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The Walker's Point Historic District is a mixed working-class neighborhood of homes, stores, churches and factories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with surviving buildings as old as 1849, including remnants of the Philip Best Brewery and the Pfister and Vogel Tannery. [1] In 1978 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
Cluster of historic factory buildings at Walker's Point, [61] including the 1925 Art Deco-styled Pittsburgh Plate Glass-Dry Color Factory [62] and its 1927 Mixmax Lacquer Plant, [63] the 1927 International-style Hydrite Chemical Building H, [64] and the 1948 Art Moderne Building #20. [65] 44: East Side Commercial Historic District
In 1837, Kilbourn founded Kilbourntown (present-day Westown), which rivaled with Solomon Juneau's Juneautown (present-day East Town) and George Walker's Walker's Point. He was a key figure in the Milwaukee Bridge War in 1845. In 1846, the three combined and formed the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial House of ...
Walker's Point Stroll, Sip, & Savor: Tourists stroll through the historic district, with four food and drink stops along the way (1 cocktail, 2 beers, tacos and a paloma). 1.25 miles. 3 hours. $99 ...
Founded by George H. Walker in 1835 as a fur trading post, the area is now noted for being mostly an industrial neighborhood, with limited housing scattered in pockets throughout the area, particularly on the eastern end of Walker's Point. The city's gay and lesbian community actively use the nightclubs and bars in the neighborhood.
The former Walker's Point home of a longtime Mexican restaurant would be redeveloped under a new $2 million proposal. The three-story, 6,400-square-foot building, 606-608 W. National Ave., housed ...
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 area that is now the city of Milwaukee was originally home to three settlements: Solomon Juneau's Juneautown, founded on the east side of the Milwaukee River in 1818; Byron Kilbourn's Kilbourntown on the west side of the river, founded in 1834; and Walker's Point to the south, founded by George H. Walker also in 1834. [3] The early history ...