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Locally-designated districts, sites and structures
 
indicates the availability of a study report in Adobe pdf format. The study report contains information on the historic significance of the property or district, and guidelines to follow when doing exterior alterations, additions, and new construction.
 
  While we use only reputable sources, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of every   item presented as a fact. Please note the date the study report was written, when available.  Information such as ownership, building use, and aldermanic district may have changed since designation.

We will continue to add study reports to this site. If you want a copy of a study report that is not available here, please call the Historic Preservation office at (414) 286-5722.
  Property/District Name Date Built Address Date Designated Council
Resolution
Number
Abbot Row 1889 1019-143 E. Ogden Ave. 2/15/1983 82-1821
Adler, Emanuel D., House 1888 1681 N. Prospect Ave. 11/26/2002 000277
All Saints Cathedral
Historic District
1868-1903 804-28 E. Juneau Ave. 1/4/1984 83-1633
Allis, Charles, House 1909 1630 E. Royall Pl. 12/7/1982 82-1345
American System Built Homes Historic District 1915-1916 Burnham St. 3/20/1990 89-2162
Auer, Louis & Son Houses 1916 2015, 2019, 2025 & 2029 E. Kenwood 5/15/2007

 

061433
Avalon Theater 1926-1929 2469-83 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. 3/2/2004 031460
  Beth Israel Synagogue (Greater Galilee Baptist Church)    1925-26 2432 N. Teutonia Ave. 10/31/1989 89-0950
  Bethel Evangelical Church 1987 (annex 1926) 2392 S. Woodward St. 11/26/2002 011029
Brady Street Historic District 1870-1930 4/9/90 89-2161
Brewer's Hill Historic District 1850-1930   11/12/1985 85-1111
  Bungalow Style Firehouses 1926-28 2901 North 30th St., 1615 W. Oklahoma Ave.,
407 N. Hawley Rd.
6/8/2001 001742
Burnham Building 1871 100-106 E. Seeboth Street 7/27/2004 040390
Calvary Cemetery 1857 12/8/1987 87-1404
  Carr, Lester, House 1897 2537 W. Kilbourn Ave. 6/27/1995 95-0163
Cass & Wells Street Historic District 1874-1922   1/1/1992 90-1170,
90-1703
  Central Milwaukee Library 1895-1899 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
City Hall 1893-1895 200 E. Wells St. 11/9/1982 82-1243
Coast Guard Station (see Old Coast Guard Station)        
Cold Spring Park Historic District 1900-1920   11/17/1987 87-1400
Concordia Historic District 1850-1930 10/11/1988 88-0634
Copeland Service Station 1938 4924 W. Roosevelt Dr. 11/28/1995 95-0969
Diehnelt, Walter, House 1924 4430 W. Roosevelt Dr. 6/8/2001 001743
Downer Avenue Commercial 1909-1936 2551-2651 N. Downer Ave., 2604 N. Hackett Ave. 1/25/2001 000424
  Eagles Club 1924 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. 4/4/1989 88-2163
East Side Commercial
Historic District
1850-1900   11/17/1987 87-0085
Ehlers, C. Frederick, House 1886 2576 N. 4th St. 12/21/1990 90-1172
Epiphany Lutheran Church (All People's Gathering Lutheran Church) Church 1906, Social Hall 1925 2600 N. 2nd St. 1/18/2000 99-1413
  Federal Building 1892-1899 515 E. Wisconsin Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
  First German Methodist Church (part of Pabst Brewery Complex Historic District) 1872 1037 W. Juneau Ave.    
  First Unitarian Church 1891-1892 1009 E. Ogden Ave. / 1342 N. Astor St. 2/12/1991 90-1525
First Ward Triangle Historic District 1855-1900   7/12/1983 83-229
  Fitzgerald, Robert Patrick, House 1874 1119 N. Marshall St. 7/10/1990 90-0213
47th St. Bungalow District 1922-1928 2500 block of N. 47th St. 1/25/2001 000804
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist 1929 3069 N. Downer Ave., aka 2519 E. Kenwood Blvd. 9/24/1996

 

96-0694

 

Friedmann Row 1891 731 E. Pleasant St., 1537 N. Cass St., 1539 N. Cass St., 1541 N. Cass St., 1543 N. Cass St. 6/6/1995 95-0013
  Fundamental Bible Church (part of Concordia Historic District) 1950

 

2921-27 W. State St., 2925 W. State St.    
Gesu Church 1893-1894 1145 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/15/1983 82-1822
Gipfel Union Brewery 1853 423-27 W. Juneau Ave. 7/16/1985 85-585
Goll, Frederick J., House 1898 1550 N. Prospect  Ave. 12/11/2002 011566
Graham Row 1887 1501-07 N. Marshall St. 11/9/1982 82-1243
Grand Avenue Congregational Church (Irish Cultural & Heritage Center) 1887 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave. 3/27/1984 83-2268
Grant Boulevard Historic District 1900-1930   10/23/1985 85-1110
Gustorf, Edmund, House 1922 3138 N. Cambridge Ave. 12/20/1985 85-1519
Haberer Saloon 1907-08 3937 W. Vliet St. 5/23/1986 86-208
Harnischfeger, Henry House 1905 3424 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/12/1991 90-1526
  Hausmann Building 1891 1750 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 2/11/1986 85-1719
  Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Church & Rectory 1885, School 1892 2011 N. Oakland Ave. 1/18/2000 99-1199
  Immanuel Reformed Church (Greater Mt. Zion, part of Sherman Blvd. Historic District) 1916 2479 N. Sherman Blvd.    
  Jefferson Hall 1928 2617 W. Fond du Lac Ave. 1/22/1985 84-1396
Jewett, Milo P., House 1872 800 N. Marshall St. 7/27/1984 84-72
Kane, Sanford, House 1883 1841 North Prospect Ave. 4/17/2003 021764
Kenwood Masonic Temple (former Italian Community Center) 1915-16 2648 N. Hackett Ave. 10/16/1990 90-0735
Kilbourn Avenue Bascule Bridge 1929 Milwaukee River at Kilbourn Avenue 4/11/2006 051557
Kilbourn/Reservoir Park 1872-1873 626 E. North Ave., 701 E. Garfield Ave. 7/23/1999 99-0325
Koch, George, House ("Lion House") 1897 3209 W. Highland Blvd. 2/12/1985 84-1692
  Koeffler, Charles, House 1898 817-19 N. Marshall St. 4/15/1986 85-1754-a
Konrad & Baumann Building 1905 3225-27 W. Lisbon Ave. 4/7/1998 97-1851
Kren Bldg. & Carriage Barn 1909 (barn c.1895) 2647-49 N. 27th St. 5/14/2002 020090
Kunzelmann, Albert, House 1916 1635 S. 8th St. 3/3/1998 97-1485
Kuolt, Anton, Saloon 1889 322 W. State St. 4/15/1986 85-2034
Leister, Isaac, House 1855 11142 W. Bradley Rd. 12/6/1983 83-1429
  Lubavitch Chabad of Milwaukee (formerly Upham House, part of North Lake Drive Historic District) 1912 3109 N. Lake Dr.    
  Machek, Robert, House 1893 1305 N. 19th St. 2/11/1986 85-1725
MacLaren, Mrs. Myron T., House (UW-Milw. Alumni House) 1920-23 3230 E. Kenwood Blvd. 12/20/1991 91-1564
Manegold/Gramling House 1913 1202 S. Layton Blvd. 11/5/2003 030872
Mayer & Durner Buildings 1883-1891 2002-06 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 6/16/1987 87-0087
McIntosh, Charles, House   (Wis. Conservatory of Music) 1903 1584 N. Prospect Ave. 12/20/1985 85-1520
Meir, Golda, School 1889-1890 1555 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 11/18/1988 88-1345
Messmer, Henry, House 1891 2302 N. Booth St. 10/1/1985 85-915
Milwaukee Fire Department Firehouse Ladder Company No. 5 1886 1945 N. Bartlett Ave. 11/25/2003 030980
Milwaukee Protestant Home for the Aged 1892 2449 N. Downer Ave. 3/27/1984 83-2269
Milwaukee River Flushing Tunnel Station 1888 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. 2/3/1987 86-1732
Mitchell Street Historic District 1875-1935   4/15/1986 84-1397
Niezorawski, Francis (Frank) Duplex 1894 1722-1724 N. Franklin Place 2/5/2008 071338
North Lake Drive Historic District 1896-1930   5/15/1984 84-70
North Lake Drive Estates Historic District 1907-30   7/27/1984
7/9/1998
84-71
98-0106
North Point North Historic District 1895-1930   3/8/1983 82-1824
North Point South Historic District 1895-1930   7/12/1983 83-410
North Point Water Tower 1874 East end of North Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
  Northwestern National Insurance Company Building 1906 526 E. Wisconsin Ave. 6/16/1987 87-0086
Octagon House 1852 2443 N. Gordon Pl. 10/9/1998 98-0645
Old Coast Guard Station 1915-16 1600 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. 4/17/2003 011028
  Old Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church 1863 6814 N. 107th St. 9/17/1992 91-2240
Old World Third Street Historic District 1855-1910   8/2/1991 90-1527
Pabst Brewery Historic District 1877-1930 7/30/1985 85-586
Pabst Brewing Company Hall (aka Metropolitan Hall) 1890-91 537-41 W. Clarke St. 5/14/2002 011567
  Pabst Mansion 1890-92 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/11/1986 85-1728
Pabst Tavern 1907 3431-33 W. Vliet St. 3/20/1998 97-1677
Pabst Theater 1895 144 E .Wells St. 12/7/1982 82-1345
  Paetzold, Lorenz, House c. 1878-83 1942 S. Muskego Ave. 3/25/1986 85-1726
Peck, George W., Row House 1883 1620-28 N. Farwell Ave. 6/16/1998 97-1896
Peck, James, S., House 1870-71 1105 N. Waverly Pl. 7/26/1988 88-0635
Philipp, Emanuel, School 1931 4310 N. 16th St. 11/18/1988 88-1346
  Pryor Avenue Iron Well 1882 1710 E. Pryor Ave. 11/17/1987 87-0591
Railroad Swing Bridge 1915 Milwaukee River at Jefferson St. 7/15/2005 050249
Richards, Daniel, House (demolished by fire 7/1/02) c. 1836 & 1841 2863 N. 1st St. 3/21/2000 99-1644
  St. Anthony's Church (part of Mitchell Street Historic District) 1881 1711 S. 9th St. 4/15/1986 84-1397
St. Benedict The Moor  Roman Catholic Church 1923 1015 N. 9th St. 3/3/1998 97-1486
95-1036
St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church Complex Historic District (1899-1901 Church) 1893-94 School, 1894 Rectory, 1923-24 Convent 2604, 2618, 2626 N. Bremen St.
904 E. Clarke St.
9/17/1992 92-0626
  St. Hedwig's Church (part of Brady Street Historic District) 1886 1716 N. Humboldt Ave. 4/9/1990 89-2161
St. James Episcopal Church 1867-68 Church, 1899 Parish House 833 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/12/1991 90-1528
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex 1889 804-816 W. Vliet St. 2/27/1990 89-1370
  St. John the Evangelist Cathedral 1847-1966 812 N. Jackson St. 4/15/1992 91-1840
  St. Josaphat Basilica 1896-1901 601 W. Lincoln Ave. 11/17/1987 87-0860
  St. Mark's Episcopal Church (part of Downer Ave. Hist. Dist.) 1911 2604 N. Hackett Ave.    
St. Mary's Hospital 1908-10 2320-2388 N. Lake Dr. 9/24/2002 020753
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church & Rectory 1846;1922 836-44 N. Broadway 4/9/1990 89-2163
  St. Stanislaus Church (part of Mitchell Street Historic District) 1872-1894 524 W. Mitchell St. 4/15/1986 84-1397
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church 1863 6814 N. 107th St. 9/17/1992 91-2240
Schlitz Tavern 1890 2249 N. Humboldt Ave. aka 1025 E. North Ave. 1/18/2000 99-1412
  Second Church of Christ, Scientist 1913 2722 W. Highland Blvd. 6/9/1998 98-0079
Second Ward Savings Bank (Milwaukee County Historical Society Building) 1913 910 N. Old World Third St. 2/15/1983