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The Historic Third Ward is a historic warehouse district located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This Milwaukee neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Today, the Third Ward is home to over 450 businesses and maintains a strong position within the retail and professional service community in Milwaukee as a ...
Historic sections are the Sentinel's 1918 4-story cast concrete office building [181] 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.
Milwaukee in 1898 Milwaukee in 1912 Milwaukee slums in 1936 Milwaukee in 1955 During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States . Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and ...
Location of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin. This list comprises buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in Milwaukee County, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The massive granite edifice is a city landmark within the historic district known as Juneautown and the first ward organized from land owned by Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee's founder and first mayor. The building is surrounded by notable and contemporaneous historic buildings, including the Milwaukee Club (1883), The Pfister Hotel (1893), and the ...
Milwaukee's Granville neighborhood has a long and storied history. But it wasn't always a part of the city of Milwaukee. When it was formed in 1840, Granville was a town unto itself, with borders ...
The Milwaukee County Historical Society, also known as MCHS, is a local historical society in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Founded in 1935, the organization was formed to preserve, collect, recognize, and make available materials related to Milwaukee County history. It is located in downtown Milwaukee in the former Second Ward Savings Bank ...
The Bahr Grocery at 801-805 S. Second St. is a 2-story brick building built in 1887. Frederick M. Bahr was an immigrant from West Prussia who arrived in Milwaukee in 1857. The corner building is Victorian Italianate style, with an elaborate metal cornice and a weather-vane topping the prominent central spire. [16] The Fifth Ward School at 823 S.