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84003724 [1] Added to NRHP. March 8, 1984. 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 ...
1874 2-story home of railroad man and leading Catholic John Baasen, designed by Charles Gombert. Housed offices of German YMCA from 1888 to 1893. Used by Mt. Sinai Hospital starting in 1905, Wisconsin House Hotel in 1919, and Joe Kerscher's tavern in 1933. 13. Lloyd A. Barbee House. Lloyd A. Barbee House. May 7, 2019.
Bay View incorporated in 1879 (Milwaukee's first suburb) with 2,592 people and 892 acres (361 ha) of land; but by 1887 Bay View's 4,000 residents voted overwhelmingly to join the city of Milwaukee, mostly in order to get city services, of which water was the most important. The former village became Milwaukee's 17th ward.
The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The system’s 2.1-mile (3.4 km) [5][3][6] original “M” line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. [7] On April 11, 2024, a 0.4-mile (640 m) Lakefront, or “L ...
The Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is a veterans' hospital located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with roots going back to the Civil War. Contributing buildings in the district were constructed from 1867 to 1955, [1] and the 90 acres (36 ha) historic district of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home campus ...
Designated CP. March 8, 1984. The Marshall Building, formerly known as the Hoffman & Sons Co. Building, is a historic building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Part of the Historic Third Ward, the six-story building is the oldest existing example of structural engineer Claude A. P. Turner 's Spiral Mushroom System of flat-slab concrete ...
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 ...