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Large Arts and Crafts-style house designed by Messmer & Son and built in 1906 for William Engelbert Conrad, a tannery owner. In 1953 the house was bought by Willie and B. Fostoria Jones, African Americans involved in a number of black-owned businesses in Bronzeville, and the basement bar became a local social center.
The Starkey house at 2582 S. Shore Drive is a 2-story frame Italianate home built in 1878 by the Milwaukee Iron Company and initially occupied by Joseph A. Starkey, who managed the Bay View Roller Mills. From 1879 to 1905 the George Starkey family lived in the house; George was a carpenter/builder. The 1897 addition was designed by Ferry & Clas.
This was the home of Baron Von Cotzhausen, a descendant of Prussian nobility who lived there from 1863 to 1868, practicing law in Milwaukee. [7] [4] The house at 102 W. Vine St. is a 2-story frame house in Italianate style with a Gothic Revival emphasis on the vertical, built in 1873. [8]
The Packing House restaurant, 900 E. Layton Ave., has been a family-owned favorite in Milwaukee since 1974. The spot has an in-restaurant menu and bar, but it's perhaps best known for its Friday ...
ABC Supply Co. plans to lease a building at 1120 W. Heather Ave. for a 62,000-square-foot distribution center with a 6,200-square-foot office.
Around $2.3 million in city funding would help develop 20 duplexes and 34 single-family homes in Milwaukee's Midtown neighborhood under a new proposal.. Those 74 new housing units would help meet ...
The Garden Homes Historic District in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [3] Under socialist mayor Daniel Hoan, the City of Milwaukee implemented the country's first public housing project in 1923. This experiment with a municipally-sponsored housing cooperative saw ...
Downtown Milwaukee is the central business district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [2] The economic and symbolic center of the city and the Milwaukee metropolitan area, it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including Milwaukee City Hall, Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Art Museum.