | 1927 | present |
Wells Building | A fifteen story office building built of steel with a glazed white terra cotta brick exterior. | 1901 | present |
Birchard Building | A five story cream city brick building built in an Italianate style for John F Birchard. This building housed Reckmeyer Furs from 1955 until 1996 and was bought and renovated by Johnson Bank in 2001. | 1868 | present |
Small Block | A three story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style for Simeon Small. | 1866 | present |
Curry-Pierce Block | A five story brick office block with a mansard roof. | 1866 | present |
Hotel Pfister | An eight story, 200 room hotel built for Charles Pfister in a Romanesque Revival style with dimensions of 117x180 feet. | 1893 | present |
Buick Motor Co | A three story reinforced concrete and brick auto dealership building built for Buick motor cars. | 1911 | present |
Federal Building | A four and a half story building built for the post office and other federal government offices. | 1899 | present |
Northwestern National Insurance | A three story insurance building built in an ornate French Renaissance style with Bedford Sandstone and a structure of steel. | 1905 | present |
Milwaukee Gas Light Building | A twenty story steel-structure office building constructed as headquarters for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company. | 1930 | present |
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance | This eight story building was designed by the Chicago firm of Marshall & Fox in a Classical Revival style. | 1914 | present |
Spencerian Building | A three story brown brick building originally built as a 2-story sales building for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company appliances and fixtures. | 1913 | present |
Juneau Park | Chicago landscape gardener H.W.S. Cleveland created the original plans for the park in 1871. | 1868 | present |
Manufacturers Home Building | An eight story concrete and red-pressed brick structure which was built as a light manufacturing building by Emil Ott. | 1909 | present |
First Wisconsin Garage | An eight story concrete parking structure with capacity for 400 cars. It was built of steel with a Moderne styled exterior of light yellow brick and terra cotta ornamentation. | 1929 | present |
Sentinel Building | This is a ten story building which has recently been renovated. It was built as the headquarters for the Milwaukee Sentinel. | 1893 | present |
Howard Block | A newspaper article in 1883 mentioned that the previous building was to be razed and a new 4 story bldg to be constructed for Sam Howard costing $12,000. | 1884 | present |
News Block | A three story brick structure built for newspaper printing offices. | 1879 | present |
Cudahy Apartments | A seven story luxury apartment building of 75 apartments with rents originally ranging from $20-$70 per month. The apartment was a real estate venture built for Patrick Cudahy. | 1909 | present |
TMER&L Power Plant | This large industrial three story, red-pressed brick and structural iron building was built as a coal burning power station for the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company. | 1899 | present |
Fine Arts Building | A six story brick building built for the Meinecke Toy Company. | 1892 | present |
Pabst Theater | A three story red brick opera house and theater constructed in less than a year after the Stadt Theater burned down by Pabst Brewery founder, Frederick Pabst. | 1895 | present |
Reporter Building | A two story red brick building. | 1914 | present |
Oakland Building | A four story reinforced concrete and brick structure built as full service sales and service for the Oakland Motor Car Company. | 1920 | present |
Hoppe Building | A two story building constructed of reinforced concrete and steel with a red brick front. It was built for the Hoppe-Hatter Motor Company to sell Paige cars | 1916 | present |
Cudahy Tower Apartments | A fifteen story addition to the Cudahy apartments to the south. | 1929 | present |
University Club of Milwaukee | The original edifice was designed by New York architect John Russell Pope. | 1927 | present |
The Athenaeum | A heavily gabled two story building built of cream city brick with stone trimmings. This home for the Women's Club was built for $25,000. | 1887 | present |
Pasadena Apartments | A four story brown brick apartment building with brick bay windows. | 1903 | present |
Knight Apartments | A three story red brick building with stone trimmings originally owned by Catholic Knights. | 1923 | present |
Astor Apartments | A four story red brick and reinforced concrete apartment building with 32 units. | 1917 | present |
Hansen Building | A five story red brick and reinforced concrete light manufacturing building built for the O C Hansen glove manufacturers. | 1910 | present |
Kalmbach Building | An eight story reinforced concrete building. Kalmbach Publishing who had been in the building since 1943 bought it in 1947. | 1923 | present |
Lawrence Building | Four story, red brick building sometimes known as the James Conroy Block. | 1882 | present |
Button Residence | A two and a half story cream city brick home built for Dr. Henry H Button in the Italian Villa style. | 1876 | present |
Milo Jewett House | Two story, Italianate style home constructed for coffee merchant, Milo Jewett of the Jewett and Sherman company. | 1872 | present |
Bielfeld Building | Three story brick building built in the Italianate style for Henry Bielfeld. | 1874 | present |
Isley Residence | A three story residence built in the style of a French chateau for banker James K Isley. | 1897 | present |
Studio Apartments | An elegant four story brick apartment building built in the Spanish Mission Revival style. | 1925 | present |
James Brown Residence | A two and a half story double residence which was recently renovated in 2008. | 1852 | present |
Gimbels Parking Pavilion | A two story reinforced concrete parking garage built for the Gimbels Department Store. | 1947 | present |
Stevens Block | A three story brick commercial building erected for John Stevens. | 1877 | present |
Mariner Building | This six story art deco moderne office building was converted into the Hotel Metro in 1998. | 1937 | present |
La Mar Apartments | One of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer. | 1923 | present |
La Shall Apartments | One of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer. | 1922 | present |
Harry Manschot Residence | A two story brick house built in an Italianate style for the owner of a meat packing company. | 1874 | present |
Benjamin F Parker Residence | A 2 1/2 story cream city brick house built in a Queen Anne style. | 1892 | present |
Knickerbocker Hotel | An eight story brick apartment building with terra cotta trim. It contains 250 apartments with two public dining rooms and two private halls. | 1929 | present |
RH Miller Building | A two story building constructed for the R & H Miller Store with a large cafeteria operated by Wrigleys inside. | 1937 | present |
County Court House | | ? | present |
Wisconsin Club | | ? | present |
Benjamin Miller Residence | A three story mansion built by pioneer attorney, Benjamin K Miller and owned by the family until 1919. It was sold to the Friendship House in 1970. | 1866 | present |
Jason Downer House | A cream city brick house built for Judge Jason Downer whose estate gave the money to found Downer College in Milwaukee. | 1875 | present |
Jefferson Building | A five story red brick and steel building built as the headquarters for the Flad and Associates architectural firm. | 1978 | present |
Hyatt Hotel | An 18 story, 485 room hotel built by the Hyatt hotel chain. | 1980 | present |
MGIC Plaza | Two buildings constructed for the MGIC mortgage insurance company sit on a large landscaped plaza atop a two-level underground parking garage. | 1972 | present |
Masonic Grand Lodge | A contemporary modern one-story building of white and grey Georgia marble and imported pastel-tinted glass. | 1956 | present |
Marine Bank | Now known as Chase Tower, this 22 story office tower built of dark green glass and steel was built for the Marine National Exchange Bank. | 1962 | present |
First Wisconsin | A 42-story, 601 foot high tower built with a steel structure and an exterior of glass and white-colored aluminum. The lobby was finished in Italian white marble. | 1973 | present |
Clark Building | A 20 story office building built of reinforced concrete with an exterior of precast concrete panels with an attached 3 story parking structure. It was originally known as the Greyhound building. | 1966 | present |
Reuss Federal Plaza | A fourteen story building with a distinctive exterior of blue colored glass built as offices for the Federal government. The interior includes a large atrium which opens up the space within. | 1983 | present |
Kilbourn Tower | A 33 story, 74 unit high end condominium tower built on former County park land. Large and luxurious 6,000 SF penthouse units sit on the top three floors. | 2006 | present |
University Club Tower | A 36 story condominium building with 56 luxury units built for $110 million built by the Mandel Group and attached to the adjacent University Club. | 2007 | present |
Milwaukee Center | A 28 story reinforced concrete, postmodern-style office building with an exterior of red brick-clad panels developed by Trammell Crow. | 1988 | present |
Municipal Building | An 11 story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of glass and aluminum in a contemporary modern style. | 1959 | present |
Juneau Village Apartments | These three reinforced concrete apartment towers were built as part of the first phase of the Juneau Village project. | 1966 | present |
Yankee Hill Apartments South Tower | A 23 story apartment building with 141 units and built of reinforced concrete faced with red brick. A unique peaked roof tops off the building. | 1987 | present |
Yankee Hill Apartments North Tower | A 19 story building identical to the south tower but with a total of 139 units. | 1988 | present |
Continental Plaza | A twelve story reinforced concrete bank and office building built for Continental Bank and Trust Co. | 1968 | present |
Regency House | A 27 story, 274-foot tall condominium tower with 200 units built at a cost of $6 million. It was originally built for apartments. | 1969 | present |
Plaza East | Twin 14-story, six-sided office towers with an exterior of white precast concrete panels and dark tinted windows. | 1982 | present |
Plaza East Parking Pavilion | A six story concrete parking garage built with the same exterior of white precast concrete panels as the Plaza East office towers. | 1982 | present |
Performing Arts Center | A three story concert hall and performance venue for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. George Izenour was the theater design consultant for the performance halls. | 1969 | present |
1000 North Water | A 24 story office building with the bottom eight stories a parking pavilion. | 1991 | present |
411 Building | A 30 story office building built for the Winmar Development Corp for $78 million. | 1985 | present |
Faison Building | A 37-story office building built for the Faison Development Company. | 1989 | present |
Bradley Center | A 154-foot high, 13 story sports center built as the home stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks. | 1988 | present |
Midwest Airlines Center | Originally known as the Wisconsin Center, this 800,000 sf convention center was built covering two downtown city blocks. | 1997 | present |
Plankinton Parking Structure | A municipal parking garage built of reinforced concrete. | 1961 | present |
Riverside Building | An office building built on top of a parking structure built for Towne Realty. | 1968 | present |
Marine Plaza Parking Structure | A 4 story parking structure with space for 700 cars attached to the Marine Plaza building. | 1962 | present |
Boston Store Parking Garage | An eight story circular parking ramp with a capacity of 750 cars built for the Boston Store. | 1967 | present |
IBM Building | A seven story, reinforced concrete modern office building constructed as a data center with an exterior of precast concrete panels. | 1965 | present |
Pfister Hotel Addition | A 21 story circular addition to the Pfister hotel built with 400 rooms atop a 5 story parking structure for 300 cars. | 1966 | present |
Public Library Annex | | 1956 | present |
Downtowner Motor Inn | A ten story, 252 room hotel built for oil tycoon, Emory Clark and originally operated by the Downtowner hotel chain headquartered in Memphis. | 1969 | present |
Ramada Inn | A seven story motor hotel with 151 rooms built for the hotel chain. | 1967 | present |
Office on the Square | An eight story office building. | 1969 | present |
Post Office | A reinforced concrete building built for the US Post Service. | 1968 | present |
M&I Bank | | 1968 | present |
MSOE Fred Loock Engineering Center | A two story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of red brick. | 1967 | present |
First Savings Plaza | A 19 story office building built of steel and reinforced concrete built for the First Savings and Loan Association. | 1973 | present |
Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion | | 2001 | present |
War Memorial | A three story modern building built of reinforced concrete and designed by internationally renowned Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen. | 1957 | present |
Ernst and Young Building | An eight story steel framed building which was developed by Irgens Development Partners. | 2003 | present |
Milwaukee Arena | The Arena was built to work together with the Auditorium as an entertainment complex. | 1950 | present |
Grand Avenue Mall | | 1982 | present |
State Office Building | | ? | present |
Wisconsin Telephone Annex | A six story addition to the Wisconsin Telephone Company for business offices. The exterior is red brick with the first floor finished in polished granite. | 1954 | present |
Blue Cross Building | A ten story pentagon-shaped headquarters for Blue Cross of Wisconsin for a cost of $12.9 million. The building has about 270,000 square feet of office space. | 1977 | present |
MSOE Walter Schroeder Library | A three story reinforced concrete library building built for the Milwaukee School of Engineering. | ? | present |
Juneau Village Shopping Center | A split level shopping plaza with two levels of underground parking. | 1966 | present |
Roy Johnson Residence Hall | A 13 story reinforced concrete tower faced in brick which houses the first large residence hall built by MSOE. | 1965 | present |
Heartland Building | A five story building with 3 stories of parking built by the Hammes Development company. | 1999 | present |
MSOE Margaret Loock Hall | A 15-story reinforced concrete dormitory building with a brick veneer built for the engineering school. | 1967 | present |
Associated Bank | | 1996 | present |
YMCA | An 18 story building built for the Young Mens Christian Association. | 1957 | present |
MSOE Michael J Cudahy Student Center | The former offices and bottling house for the Blatz brewery which is now the student center for the Milwaukee School of Engineering. | 1947 | present |
Benihana's | This two story modern building was built for First Milwaukee Savings Bank and currently is Benihana's Japanese restaurant. | 1974 | present |
Fire Department | | 1961 | present |
Milwaukee Street Parking Garage | | 1956 | present |
Kilbourn Row Townhouses | | 1983 | present |
Milwaukee Public Museum | The Public Museum building consists of several buildings connected together, the most recent part being the two-story Butterfly exhibit addition built in 2000. | 1963 | present |
Performing Arts Center Parking Structure | A 3 story concrete parking structure with a capacity of 725 cars. | 1969 | present |
Thompson McKinnon Building | A seven story reinforced concrete building built by First Wisconsin Bank as an annex to their property next door to the north at 735 N. Water St. | 1962 | present |
Amtrak Passenger Station | A three story steel framed building with a facade of full height, precast concrete arches which lined the entire front. | 1965 | present |
Stone Creek Coffee | A 2-story brick building, originally part of the Crystal Soap Company which later was acquired by Palmolive Soap. | 1888 | present |
Vermont Apartments | A four story apartment building with 16 flats built for Dr. Lewis Sherman and with dimensions of 41x75ft. | 1898 | 2016 |
Arthur Andersen Data Center | A two story reinforced concrete building built without windows for the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen. | 1962 | 2014 |
Pioneer Building | A four story brown brick office building which was built on the site of the former Academy of Music performance hall. | 1926 | 2012 |
Gipfel Building | A three story brick building built in the pre Civil War Federal-style. More commonly known as the Gipfel Union Brewery building due to it's history as the home of the independent brewery established b | 1853 | 2009 |
Courthouse Annex | A 4 story reinforced concrete parking structure/office building built over the northbound lanes of I-43. | 1969 | 2006 |
University Extension Building | A six story brick and reinforced concrete building built for the UW Extension to house lecture halls, classrooms and offices. | 1928 | 1999 |
Stroh Building | An eight story, reinforced concrete light manufacturing building built for Stroh Die Casting company. | 1910 | 1998 |
MECCA Convention Center | The Milwaukee Exposition and Convention Center or MECCA hall was built at a cost of $15 million. | 1974 | 1998 |
Patton Building | This was a six story building with the bottom two stories built of stone and the remaining floors built of brick. | 1892 | 1996 |
Belmont Hotel | A five story brick and steel hotel torn down in 1997 to make way for the Midwest Express Center. | 1926 | 1996 |
Wisconsin Telephone | A nine story building built as an exchange and offices for Wisconsin Telephone. It later became headquarters for Time Insurance. | 1906 | 1996 |
Time Insurance Building | A ten story, reinforced concrete office building built as the headquarters for Time Insurance. | 1970 | 1996 |
Ambrosia Chocolate | A three story brick building with mill construction and a concrete foundation. | 1907 | 1993 |
Norman Apartments | A five story brick building with 26 apartments on the upper floors and stores on the ground floor. | 1888 | 1991 |
Orton Building | A three story brick building built for the Orton estate with dimensions of 100x150 feet. | 1910 | 1989 |
First Welsh Presbyterian Church | A cream city church originally built for the North Presbyterian congregation and was purchased for the Welsh Presbyterian church in 1871. | 1854 | 1988 |
Carpenter Building | A seven story building with 150 feet of frontage on Grand Avenue and 200 feet on Sixth Street. | 1924 | 1986 |
Milwaukee Rescue Mission | A five story brick building with stone trimmings and a reinforced concrete structure. | 1910 | 1986 |
Paul Gilmore Apartments | A four story brick apartment building with thirty units. | 1915 | 1986 |
Medina Apartments | An eight story apartment building with over 60 apartment units. | 1925 | 1986 |
Alameda Apartments | An eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion. | 1924 | 1986 |
Amador Apartments | An eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion. | 1924 | 1986 |
Shoreland Apartments | A four story brick, concrete and steel apartment building with 27 apartments. | 1916 | 1986 |
Daytons | A four story L-shaped building built for Barrett's department store. | 1909 | 1985 |
Stuarts Clothing | A four story brick building occupied by the Henry Gattman women's clothing store in September 1907. | 1906 | 1985 |
New Hotel Randolph | A twelve story red brick hotel with a steel structure built for Archie Tegtmeyer. | 1927 | 1985 |
YWCA | A five story red brick and gray stone building built as the first permanent headquarters of the YWCA in the city. | 1901 | 1985 |
Four Sixty Marshall Apartment Hotel | An eight story reinforced concrete and brick apartment hotel also known as Hotel Marshall. | 1928 | 1985 |
US Appraisers Store Building | A three story high brick and steel building with dimensions of 80x90 feet built as offices and a storehouse for the US Appraiser's Office. | 1915 | 1985 |
Harbor View Apartments | A five story steel frame and brick apartment building known as the Park Shoreland apartments when demolished in 1985. It had dimensions of 80x92 feet. | 1927 | 1985 |
Magee Building | | 1907 | 1984 |
Princess Theater | First opened as the Grand Theater in 1904 which showed 10-cent vaudeville shows | 1903 | 1984 |
Hotel Maryland | A six story brown brick hotel building with stone trimmings and containing 125 rooms. | 1910 | 1984 |
Jung Building | An eight story office building built for the Jung Brewing company. | 1914 | 1984 |
Brumder Annex | A two story building built for the Brumder estate used for offices and stores on the ground floor. | 1927 | 1983 |
Montgomery Building | A building seven stories high built of stone, red brick and terra cotta trimmings. | 1892 | 1983 |
Daily News | A small brick commercial building with arcaded facade by stone trim and decorative brickwork designed in the romanesque revival style. | 1899 | 1983 |
JC Penneys Building | A two story steel, brick and glass building in the modern style built for the J C Penney department store. | 1935 | 1983 |
Waldheim's Furniture | This building was originally six separate buildings which were combined by Northwestern Furniture Company. | ? | 1982 |
T A Chapman | Chapman's Dry Goods was established in 1857 as Chapman and Hassett. T.A. Chapman became sole owner in 1865 and built this store in 1885 after a fire had destroyed an earlier building at this location. | 1885 | 1982 |
Goldsmith Building | An eight story, red brick building built with a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles used for offices with stores on the lower floors. | 1893 | 1982 |
Garden Theater Building | A two story brick building with stone trim built for stores and offices and as an addition to the new Garden Theater. | 1922 | 1981 |
Marshall & Ilsley Bank | A four story neo-classic building with a Grecian-Ionic style built of Missouri marble with dimensions of 60x160 feet. | 1913 | 1981 |
Pabst Building | A ten story building with a tower in the center which extended another four stories. It was designed by the Chicago architect S.S. Beman who designed the Pullman Building in Chicago. | 1892 | 1981 |
Majestic Apartments | A four story brick building with sixteen apartments built for P S Savage. | 1898 | 1981 |
Enterprise Building | A large six-story, brick building built for August Uihlein. | 1906 | 1980 |
Hotel Atlas | This two story hotel was first opened in 1894 by the Schlitz Brewing company. | 1860 | 1980 |
Frankfurth Hardware | A seven-story brick commercial structure with a four-story arcade under large arches. | 1880 | 1980 |
Plankinton Hotel | A large eight story hotel with 450 rooms built for the Plankinton estate which opened on April 5, 1917. | 1917 | 1980 |
Hotel Antlers | The building was an 11 story hotel with 450 rooms and was built as a budget hotel for men. The grand opening was in April of 1924. | 1924 | 1980 |
Hotel Miller | A nine story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of dark brick and terra cotta with dimensions of 100x150 feet. | 1917 | 1980 |
Auditorium Court Apartments | A four story, maroon Indiana brick apartment building with a total of 134 apartments. | 1909 | 1980 |
Cross Keys Hotel | This three story brick structure was originally built by Bailey Stimson for a hotel on Milwaukee's main thoroughfares. | 1853 | 1980 |
Strand Theater | A two story white glazed brick movie theater with stores in the front. | 1914 | 1979 |
St Mary's School | This three story cream city brick building was built as the school for St. Mary's Church. | 1894 | 1978 |
Thomas Jefferson School | A three-story school built of cream city brick and with fifteen class rooms. A fire in October 1978 burned down the school building and it was completely razed later in the year. | 1899 | 1978 |
University Club | A four story brick and stone building built as the clubhouse of the University Club. | 1904 | 1977 |
Metropolitan Block | A four story brick and stone building built in a romanesque revival style for Attorney F W Cotzhausen. | 1890 | 1976 |
Melrose Apartments | A four story brick apartment building built before 1888. | ? | 1976 |
Ivanhoe Apartments | A four story brick apartment building. It was remodeled and modernized in 1931 along with the Melrose Apartments next door to be one complete apartment complex. | 1895 | 1976 |
Palace Theater | A three story movie theater and office building built of steel and concrete with a brown brick exterior built by the Uihlein estate. | 1916 | 1974 |
Royal Hotel | An eight story brick and reinforced concrete hotel with 150 rooms and built for E T Nixdorf. | 1926 | 1974 |
Hotel Delaware | A four story brick and stone building built for Otto Schomberg with stores on the ground floor and rooms above. | 1905 | 1974 |
Middleton Building | A six story reinforced concrete and masonry building built for clothing manufacturer, J E Friend. | 1912 | 1974 |
Elias Friend Mansion | A two story cream city brick mansion built for Elias Friend with a fifty foot high tower facing the front of the building. | 1877 | 1974 |
Ludington Building | A three story brick building which was originally the local headquarters of Singer Sewing Machine. | 1881 | 1973 |
Robert Hall Building | A one story concrete block building used as a salesroom for Robert Hall Clothes. | 1948 | 1973 |
Business Institute Building | A three story modern-style building built for the Business Institute of Milwaukee to house classrooms. | 1941 | 1973 |
Brunswick Block | A three story brick restaurant building which was a model lunch restaurant at the time it was built. | 1914 | 1972 |
Jefferson Building | A four story brick office building with dimensions of 60x120 ft. | 1911 | 1972 |
Bradley Block | A two story brick building erected for Edward Bradley with rooms for stores on the ground floor and offices above. | 1895 | 1972 |
Sexton Block | This was originally built as a four story Italianate pressed brick building with a mansard roof. | 1868 | 1971 |
Providence Building | A five story brick office building. | 1913 | 1971 |
Elks Club | A ten story reinforced concrete and brick clubhouse built for the Elks Fraternal Lodge in a neo-classic style. | 1925 | 1971 |
Hall Chevrolet | A two story garage and auto dealership building. | 1915 | 1970 |
First Germania Building | A four story brick building with a mansard roof on the top floor. | 1892 | 1970 |
Bauer Building | A four story brick building built for Adam Bauer and the location of Bauer Hall in the late 1800s | ? | 1969 |
Wald Building | A three story brick building with a terra cotta facade designed in the Spanish style. | 1929 | 1969 |
Blatz Hotel | This five story red brick hotel was originally built as the Grand Central Hotel and later changed to the Wellington Hotel. | 1872 | 1969 |
Film Exchange Building | A one story commercial building built by the Saxe Brothers as a central hub for film distribution among their theaters. | 1923 | 1968 |
Hotel Melcher | A three story brick building with dimensions of 50x75 feet which was remodeled into a hotel in 1915 by Leiser and Holst. | ? | 1968 |
Western Garment Mfg | | ? | 1968 |
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot | Milwaukee's second grand railway station was a towering edifice of red brick built for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. | 1889 | 1968 |
Raleigh Hotel | This small three story brick hotel has been known under many different names in all its years. | 1872 | 1968 |
Standard Oil Building | A three story building of cream city brick built as the city headquarters of Standard Oil Co. | 1925 | 1967 |
Wm. Frankfurth Hardware | | ? | 1967 |
Gross Hardware Co. | A huge fire gutted the building in June 1964. | 1913 | 1967 |
Stack Apartments | A four story brick apartment building. It was possibly built in 1883 and designed by Architect Douglas for E W Meacham. | 1881 | 1967 |
Belvedere Apartments | This was the second large apartment building constructed in the city. | 1885 | 1967 |
Wisconsin News Co | Three story, store and flat building. | 1910 | 1967 |
Madonna di Pompeii Church | The cornerstone of the "Little Pink Church" was laid on October 8, 1904. The church was the center of the Italian community when this area of the third ward was a dense and poor residential district. | 1904 | 1967 |
Jordan Building | A four story, reinforced concrete auto sales building which was a Buick dealership. | 1917 | 1967 |
Jefferson Apartments | A four story, St Louis red pressed brick apartment building with dimensions of 164x60 feet. | 1900 | 1967 |
YMCA | An eight story brick building built as an expansion to the YMCA building next door. The basement and first floor were built of dressed blue Bedford limestone. | 1909 | 1966 |
Wisconsin News Building | A four story brick building. This was the Sentinel newspaper building from 1949 until 1966. | ? | 1966 |
Union Station | The depot was a huge towering structure of red-pressed brick facing Fourth Ward park. | 1886 | 1966 |
YMCA | A four story stone building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style for the Young Men's Christian Association. | 1887 | 1966 |
Sixth Street Parking Garage | A five story enclosed parking garage built of reinforced concrete and brick with space for 500 cars. | 1922 | 1966 |
Montello Apartments | A four story brick apartment building with a total of 12 apartments. | 1905 | 1966 |
Prinz Apartments | A three story reinforced concrete apartment building with an exterior of brick trimmed with limestone. | 1909 | 1966 |
Argyle Apartments | A four story brick apartment building with a limestone foundation and stone trimmings. | 1897 | 1966 |
Lorraine Apartments | A four story brick apartment building. | 1895 | 1966 |
Hotel Jackson | A six story reinforced concrete and brick apartment hotel with 100 suites. | 1928 | 1966 |
Gridley Dairy | A three story brick and concrete milk processing and bottling building. | 1909 | 1966 |
Schaaf Building | A two story brick commercial building constructed for the manufacture of sausage. | 1927 | 1965 |
Kilbourn Hotel | A narrow eight story, reinforced concrete hotel with 97 rooms built for George Strohmeyer. | 1908 | 1965 |
Auditorium Hotel | A four story brick building which was originally called the Dix hotel and was built for around $8,000 for Peter Dix. | 1879 | 1965 |
Broadway Building | This was the first office for Northwestern Mutual Life. It was a five story high building built of gray limestone. | 1870 | 1965 |
Hotel Carlton | A three story brick building which was originally the home of Downer College when it was known as the Milwaukee Female Seminary. | 1852 | 1965 |
Masonic Building | This red-brick building was seven stories high with a main hall on the fifth floor. | 1896 | 1965 |
CNS&M Interurban Rail Station | A one story brick terminal built for the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee electric railway. | 1920 | 1964 |
Terris Building | A two story brick building with a cream colored terra cotta front. | 1924 | 1964 |
Hotel Medford | This hotel was originally a four story red brick and terra cotta hotel with a steel structure with another five stories added at a later date. | 1916 | 1964 |
Chicago House | | ? | 1964 |
Bradford Block | A four story brick store which housed the Bradford Piano store until 1960 when they moved to Capitol Court. | 1869 | 1964 |
St Lawrence Hotel | Six story apartment hotel. | 1929 | 1964 |
Reynolds Apartments | A four story brick flat building with a stone front and an entrance flanked by four granite pillars originally built as the Van Buren Apartments. | 1897 | 1964 |
Montrose Apartments | A three story solid brick apartment building with thirty flats built for the George Adams realty company. | 1916 | 1964 |
Schlitz Palm Garden | The Schlitz Palm Garden was a two story beer hall owned by the Schlitz brewery along with the adjacent Schlitz hotel to the north. | 1896 | 1963 |
Highland Avenue Natatorium | This was Milwaukee's first natatorium and was plagued with settling problems after the first years of being built. | 1890 | 1963 |
Niagara Flats | | 1894 | 1963 |
David Ferguson Residence | Mr. Ferguson was a cashier and vice president of Alexander Mitchell's, Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Company Bank. | 1878 | 1963 |
James Martin Residence | A three story cream city brick home built for prominent businessman James Martin. | 1852 | 1963 |
Hotel Juneau | A five story brick building originally built as an apartment building with sixteen flats. | 1890 | 1963 |
Kitty Williams House | The two-story cream city brick home of one of Milwaukee's most notorious Madams of what was once the red light district. | 1888 | 1963 |
Lion Furniture Store | F C Herbst built this store for $2,300 according to the Sentinel from September 14, 1880. | 1880 | 1962 |
Hotel Edison | | ? | 1962 |
Alhambra Building | A six story brick building which was the home of the Alhambra theater as well as offices for various businesses. | 1896 | 1961 |
Hippodrome | This large hall was built as the Hippodrome and later became the Dreamland Dance Hall before it became a garage and auto dealership. | 1907 | 1961 |
Auditorium Drugs | A three story Italianate-style, cream city brick building with businesses on the ground floor and apartments above | ? | 1961 |
Republican Hotel | The Republican was a four story brick hotel with two towers over the Third Street entrance and the Kilbourn Street entrance. | 1884 | 1961 |
Millers Hall | A two and a half story brick building built for the Deutscher Maenner Verein. | 1894 | 1961 |
National Exchange Bank | A four story stone faced bank building built in a neoclassical style. Similar branches of the Exchange Bank were built around the country at the same time. | 1927 | 1961 |
Globe Hotel | A five story red brick hotel with 52 rooms and a corner turret built for the Schlitz Brewery. | 1892 | 1961 |
Hotel Metropole | A four story brick 100 room hotel and rooming house with dimensions of 50x91-ft. | 1915 | 1960 |
Bradley Building | A six story brick building which was leased by Stumpf, Inc in 1926 for a 99 year lease. | ? | 1960 |
Furlong Apartments | A four story brick apartment building. | 1894 | 1960 |
Jonas Cadillac | A two story garage built for August Richter Jr. for $35,000. In 1950 it was bought by the City from Line Material Company for use by the library. | 1912 | 1959 |
Hotel Brown | | ? | 1959 |
Salvation Army | | ? | 1959 |
Mack Block | Five story, Ohio red-brick building, 60x120ft built for Max Mack. | 1882 | 1959 |
Pereles Building | A five story brick and stone building built for the Citizen's Trust Company. | 1903 | 1959 |
Zingen & Braun Building | A two story brick building built for the Zingen and Braun Realty company. | 1923 | 1958 |
Sams Hotel | | ? | 1958 |
Jackson St Natatorium | A two story brick and stone indoor swimming pool and bath-house for the residents of the 3rd ward. | 1904 | 1958 |
Hotel Martin | The Martin was six stories in height and was built almost completely of fireproof construction. | 1890 | 1958 |
W R Sherin Company | A two story building built as a facility for the rebuilding and refinishing of autos. | 1911 | 1958 |
Metropolitan Motor Coach Terminal | | ? | 1957 |
Scammon Apartments | Three story brick building with 25 apartments. | 1897 | 1957 |
Layton Art Gallery | A two story public art gallery split into four halls within. | 1888 | 1957 |
Moose Club | A four story stone building which was originally the home of the Phoenix Club. | 1889 | 1957 |
Milwaukee Art Institute | This was originally a one story, stone faced building built as an office for the Land, Log, and Lumber Company. | 1893 | 1957 |
Werrbach Building | A three story, pressed brick and stone building built as a boarding house for Louis Werrbach. | 1905 | 1957 |
Municipal Garage | A one and a half story brick garage originally used by Badger State Iron Works and later the James Patton Paint and Glass Company. | ? | 1957 |
Hotel Mack | A three story brick hotel. | ? | 1956 |
Odenbrett Garage | A one story building constructed for the Bates-Odenbrett Automobile Company as an auto showroom and repair garage. | 1904 | 1956 |
Fire Insurance Patrol | A three story red brick building built for the Fire Insurance Patrol. | 1908 | 1956 |
Miller Flats | A three story apartment building of red pressed brick and trimmings of Cleveland sandstone with 28 flats. | 1893 | 1956 |
White House Theater | A three story brick and steel-structure movie theater built for O L Meister. | 1916 | 1955 |
Gayety Theatre | A three story brick and concrete theater building built as the New Star Theater vaudeville house. | 1907 | 1955 |
Davidson Theater | The six story theater opened on September 8, 1890. | 1890 | 1954 |
Builders Exchange of Milwaukee | A four story brick building constructed for the Builder's Club of Milwaukee. | 1902 | 1954 |
Charles Lynde House | A two story wood framed, Italianate home built for young lawyer, Charles Lynde and his wife. Tragically the year after it was built he died in a shipwreck on Lake Erie. | 1840 | 1954 |
Calumet Club | | ? | 1954 |
Atlantic Hotel | A three story brick hotel set on a triangular piece of land. It was built as a saloon and boarding house for the Schlitz brewery. | 1891 | 1952 |
Star Hotel | | ? | 1951 |
Highland Avenue School | The original school on this spot was built in 1869 as the West Side German and English High School. | 1902 | 1951 |
New Hampshire Block | The first apartment building in Milwaukee built for E D Holton. | 1882 | 1950 |
Trinity Hospital | The hospital was five stories in height with a basement and had dimensions of 142 feet on Wells Street and 85 feet on Ninth Street. | 1897 | 1950 |
Dresden Flats | The building was five stories high and built with red brick and was known as the Davelaar Flats when built. | 1897 | 1949 |
Auto Mart | | ? | 1949 |
Baltimore Apartments | A three story brick flat built for Lucius Hines which had dimensions of 75x59ft and cost $25,000 to construct. | 1896 | 1949 |
Standard Oil Filling Station | | ? | 1949 |
University Building | | 1893 | 1949 |
Art Millinery Co | | ? | 1946 |
Wayside Inn | An small, old and infamous tavern located on an alley which had been named Northwestern Place. The tavern became a "Key Club" during Prohibition | 1876 | 1946 |
Market Street Garage | | ? | 1946 |
Light Horse Armory | Built like a Norman fortress, the Armory stood sentinel on the corner of Broadway and Wells for over 50 years. | 1885 | 1944 |
Central Police Station | | 1884 | 1944 |
Adler Block | A modern Romanesque, seven story building with granite on the bottom two floors and red pressed brick on the remaining floors. | 1891 | 1942 |
Charles T Bradley Mansion | A 2-1/2 story cream city brick house built for shoe manufacturer, Charles T Bradley. | 1874 | 1942 |
Roth Apartments | The building was four stories high, of plain Romanesque style, and consisted of 24 apartments built for $27,000. | 1900 | 1941 |
Hotel Gilpatrick | A five story brick hotel with a facade of Wauwatosa quarried stone which was renovated in 1907 from the former Romadka trunk factory. | 1894 | 1941 |
Kerns Service Station | | ? | 1941 |
Roth Court Apartments | | ? | 1941 |
Rex Apartments | | ? | 1941 |
Drew Apartments | A three story brick building in the Romanesque style with 14 apartments built for Mrs Olivia Drew. | 1897 | 1941 |
Stratford Apartments | Four story brick apartment building built for Helen Tuttle. | 1897 | 1941 |
Herold Building | A four story brick building built in the Italianate style with dimensions of 60x60 feet. | 1861 | 1941 |
DeBoer Motors | A three story brick building with a reinforced concrete structure built for the Graham-Paige motor car dealership. | 1913 | 1941 |
Robinson Apartments | | ? | 1941 |
Grace Apartments | Four stories tall built of red brick with terra cotta and stone trimmings. | 1894 | 1941 |
Blossom Flats | A two story brick building of four separate residences built for the widow of Levi Blossom, Cornelia. | 1875 | 1941 |
Summerfield Church | A large two story cream city brick church building built for the downtown Methodist congregation. | 1857 | 1940 |
Litt Building | A four story building constructed of brick and stone with galvanized metal trimmings and cornice erected for Jacob Litt. | 1901 | 1939 |
Toy Building | A six story brick building built to resemble a Chinese temple for Charlie Toy. | 1913 | 1939 |
Lowell Building | A four story brick building with apartments in the upper floors and a restaurant on the lower floor. | ? | 1939 |
Old County Court House | The second county courthouse was a two story domed building with east and west wings on either side of the main structure. | 1873 | 1939 |
Flint Block | A five story brick building which was home for the Badger Candy Company for many years. | ? | 1938 |
Hotel Randolph | A three story brick hotel which was also known as the St James Hotel and the Terminal Hotel. | ? | 1938 |
Loan & Trust Building | A seven story office building built of grey Wauwatosa stone for John Plankinton. | 1890 | 1936 |
Hotel Davidson | Built with 100 rooms by John A Davidson. | 1893 | 1936 |
Redel Candy Corp | | ? | 1936 |
St Johns Cathedral School | A three story brick building called Bishop Hall and used as a school. | 1874 | 1936 |
Espenhain Department Store | A four story, solid brick building with a stone front built in the neoclassical style. | 1880 | 1935 |
MFD Engine Co No 1 | The two story brick firehouse building was completely remodeled in 1935 to modernize it for larger fire trucks. | 1872 | 1935 |
County Jail | The jail building was an oppressive stone building built with Antigo limestone and gables with a mansard slate roof. | 1887 | 1935 |
Mariner Building | A two-story brick building built by Ephraim Mariner | 1862 | 1935 |
Municipal Warehouse | | ? | 1934 |
Milwaukee Liedertafel Hall | A 65-ft tall brick building with dimensions of 75x84 ft built as a hall for the German musical society. | 1888 | 1934 |
Lakeside Hotel | An early three story brick hotel also known as the Lakeshore Hotel. | 1856 | 1934 |
Johnston Emergency Hospital | TA three story brick and stone emergency hospital built for the city and built in the gothic style of the Francis I period. | 1894 | 1933 |
Williams Hotel | The Williams Hotel was originally built as a home by John Plankinton in which he lived until 1863. | 1855 | 1932 |
St Charles Hotel | Built as the St Charles Hotel and became Pabst Hotel in 1892. | 1858 | 1932 |
Garrick Theater | | 1889 | 1931 |
Lincoln Apartments | Historic Lincoln Hall was originally built as the Free Congregational Church. | 1857 | 1931 |
Nunnemacher Block | This three story brick built was built as part of the Nunnemacher Grand Opera house. | 1871 | 1931 |
Vogel Apartments | A three story brick apartment building with a flat on each floor built for Miss M L Brown. | 1894 | 1930 |
Evening Wisconsin Building | The four story, brick offices of the Evening Wisconsin newspaper were built in Queen Anne style with red pressed brick, dark linings and drab sandstone trimmings. | 1879 | 1930 |
Embassy Theater | | 1910 | 1929 |