Full Building List |
Building |
# |
History |
Yr Blt |
Yr Dem |
1000 North Water |
633 |
A 24 story office building with the bottom eight stories a parking pavilion. |
1991 |
present |
411 Building |
634 |
A 30 story office building built for the Winmar Development Corp for $78 million. |
1985 |
present |
Adler Block |
446 |
A modern Romanesque, seven story building with granite on the bottom two floors and red pressed brick on the remaining floors. |
1891 |
1942 |
Advertising Arts Building |
397 |
A seven story red brick office building with a structure of reinforced concrete which originally housed offices for graphic arts businesses. |
1927 |
present |
Alameda Apartments |
509 |
An eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion. |
1924 |
1986 |
Alhambra Building |
24 |
A six story brick building which was the home of the Alhambra theater as well as offices for various businesses. |
1896 |
1961 |
Amador Apartments |
510 |
An eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion. |
1924 |
1986 |
Ambrosia Chocolate |
220 |
A three story brick building with mill construction and a concrete foundation. |
1907 |
1993 |
Amtrak Passenger Station |
681 |
A three story steel framed building with a facade of full height, precast concrete arches which lined the entire front. |
1965 |
present |
Argyle Apartments |
350 |
A four story brick apartment building with a limestone foundation and stone trimmings. |
1897 |
1966 |
Arlington Apartments |
419 |
A four story brick and stone apartment building with eight flats. |
1903 |
? |
Arthur Andersen Data Center |
647 |
A two story reinforced concrete building built without windows for the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen. |
1962 |
2014 |
Astor Annex |
443 |
A four story red brick apartment building. |
? |
? |
Astor Apartments |
547 |
A four story red brick and reinforced concrete apartment building with 32 units. |
1917 |
present |
Atlantic Hotel |
71 |
A three story brick hotel set on a triangular piece of land. It was built as a saloon and boarding house for the Schlitz brewery. |
1891 |
1952 |
Auburn Wisconsin Autos |
521 |
A two story solid brick building with dimensions of 60x120 feet. It was built for the Federal Realty company. |
1916 |
? |
Auditorium Court Apartments |
263 |
A four story, maroon Indiana brick apartment building with a total of 134 apartments. |
1909 |
1980 |
Auditorium Drugs |
105 |
A three story Italianate-style, cream city brick building with businesses on the ground floor and apartments above |
? |
1961 |
Auditorium Hotel |
204 |
A four story brick building which was originally called the Dix hotel and was built for around $8,000 for Peter Dix. |
1879 |
1965 |
Aurora Apartments |
385 |
A four story brick flat building constructed for Judge J A Mallory. |
1898 |
? |
Badger Apartments |
307 |
The four story red brick apartment building in which the Water Street Brewery now sits was built for Clarence Allen for $35,000. |
1894 |
present |
Baltimore Apartments |
104 |
A three story brick flat built for Lucius Hines which had dimensions of 75x59ft and cost $25,000 to construct. |
1896 |
1949 |
Bank of Milwaukee |
193 |
A three story gray brick, terra cotta, and concrete building with dimensions of 50x100 feet. |
1920 |
? |
Bankers Building |
465 |
A 14 story office building built of steel with a brick exterior. The exterior originally consisted of an orange brown brick with art deco styling and light orange terra cotta. |
1929 |
present |
Bartlett Building |
6 |
A ten story steel and brick commercial block also known as the Brouwer Shoe Building. |
1923 |
present |
Bauer Building |
171 |
A three story cream city brick commercial building built in an Italianate style for Adam Bauer. |
1858 |
present |
Bauer Building |
125 |
A four story brick building built for Adam Bauer and the location of Bauer Hall in the late 1800s |
? |
1969 |
Bell Telephone Building |
317 |
A 317-foot tall headquarters for the phone company built in a mixture of gothic and tudor styles. |
1917 |
present |
Belmont Hotel |
76 |
A five story brick and steel hotel torn down in 1997 to make way for the Midwest Express Center. |
1926 |
1996 |
Belvedere Apartments |
276 |
This was the second large apartment building constructed in the city. |
1885 |
1967 |
Benesch Building |
416 |
A two story brick building with an Egyptian-styled terra cotta cornice built for the offices of Irving Benesch Real Estate. |
1926 |
present |
Benihana's |
674 |
This two story modern building was built for First Milwaukee Savings Bank and currently is Benihana's Japanese restaurant. |
1974 |
present |
Benjamin F Parker Residence |
597 |
A 2 1/2 story cream city brick house built in a Queen Anne style. |
1892 |
present |
Benjamin Miller Residence |
611 |
A three story mansion built by pioneer attorney, Benjamin K Miller and owned by the family until 1919. It was sold to the Friendship House in 1970. |
1866 |
present |
Bielfeld Building |
584 |
Three story brick building built in the Italianate style for Henry Bielfeld. |
1874 |
present |
Birchard Building |
470 |
A five story cream city brick building built in an Italianate style for John F Birchard. This building housed Reckmeyer Furs from 1955 until 1996 and was bought and renovated by Johnson Bank in 2001. |
1868 |
present |
Blackstone Apartments |
413 |
An eight story brownish-gray brick and stone apartment building with a reinforced concrete structure and terra cotta ornamentation. |
1916 |
present |
Blair Apartments |
206 |
Building was four stories high, red brick and with 30 flats. |
1893 |
? |
Blatz Hotel |
300 |
This five story red brick hotel was originally built as the Grand Central Hotel and later changed to the Wellington Hotel. |
1872 |
1969 |
Blossom Flats |
533 |
A two story brick building of four separate residences built for the widow of Levi Blossom, Cornelia. |
1875 |
1941 |
Blue Cross Building |
662 |
A ten story pentagon-shaped headquarters for Blue Cross of Wisconsin for a cost of $12.9 million. The building has about 270,000 square feet of office space. |
1977 |
present |
Boston Store |
28 |
A nine story addition to the Boston Store building built of reinforced concrete and with an exterior of glazed white terra cotta brick. |
1921 |
present |
Boston Store |
23 |
A five story brick building built for the John Plankinton estate to replace buildings burned down in early 1895. |
1896 |
present |
Boston Store Parking Garage |
643 |
An eight story circular parking ramp with a capacity of 750 cars built for the Boston Store. |
1967 |
present |
Boynton Garage |
343 |
A three story enclosed auto parking garage with stone facing on the first floor and brown brick on the top two floors. |
1881 |
present |
Bradford Block |
315 |
A four story brick store which housed the Bradford Piano store until 1960 when they moved to Capitol Court. |
1869 |
1964 |
Bradley Block |
360 |
A two story brick building erected for Edward Bradley with rooms for stores on the ground floor and offices above. |
1895 |
1972 |
Bradley Building |
294 |
A six story brick building which was leased by Stumpf, Inc in 1926 for a 99 year lease. |
? |
1960 |
Bradley Center |
636 |
A 154-foot high, 13 story sports center built as the home stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks. |
1988 |
present |
Breithaupts Building |
17 |
A three story, gray granite building with a steel frame built for the Breithaupts Apparel Co. |
1923 |
present |
Broadway Building |
316 |
This was the first office for Northwestern Mutual Life. It was a five story high building built of gray limestone. |
1870 |
1965 |
Broadway-Wisconsin Building |
318 |
A five story reinforced concrete and steel office building finished with cut stone on the first floor and gray brick on the upper floors. |
1924 |
present |
Brumder Annex |
141 |
A two story building built for the Brumder estate used for offices and stores on the ground floor. |
1927 |
1983 |
Brumder Building |
74 |
An eight story gray stone and brown pressed brick building built in the Italian Renaissance style. |
1896 |
present |
Brunswick Block |
290 |
A three story brick restaurant building which was a model lunch restaurant at the time it was built. |
1914 |
1972 |
Buchbinder Apartments |
543 |
A four story brick and steel apartment building built for Sigmund Buchbinder for approximately $130,000. |
1928 |
? |
Buick Motor Co |
476 |
A three story reinforced concrete and brick auto dealership building built for Buick motor cars. |
1911 |
present |
Builders Exchange of Milwaukee |
323 |
A four story brick building constructed for the Builder's Club of Milwaukee. |
1902 |
1954 |
Business Institute Building |
664 |
A three story modern-style building built for the Business Institute of Milwaukee to house classrooms. |
1941 |
1973 |
Button Block |
288 |
A seven story brick building of red pressed brick and red terra cotta with the bottom two floors built of red stone. |
1892 |
present |
Button Residence |
580 |
A two and a half story cream city brick home built for Dr. Henry H Button in the Italian Villa style. |
1876 |
present |
Candon Court |
404 |
A four story red brick apartment building with 24 apartments built in an L-shaped plan. |
1917 |
present |
Carpenter Baking Co. |
242 |
A three story building constructed for the Carpenter Bakery which opened on April 10, 1915. |
1915 |
? |
Carpenter Building |
39 |
A seven story building with 150 feet of frontage on Grand Avenue and 200 feet on Sixth Street. |
1924 |
1986 |
Caswell Building |
4 |
Originally known as the Caswell building, after Napolean Caswell, the name was changed in 1982 to the Posner building. |
1908 |
present |
Cawker Building |
73 |
A five story office building built with a steel structure and a brown brick exterior for the E Harrison Cawker estate. |
1898 |
present |
Central Garage |
217 |
Deuster's Garage. |
1916 |
? |
Central Market Apartments |
41 |
A four story red brick and reinforced concrete building with terra cotta and stone trimmings. |
1918 |
present |
Centre Building |
10 |
A twelve story office building and movie theater built in French renaissance and modernistic styles. |
1931 |
present |
Century Building |
161 |
An eight story brick and concrete building. |
1925 |
present |
Chalet At The River Building |
143 |
A nine story reddish-brown brick and reinforced concrete building built as a furniture store and warehouse for CW Fischer Furniture. |
1908 |
present |
Chamber of Commerce Building |
450 |
A massive five story structure built of Amherst stone in the modern conventional Italian style. |
1880 |
present |
Chapman Home |
572 |
The original home of department store magnate, T.A. Chapman. This mansion was a large three story wood-framed building. |
1870 |
? |
Charles Lynde House |
602 |
A two story wood framed, Italianate home built for young lawyer, Charles Lynde and his wife. Tragically the year after it was built he died in a shipwreck on Lake Erie. |
1840 |
1954 |
Charles T Bradley Mansion |
599 |
A 2-1/2 story cream city brick house built for shoe manufacturer, Charles T Bradley. |
1874 |
1942 |
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot |
491 |
Milwaukee's second grand railway station was a towering edifice of red brick built for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. |
1889 |
1968 |
Christian Science Church |
412 |
The church is built of red-brown brick with a slate roof and dormer windows. The style of the building is reminiscent of English country churches. |
1902 |
present |
City Bank Building |
138 |
A two story bank occupied by the City Bank until 1965 when it merged with American City Bank & Trust. |
1921 |
? |
City Hall |
301 |
The eight story City Hall building was opened for occupancy late in 1895. |
1895 |
present |
Clark Building |
619 |
A 20 story office building built of reinforced concrete with an exterior of precast concrete panels with an attached 3 story parking structure. It was originally known as the Greyhound building. |
1966 |
present |
Clayton House |
539 |
A two story wood frame home which was one of the first houses in the city built by pioneer Zachariah Clayton. |
1840 |
? |
CNS&M Interurban Rail Station |
62 |
A one story brick terminal built for the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee electric railway. |
1920 |
1964 |
Colby Abbott Building |
342 |
A six story brick building built for the headquarters of the Wisconsin Central railway. |
1884 |
present |
Colonial Apartments |
421 |
A four story apartment hotel with 94 units. |
1923 |
present |
Columbia Apartments |
344 |
In 1939, this building was cut down from its original 5 stories to 1 story. |
1904 |
present |
Commerce Building |
194 |
A six story office building built for Realty Improvement Company of which Martin Tullgren was the president. |
1928 |
present |
Community Advocates Building |
248 |
This building was the headquarters of the publishers of Milwaukee Herold, Sonntagspost, Union Press, etc. |
1911 |
present |
Comstock Apartments |
346 |
A five story apartment building of brick and stone front with a total of seventeen apartments. |
1898 |
present |
Continental Plaza |
628 |
A twelve story reinforced concrete bank and office building built for Continental Bank and Trust Co. |
1968 |
present |
County Jail |
548 |
The jail building was an oppressive stone building built with Antigo limestone and gables with a mansard slate roof. |
1887 |
1935 |
Court House Square |
369 |
One of the earliest parks in the city. It was deeded by Solomon Juneau to the city to be used for public purposes on August 7, 1837. |
1837 |
present |
Courthouse Annex |
667 |
A 4 story reinforced concrete parking structure/office building built over the northbound lanes of I-43. |
1969 |
2006 |
Cross Keys Hotel |
284 |
This three story brick structure was originally built by Bailey Stimson for a hotel on Milwaukee's main thoroughfares. |
1853 |
1980 |
Cudahy Apartments |
511 |
A seven story luxury apartment building of 75 apartments with rents originally ranging from $20-$70 per month. The apartment was a real estate venture built for Patrick Cudahy. |
1909 |
present |
Cudahy Tower Apartments |
525 |
A fifteen story addition to the Cudahy apartments to the south. |
1929 |
present |
Curry-Pierce Block |
473 |
A five story brick office block with a mansard roof. |
1866 |
present |
Daily News |
581 |
A small brick commercial building with arcaded facade by stone trim and decorative brickwork designed in the romanesque revival style. |
1899 |
1983 |
David Ferguson Residence |
355 |
Mr. Ferguson was a cashier and vice president of Alexander Mitchell's, Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Company Bank. |
1878 |
1963 |
Davidson Theater |
148 |
The six story theater opened on September 8, 1890. |
1890 |
1954 |
Daytons |
29 |
A four story L-shaped building built for Barrett's department store. |
1909 |
1985 |
DeBoer Motors |
328 |
A three story brick building with a reinforced concrete structure built for the Graham-Paige motor car dealership. |
1913 |
1941 |
Detroit Street School |
563 |
A three story cream city brick elementary school built for the third ward when it was primarily a residential neighborhood. |
1879 |
? |
Dominican Sisters |
406 |
A three story high brick building built as a convent for St John's Cathedral with dimensions of 40x106 ft. |
1926 |
present |
Downtowner Motor Inn |
648 |
A ten story, 252 room hotel built for oil tycoon, Emory Clark and originally operated by the Downtowner hotel chain headquartered in Memphis. |
1969 |
present |
Drake House |
502 |
A three story brick apartment building with dimensions of 60x120 feet. |
? |
? |
Dresden Flats |
60 |
The building was five stories high and built with red brick and was known as the Davelaar Flats when built. |
1897 |
1949 |
Drew Apartments |
274 |
A three story brick building in the Romanesque style with 14 apartments built for Mrs Olivia Drew. |
1897 |
1941 |
Eastwood Apartments |
425 |
A 3 1/2 story red brick apartment building. |
1924 |
present |
Eighth Street School |
58 |
A three story cream city brick schoolhouse with fourteen classrooms and built of a basic design. |
1884 |
present |
Eldred Building |
305 |
A four story commission house built of brick and stone with mill construction for Howard S Eldred. |
1903 |
? |
Elias Friend Mansion |
609 |
A two story cream city brick mansion built for Elias Friend with a fifty foot high tower facing the front of the building. |
1877 |
1974 |
Elks Club |
492 |
A ten story reinforced concrete and brick clubhouse built for the Elks Fraternal Lodge in a neo-classic style. |
1925 |
1971 |
Empire Building |
2 |
A twelve story buff colored brick and stone office building with a structure of steel. |
1928 |
present |
Enterprise Building |
49 |
A large six-story, brick building built for August Uihlein. |
1906 |
1980 |
Ernst and Young Building |
657 |
An eight story steel framed building which was developed by Irgens Development Partners. |
2003 |
present |
Espenhain Department Store |
25 |
A four story, solid brick building with a stone front built in the neoclassical style. |
1880 |
1935 |
Essex Apartments |
80 |
A four story mottled brick apartment block with dimensions of 150x80 feet. |
1902 |
? |
Ethical Building |
377 |
This four story building was originally built as a Baptist church and in 1889 was remodeled into the Conservatory of Music by architect C A Gombert. |
1866 |
? |
Evening Wisconsin Building |
338 |
The four story, brick offices of the Evening Wisconsin newspaper were built in Queen Anne style with red pressed brick, dark linings and drab sandstone trimmings. |
1879 |
1930 |
Faison Building |
635 |
A 37-story office building built for the Faison Development Company. |
1989 |
present |
Federal Building |
477 |
A four and a half story building built for the post office and other federal government offices. |
1899 |
present |
Fifth & Michigan Garage |
207 |
Two and half story high brick garage built for Hugo Koeffler. |
1905 |
? |
Film Exchange Building |
88 |
A one story commercial building built by the Saxe Brothers as a central hub for film distribution among their theaters. |
1923 |
1968 |
Fine Arts Building |
513 |
A six story brick building built for the Meinecke Toy Company. |
1892 |
present |
Fire Insurance Patrol |
335 |
A three story red brick building built for the Fire Insurance Patrol. |
1908 |
1956 |
First Germania Building |
91 |
A four story brick building with a mansard roof on the top floor. |
1892 |
1970 |
First Savings Plaza |
654 |
A 19 story office building built of steel and reinforced concrete built for the First Savings and Loan Association. |
1973 |
present |
First Welsh Presbyterian Church |
353 |
A cream city church originally built for the North Presbyterian congregation and was purchased for the Welsh Presbyterian church in 1871. |
1854 |
1988 |
First Wisconsin |
618 |
A 42-story, 601 foot high tower built with a steel structure and an exterior of glass and white-colored aluminum. The lobby was finished in Italian white marble. |
1973 |
present |
First Wisconsin Garage |
495 |
An eight story concrete parking structure with capacity for 400 cars. It was built of steel with a Moderne styled exterior of light yellow brick and terra cotta ornamentation. |
1929 |
present |
First Wisconsin National Bank |
296 |
A 16 story building built of steel with an exterior of heavily ornamented granite in a classical style on the first four floors and a buff colored brick on the remaining stories. |
1914 |
present |
Flint Block |
113 |
A five story brick building which was home for the Badger Candy Company for many years. |
? |
1938 |
Four Sixty Marshall Apartment Hotel |
434 |
An eight story reinforced concrete and brick apartment hotel also known as Hotel Marshall. |
1928 |
1985 |
Fourth Ward Square |
54 |
Although established in 1835 it wasn't until 1877 that the park was landscaped and properly designed by gardener Thomas Armstrong. |
1835 |
present |
Fox Building |
297 |
A three story brick building built as a saloon by the Miller Brewery. |
1849 |
present |
Frankfurth Hardware |
111 |
A seven-story brick commercial structure with a four-story arcade under large arches. |
1880 |
1980 |
Fred Usinger Sausages |
172 |
A five story, solid red-pressed brick building with stone trimmings with dimensions of 40x150 feet. |
1906 |
present |
Friedlander Knitting Co |
212 |
Three story, brick store and factory building erected for Hugo Koeffler. |
1906 |
? |
Friendship Club |
47 |
A two story commercial building with a facade of white glazed brick and terra cotta. |
? |
? |
Fritzel Building |
340 |
This building was originally a three story brick hotel and boarding house. In 1939 the top two stories were removed and it was converted into a Moderne style clothing store occupied by Lou Fritzel. |
1877 |
present |
Furlong Apartments |
433 |
A four story brick apartment building. |
1894 |
1960 |
Furlong House |
429 |
A large two story, cream city brick home built in the Italianate style for Milwaukee pioneer, John Furlong. |
1865 |
? |
Garden Theater Building |
14 |
A two story brick building with stone trim built for stores and offices and as an addition to the new Garden Theater. |
1922 |
1981 |
Gayety Theatre |
159 |
A three story brick and concrete theater building built as the New Star Theater vaudeville house. |
1907 |
1955 |
Geo Watts & Sons |
363 |
A two story art deco showroom for George Watts china store. |
1926 |
present |
German English Academy |
331 |
A three story stone and cream city brick building built for the German English academy. |
1891 |
present |
Gilman Apartments |
232 |
A ten apartment flat building built for the Gilman estate. |
1897 |
? |
Gimbels |
46 |
A six story addition to the Gimbels Department Store. |
1920 |
present |
Gimbels Department Store |
1 |
A four story, solid brick building with a stone front built in the neoclassical style. A grand domed cupola graced the top of the 4th & Wisconsin Avenue corner but was removed around the turn of the c |
1902 |
present |
Gimbels Department Store |
116 |
This addition to the department store was built in two sections with the tallest a five story building on the southern-most part. The center portion was built as a four story building. |
1915 |
present |
Gimbels Parking Pavilion |
590 |
A two story reinforced concrete parking garage built for the Gimbels Department Store. |
1947 |
present |
Gipfel Building |
215 |
A three story brick building built in the pre Civil War Federal-style. More commonly known as the Gipfel Union Brewery building due to it's history as the home of the independent brewery established b |
1853 |
2009 |
Globe Hotel |
485 |
A five story red brick hotel with 52 rooms and a corner turret built for the Schlitz Brewery. |
1892 |
1961 |
Godfrey Building |
314 |
This eight story building was a very modern grocery wholesale and commission house built of heavy reinforced concrete. |
1911 |
present |
Goldsmith Building |
474 |
An eight story, red brick building built with a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles used for offices with stores on the lower floors. |
1893 |
1982 |
Goodrich Residence |
544 |
A three story brick residence built for Timothy W Goodrich and later occupied by Henry F. Whitcomb. |
1854 |
? |
Grace Apartments |
531 |
Four stories tall built of red brick with terra cotta and stone trimmings. |
1894 |
1941 |
Grain Exchange Building |
348 |
The Grain Exchange Building, aka Munkwitz building is so called because it housed the Grain Exchange on the upper floors from 1935 to 1973. |
1926 |
present |
Grassler & Gezelschap Building |
162 |
A four story building erected for Grassler & Gezelschap, dealers of lighting and plumbing fixtures. |
1911 |
? |
Gridley Dairy |
564 |
A three story brick and concrete milk processing and bottling building. |
1909 |
1966 |
Grohmann Museum |
330 |
A three story concrete and brick building originally built for Curtis Automobile as a car dealership. |
1924 |
present |
Gross Building |
5 |
An eight story office building built for hardware merchant, Philip Gross. |
1918 |
present |
Gross Hardware Co. |
163 |
A five story brick building. Built for the Gugler Litho Company and was bought out by Riverside Printing in 1897. |
? |
? |
Gross Hardware Co. |
144 |
A huge fire gutted the building in June 1964. |
1913 |
1967 |
Guaranty Building |
468 |
A six story brick and reinforced concrete building which was built for Roy Maischoss. |
1927 |
present |
Hall Chevrolet |
78 |
A two story garage and auto dealership building. |
1915 |
1970 |
Halls Chevrolet Used Cars |
86 |
One story brick building built for an auto dealership. |
? |
? |
Hansen Building |
562 |
A five story red brick and reinforced concrete light manufacturing building built for the O C Hansen glove manufacturers. |
1910 |
present |
Harbor View Apartments |
589 |
A five story steel frame and brick apartment building known as the Park Shoreland apartments when demolished in 1985. It had dimensions of 80x92 feet. |
1927 |
1985 |
Harry Manschot Residence |
596 |
A two story brick house built in an Italianate style for the owner of a meat packing company. |
1874 |
present |
Heartland Building |
669 |
A five story building with 3 stories of parking built by the Hammes Development company. |
1999 |
present |
Herold Building |
320 |
A four story brick building built in the Italianate style with dimensions of 60x60 feet. |
1861 |
1941 |
Hick's Block |
583 |
A four story stone and brick commercial building with dimensions of 60x120 ft. |
1875 |
? |
Highland Apartments |
256 |
A three story building with thirty apartments. |
1928 |
? |
Highland Avenue Natatorium |
261 |
This was Milwaukee's first natatorium and was plagued with settling problems after the first years of being built. |
1890 |
1963 |
Highland Avenue School |
259 |
The original school on this spot was built in 1869 as the West Side German and English High School. |
1902 |
1951 |
Hilgendorf Hardware |
173 |
A four story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style and known as the Pritzlaff Hardware company in 1861. |
1861 |
present |
Hinkel Building |
153 |
Built by John Hinkel to house the Central Hall, a popular saloon and eatery. |
1887 |
present |
Hippodrome |
87 |
This large hall was built as the Hippodrome and later became the Dreamland Dance Hall before it became a garage and auto dealership. |
1907 |
1961 |
Hochmuth Building |
255 |
A three story cream city brick building built for Frank Hochmuth. |
1892 |
present |
Hokanson Building |
325 |
A four story brick and reinforced concrete building constructed for an automobile dealership. |
1921 |
present |
Holland Apartments |
426 |
A four story, red brick apartment building with stone trimmings and parapet with dimensions of 50x117 feet. |
1918 |
present |
Hollitz Apartments |
400 |
A three story brick, concrete and steel building with two stores on the ground floor and eight flats above. |
1925 |
present |
Holmes Motor Co |
376 |
A two story fireproof building with dimensions of 119x154-ft. |
1917 |
? |
Home For The Friendless |
396 |
A three story structure built for the benevolent society to provide temporary shelter for destitute women and children. |
1901 |
? |
Home Furniture Co. |
121 |
A four story, cream city brick building built in a romanesque revival style.. |
1887 |
present |
Hoppe Building |
522 |
A two story building constructed of reinforced concrete and steel with a red brick front. It was built for the Hoppe-Hatter Motor Company to sell Paige cars |
1916 |
present |
Hotel Antlers |
132 |
The building was an 11 story hotel with 450 rooms and was built as a budget hotel for men. The grand opening was in April of 1924. |
1924 |
1980 |
Hotel Astor |
431 |
An eight story hotel and residence apartment built with a reinforced concrete structure and an exterior of grey stone on the first two stories and red brick on the remaining floors. |
1920 |
present |
Hotel Atlas |
51 |
This two story hotel was first opened in 1894 by the Schlitz Brewing company. |
1860 |
1980 |
Hotel Carlton |
354 |
A three story brick building which was originally the home of Downer College when it was known as the Milwaukee Female Seminary. |
1852 |
1965 |
Hotel Davidson |
150 |
Built with 100 rooms by John A Davidson. |
1893 |
1936 |
Hotel Delaware |
185 |
A four story brick and stone building built for Otto Schomberg with stores on the ground floor and rooms above. |
1905 |
1974 |
Hotel Gilpatrick |
166 |
A five story brick hotel with a facade of Wauwatosa quarried stone which was renovated in 1907 from the former Romadka trunk factory. |
1894 |
1941 |
Hotel Jackson |
389 |
A six story reinforced concrete and brick apartment hotel with 100 suites. |
1928 |
1966 |
Hotel Juneau |
487 |
A five story brick building originally built as an apartment building with sixteen flats. |
1890 |
1963 |
Hotel Mack |
213 |
A three story brick hotel. |
? |
1956 |
Hotel Martin |
482 |
The Martin was six stories in height and was built almost completely of fireproof construction. |
1890 |
1958 |
Hotel Maryland |
188 |
A six story brown brick hotel building with stone trimmings and containing 125 rooms. |
1910 |
1984 |
Hotel Medford |
146 |
This hotel was originally a four story red brick and terra cotta hotel with a steel structure with another five stories added at a later date. |
1916 |
1964 |
Hotel Melcher |
283 |
A three story brick building with dimensions of 50x75 feet which was remodeled into a hotel in 1915 by Leiser and Holst. |
? |
1968 |
Hotel Metropole |
77 |
A four story brick 100 room hotel and rooming house with dimensions of 50x91-ft. |
1915 |
1960 |
Hotel Miller |
154 |
A nine story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of dark brick and terra cotta with dimensions of 100x150 feet. |
1917 |
1980 |
Hotel Pfister |
475 |
An eight story, 200 room hotel built for Charles Pfister in a Romanesque Revival style with dimensions of 117x180 feet. |
1893 |
present |
Hotel Randolph |
147 |
A three story brick hotel which was also known as the St James Hotel and the Terminal Hotel. |
? |
1938 |
Hotel Schroeder |
34 |
A 25 story brick and concrete hotel built in the art deco style for Walter Schroeder. |
1927 |
present |
Hotel Turf |
225 |
A three story brick hotel built for businessman Charles Winterfield. Originally known as the Hotel Eagle. |
1886 |
? |
Hotel Wisconsin |
155 |
A 12 story brick and steel hotel building which was unique for Milwaukee. |
1913 |
present |
Hotel Wisconsin Annex |
152 |
A five story brick and steel building constructed as an annex to the Hotel Wisconsin. |
1924 |
present |
Howard Block |
498 |
A newspaper article in 1883 mentioned that the previous building was to be razed and a new 4 story bldg to be constructed for Sam Howard costing $12,000. |
1884 |
present |
Hyatt Hotel |
614 |
An 18 story, 485 room hotel built by the Hyatt hotel chain. |
1980 |
present |
IBM Building |
644 |
A seven story, reinforced concrete modern office building constructed as a data center with an exterior of precast concrete panels. |
1965 |
present |
Ilsley Apartments |
439 |
Four story brick apartment building built on the former site of the Charles Isley mansion. |
1906 |
present |
Immanuel Presbyterian Church |
444 |
The church was built at a cost of $160,000. It was rebuilt in 1889 after fire almost entirely destroyed the original. |
1874 |
present |
Inbusch House |
417 |
A two and a half story Italianate house built of cream city brick for wholesale grocer, John Inbusch. |
1874 |
present |
Insurance Exchange Building |
449 |
A four story, buff-colored brick and stone building. |
1858 |
present |
Iron Block |
464 |
The Iron block was officially known as the Excelsior Block. |
1861 |
present |
Irvington Court |
375 |
A four story apartment building with forty flats built by the Scammon/Tuttle family. |
1909 |
? |
Isley Residence |
586 |
A three story residence built in the style of a French chateau for banker James K Isley. |
1897 |
present |
Ivanhoe Apartments |
508 |
A four story brick apartment building. It was remodeled and modernized in 1931 along with the Melrose Apartments next door to be one complete apartment complex. |
1895 |
1976 |
Jackson St Natatorium |
380 |
A two story brick and stone indoor swimming pool and bath-house for the residents of the 3rd ward. |
1904 |
1958 |
James Brown Residence |
588 |
A two and a half story double residence which was recently renovated in 2008. |
1852 |
present |
James Clark Residence |
480 |
A 2-1/2 story cream city brick house split into four apartments. |
1890 |
? |
James Martin Residence |
383 |
A three story cream city brick home built for prominent businessman James Martin. |
1852 |
1963 |
Jason Downer House |
612 |
A cream city brick house built for Judge Jason Downer whose estate gave the money to found Downer College in Milwaukee. |
1875 |
present |
JC Penneys Building |
603 |
A two story steel, brick and glass building in the modern style built for the J C Penney department store. |
1935 |
1983 |
Jefferson Apartments |
532 |
A four story, St Louis red pressed brick apartment building with dimensions of 164x60 feet. |
1900 |
1967 |
Jefferson Building |
613 |
A five story red brick and steel building built as the headquarters for the Flad and Associates architectural firm. |
1978 |
present |
Jefferson Building |
359 |
A four story brick office building with dimensions of 60x120 ft. |
1911 |
1972 |
Johns-Manville Building |
576 |
Six story high brick manufacturing building |
1894 |
? |
Johnson Service Building |
516 |
A seven story reinforced concrete and red brick building built for Johnson Controls. |
1923 |
? |
Johnston Emergency Hospital |
53 |
TA three story brick and stone emergency hospital built for the city and built in the gothic style of the Francis I period. |
1894 |
1933 |
Jonas Cadillac |
90 |
A two story garage built for August Richter Jr. for $35,000. In 1950 it was bought by the City from Line Material Company for use by the library. |
1912 |
1959 |
Jordan Building |
432 |
A four story, reinforced concrete auto sales building which was a Buick dealership. |
1917 |
1967 |
Julia Klatt Apartments |
441 |
A four story light brown brick with terra cotta trimmings building now known as Lakeside Apartments. |
1928 |
present |
Juneau Park |
493 |
Chicago landscape gardener H.W.S. Cleveland created the original plans for the park in 1871. |
1868 |
present |
Juneau Village Apartments |
625 |
These three reinforced concrete apartment towers were built as part of the first phase of the Juneau Village project. |
1966 |
present |
Juneau Village Shopping Center |
666 |
A split level shopping plaza with two levels of underground parking. |
1966 |
present |
Jung Building |
298 |
An eight story office building built for the Jung Brewing company. |
1914 |
1984 |
Kalmbach Building |
568 |
An eight story reinforced concrete building. Kalmbach Publishing who had been in the building since 1943 bought it in 1947. |
1923 |
present |
Kay Block |
36 |
Two story brick building built for multiple stores. |
1909 |
? |
Kennebec Apartments |
542 |
A four story brick and steel apartment building built for Sigmund Buchbinder for approximately $130,000. |
? |
? |
Kesselman Building |
321 |
A seven story brick and reinforced concrete office building built for the Munkwitz Realty Company. |
1912 |
present |
Kilbourn Hotel |
149 |
A narrow eight story, reinforced concrete hotel with 97 rooms built for George Strohmeyer. |
1908 |
1965 |
Kilbourn Tower |
621 |
A 33 story, 74 unit high end condominium tower built on former County park land. Large and luxurious 6,000 SF penthouse units sit on the top three floors. |
2006 |
present |
Kirby-Cogeshall Label Manufacturers |
447 |
Four story building built for the Milwaukee Macaroni Company. |
1914 |
? |
Kitty Williams House |
540 |
The two-story cream city brick home of one of Milwaukee's most notorious Madams of what was once the red light district. |
1888 |
1963 |
Knauber Lithography |
94 |
A three story brick building built as offices and workshops for the printing firm founded by Jacob Knauber in 1867. |
1890 |
? |
Knickerbocker Hotel |
598 |
An eight story brick apartment building with terra cotta trim. It contains 250 apartments with two public dining rooms and two private halls. |
1929 |
present |
Knight Apartments |
546 |
A three story red brick building with stone trimmings originally owned by Catholic Knights. |
1923 |
present |
Koeffler Block |
210 |
This building was a three story brick and concrete building occupied by Schrieber Motor Cars on the ground floor. |
1908 |
? |
Kresge Building |
9 |
A three story department store with a grey sandstone facade. |
1931 |
present |
La Mar Apartments |
594 |
One of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer. |
1923 |
present |
La Shall Apartments |
595 |
One of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer. |
1922 |
present |
Lake Crest Apartments |
524 |
A four story brick, concrete and steel apartment building with 27 apartments. |
1916 |
? |
Lake View Garage |
489 |
Built for the Wisconsin Auto Exchange. |
1908 |
? |
Lakeside Hotel |
490 |
An early three story brick hotel also known as the Lakeshore Hotel. |
1856 |
1934 |
Lancaster Apartments |
423 |
A four story red brick apartment building with 32 apartments that has gone by many names. |
1914 |
present |
Langenberger Building |
237 |
A three story high brick and steel warehouse and manufacturing building built for the Langenberger Construction company. |
1906 |
? |
Lawrence Block |
313 |
Almost damaged by fire in 1880. |
1868 |
present |
Lawrence Building |
578 |
Four story, red brick building sometimes known as the James Conroy Block. |
1882 |
present |
Layton Art Gallery |
362 |
A two story public art gallery split into four halls within. |
1888 |
1957 |
Library Apartments |
266 |
AKA Mozart Flats. A three story, terra cotta brick building with 14 apartments. |
1899 |
? |
Light Horse Armory |
569 |
Built like a Norman fortress, the Armory stood sentinel on the corner of Broadway and Wells for over 50 years. |
1885 |
1944 |
Lincoln Apartments |
228 |
Historic Lincoln Hall was originally built as the Free Congregational Church. |
1857 |
1931 |
Lincoln Fireproof Warehouse |
177 |
A six story modern fireproof warehouse built with two large freight elevators. |
1923 |
present |
Lion Furniture Store |
268 |
F C Herbst built this store for $2,300 according to the Sentinel from September 14, 1880. |
1880 |
1962 |
Lipps Building |
176 |
John Lipps became a successful operating a millinery business at this site and upon building this building leased it out to other mercantile businesses over the years such as Espenhain and Boston Stor |
1878 |
present |
Litt Building |
19 |
A four story building constructed of brick and stone with galvanized metal trimmings and cornice erected for Jacob Litt. |
1901 |
1939 |
Loan & Trust Building |
7 |
A seven story office building built of grey Wauwatosa stone for John Plankinton. |
1890 |
1936 |
Loft Building |
503 |
A seven story brick building with a structure of reinforced concrete. |
1927 |
? |
Lorraine Apartments |
351 |
A four story brick apartment building. |
1895 |
1966 |
Lowell Building |
478 |
A four story brick building with apartments in the upper floors and a restaurant on the lower floor. |
? |
1939 |
Loyalty Building |
312 |
A Richardsonian Romanesque building built as the second headquarters of Northwestern Mutual Life. |
1886 |
present |
Ludington Building |
585 |
A three story brick building which was originally the local headquarters of Singer Sewing Machine. |
1881 |
1973 |
Lynwood Apartments |
374 |
A four story brick apartment building with a steel structure built for Olivia Drew. |
1915 |
? |
Mack Block |
463 |
Five story, Ohio red-brick building, 60x120ft built for Max Mack. |
1882 |
1959 |
Madonna di Pompeii Church |
379 |
The cornerstone of the "Little Pink Church" was laid on October 8, 1904. The church was the center of the Italian community when this area of the third ward was a dense and poor residential district. |
1904 |
1967 |
Majestic Apartments |
507 |
A four story brick building with sixteen apartments built for P S Savage. |
1898 |
1981 |
Majestic Building |
11 |
This was one of Milwaukee's early office skyscrapers. It was 14 stories high with all of the ornamentation and heavy cornices popular at the time. |
1908 |
present |
Manhattan Building |
131 |
A nine story red brick veneer and reinforced concrete office building which started out as the four story Engineering Building. |
1910 |
? |
Manufacturers Home Building |
494 |
An eight story concrete and red-pressed brick structure which was built as a light manufacturing building by Emil Ott. |
1909 |
present |
Marble Hall |
534 |
A four story brick building which was next door to the Newhall House when it burned down in 1883. |
1856 |
? |
Marine Bank |
617 |
Now known as Chase Tower, this 22 story office tower built of dark green glass and steel was built for the Marine National Exchange Bank. |
1962 |
present |
Marine Plaza Parking Structure |
642 |
A 4 story parking structure with space for 700 cars attached to the Marine Plaza building. |
1962 |
present |
Mariner Building |
37 |
A 22 story office tower built for John Mariner in an Art Deco style. |
1930 |
present |
Mariner Building |
593 |
This six story art deco moderne office building was converted into the Hotel Metro in 1998. |
1937 |
present |
Mariner Building |
574 |
A two-story brick building built by Ephraim Mariner |
1862 |
1935 |
Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
295 |
A four story neo-classic building with a Grecian-Ionic style built of Missouri marble with dimensions of 60x160 feet. |
1913 |
1981 |
Marshall Hall Apartments |
440 |
A nine story red brick apartment building with terra cotta trim built by Arthur L Richards. |
1929 |
present |
Martin Flats |
530 |
Row of three story flats built for the Martin estate for $40,000. |
1893 |
? |
Masonic Building |
367 |
This red-brick building was seven stories high with a main hall on the fifth floor. |
1896 |
1965 |
Masonic Grand Lodge |
616 |
A contemporary modern one-story building of white and grey Georgia marble and imported pastel-tinted glass. |
1956 |
present |
Matthew Keenan House |
366 |
A three story cream city brick townhouse built in Italianate style for early settler and politician, Matthew Keenan. |
1860 |
present |
Matthews Building |
16 |
A six story pressed red brick and brown stone building with terra cotta ornamentation built for the Matthews Brothers Furniture Company. |
1893 |
present |
McDuffee Building |
591 |
A two story solid brick building built for an auto dealership and garage. |
1907 |
? |
McGeoch Building |
451 |
A six story high building built of buff colored St Louis pressed brick with terra cotta trimmings and designed in the modern renaissance style for Peter McGeoch. |
1895 |
present |
MECCA Convention Center |
638 |
The Milwaukee Exposition and Convention Center or MECCA hall was built at a cost of $15 million. |
1974 |
1998 |
Medina Apartments |
506 |
An eight story apartment building with over 60 apartment units. |
1925 |
1986 |
Melrose Apartments |
418 |
A four story brick apartment building built before 1888. |
? |
1976 |
Merchants & Manufacturers Building |
119 |
An eight story glazed terra cotta, enameled brick, and reinforced concrete building with a central light court on the south side of the building. |
1912 |
present |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distibution |
109 |
A one story building built as a film exchange and storage building for RKO pictures. |
1927 |
? |
Metropolitan Block |
170 |
A four story brick and stone building built in a romanesque revival style for Attorney F W Cotzhausen. |
1890 |
1976 |
MFD Engine Co No 1 |
324 |
The two story brick firehouse building was completely remodeled in 1935 to modernize it for larger fire trucks. |
1872 |
1935 |
MGIC Plaza |
615 |
Two buildings constructed for the MGIC mortgage insurance company sit on a large landscaped plaza atop a two-level underground parking garage. |
1972 |
present |
Michigan Flats |
460 |
A four story brick flat building moved from the northwest corner of Michigan and Jackson by contractor Henry Buestrin. |
1892 |
? |
Middleton Building |
445 |
A six story reinforced concrete and masonry building built for clothing manufacturer, J E Friend. |
1912 |
1974 |
Midwest Airlines Center |
639 |
Originally known as the Wisconsin Center, this 800,000 sf convention center was built covering two downtown city blocks. |
1997 |
present |
Miller Flats |
554 |
A three story apartment building of red pressed brick and trimmings of Cleveland sandstone with 28 flats. |
1893 |
1956 |
Millers Hall |
262 |
A two and a half story brick building built for the Deutscher Maenner Verein. |
1894 |
1961 |
Milo Jewett House |
582 |
Two story, Italianate style home constructed for coffee merchant, Milo Jewett of the Jewett and Sherman company. |
1872 |
present |
Milwaukee Arena |
658 |
The Arena was built to work together with the Auditorium as an entertainment complex. |
1950 |
present |
Milwaukee Art Institute |
365 |
This was originally a one story, stone faced building built as an office for the Land, Log, and Lumber Company. |
1893 |
1957 |
Milwaukee Athletic Club |
322 |
The Athletic Club is a twelve story building faced with stone and brown brick. |
1918 |
present |
Milwaukee Auditorium |
95 |
The two story auditorium was a one block square public building with a large 330'x180' main hall in the west wing. |
1909 |
present |
Milwaukee Building |
291 |
A six story, reinforced concrete and brick office building with dimensions of 50x150ft. |
1927 |
present |
Milwaukee Center |
623 |
A 28 story reinforced concrete, postmodern-style office building with an exterior of red brick-clad panels developed by Trammell Crow. |
1988 |
present |
Milwaukee Club |
357 |
A three story Victorian clubhouse with red pressed brick, red sandstone and red terra cotta. |
1884 |
present |
Milwaukee Gas Light Building |
575 |
A two story Bedford stone building built as offices for the Milwaukee Gas Light company as it was beginning to get established in the city. |
1901 |
? |
Milwaukee Gas Light Building |
481 |
A twenty story steel-structure office building constructed as headquarters for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company. |
1930 |
present |
Milwaukee Journal |
26 |
A three story reinforced concrete and brick building built as headquarters for the Milwaukee Journal to which they move in April of 1907. |
1907 |
present |
Milwaukee Journal |
101 |
A five story steel building built for the expanding Milwaukee Journal newspaper in an art deco style. |
1924 |
present |
Milwaukee Liedertafel Hall |
260 |
A 65-ft tall brick building with dimensions of 75x84 ft built as a hall for the German musical society. |
1888 |
1934 |
Milwaukee Mechanics Mutual Insurance Bldg |
500 |
A three story stone office building built for $28,000 and with dimensions of 40x120 ft. |
1875 |
? |
Milwaukee Public Library |
264 |
A large three story Indiana Bedford limestone-clad building designed by Ferry & Clas in a Neo-Renaissance design during a competition among Milwaukee architects. |
1898 |
present |
Milwaukee Public Museum |
678 |
The Public Museum building consists of several buildings connected together, the most recent part being the two-story Butterfly exhibit addition built in 2000. |
1963 |
present |
Milwaukee Rescue Mission |
218 |
A five story brick building with stone trimmings and a reinforced concrete structure. |
1910 |
1986 |
Milwaukee Vocational School |
236 |
A six story brown brick and reinforced concrete vocational school built in several stages. |
1919 |
present |
Mitchell Building |
448 |
A five story high building built with Minnesota granite in the French Renaissance style. |
1878 |
present |
Montello Apartments |
238 |
A four story brick apartment building with a total of 12 apartments. |
1905 |
1966 |
Montgomery Annex |
577 |
Six story high building for light manufacturing. 60x120ft |
1899 |
? |
Montgomery Building |
453 |
A building seven stories high built of stone, red brick and terra cotta trimmings. |
1892 |
1983 |
Montrose Apartments |
411 |
A three story solid brick apartment building with thirty flats built for the George Adams realty company. |
1916 |
1964 |
Moose Club |
364 |
A four story stone building which was originally the home of the Phoenix Club. |
1889 |
1957 |
MSOE Fred Loock Engineering Center |
653 |
A two story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of red brick. |
1967 |
present |
MSOE Hall of Science |
352 |
A two-story brick-faced reinforced concrete automobile showroom and service building with offices above. |
1920 |
present |
MSOE Margaret Loock Hall |
670 |
A 15-story reinforced concrete dormitory building with a brick veneer built for the engineering school. |
1967 |
present |
MSOE Michael J Cudahy Student Center |
673 |
The former offices and bottling house for the Blatz brewery which is now the student center for the Milwaukee School of Engineering. |
1947 |
present |
MSOE Walter Schroeder Library |
665 |
A three story reinforced concrete library building built for the Milwaukee School of Engineering. |
? |
present |
Municipal Building |
624 |
An 11 story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of glass and aluminum in a contemporary modern style. |
1959 |
present |
Municipal Garage |
550 |
A one and a half story brick garage originally used by Badger State Iron Works and later the James Patton Paint and Glass Company. |
? |
1957 |
Napolean Caswell Residence |
267 |
A two story cream city brick house built in the Italianate style. |
1868 |
? |
National Bank Building |
135 |
This building was built as a four story home for the American National Bank. |
1924 |
present |
National Exchange Bank |
458 |
A four story stone faced bank building built in a neoclassical style. Similar branches of the Exchange Bank were built around the country at the same time. |
1927 |
1961 |
New Hampshire Block |
40 |
The first apartment building in Milwaukee built for E D Holton. |
1882 |
1950 |
New Hotel Randolph |
190 |
A twelve story red brick hotel with a steel structure built for Archie Tegtmeyer. |
1927 |
1985 |
News Block |
499 |
A three story brick structure built for newspaper printing offices. |
1879 |
present |
Noonan Block |
467 |
A three story cream city brick building of Italianate style constructed for Josiah Noonan. It was occupied by A W Rich dry goods until 1881. |
1867 |
present |
Norman Apartments |
42 |
A five story brick building with 26 apartments on the upper floors and stores on the ground floor. |
1888 |
1991 |
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance |
484 |
This eight story building was designed by the Chicago firm of Marshall & Fox in a Classical Revival style. |
1914 |
present |
Northwestern National Insurance |
479 |
A three story insurance building built in an ornate French Renaissance style with Bedford Sandstone and a structure of steel. |
1905 |
present |
Nunnemacher Block |
515 |
This three story brick built was built as part of the Nunnemacher Grand Opera house. |
1871 |
1931 |
Oakland Building |
520 |
A four story reinforced concrete and brick structure built as full service sales and service for the Oakland Motor Car Company. |
1920 |
present |
Odenbrett Garage |
333 |
A one story building constructed for the Bates-Odenbrett Automobile Company as an auto showroom and repair garage. |
1904 |
1956 |
Office on the Square |
650 |
An eight story office building. |
1969 |
present |
Old County Court House |
519 |
The second county courthouse was a two story domed building with east and west wings on either side of the main structure. |
1873 |
1939 |
Old Line Life Building |
133 |
A ten story office building built on a 50x150 ft lot which was also known as the Madison building. |
1924 |
? |
Olinger Building |
160 |
A three story reinforced concrete and brick commercial building. |
1916 |
? |
Orton Building |
48 |
A three story brick building built for the Orton estate with dimensions of 100x150 feet. |
1910 |
1989 |
Pabst Building |
462 |
A ten story building with a tower in the center which extended another four stories. It was designed by the Chicago architect S.S. Beman who designed the Pullman Building in Chicago. |
1892 |
1981 |
Pabst Theater |
514 |
A three story red brick opera house and theater constructed in less than a year after the Stadt Theater burned down by Pabst Brewery founder, Frederick Pabst. |
1895 |
present |
Palace Theater |
38 |
A three story movie theater and office building built of steel and concrete with a brown brick exterior built by the Uihlein estate. |
1916 |
1974 |
Paramount Film Exchange |
243 |
A single story brick building built as a film exchange for the Famous-Players-Lasky studios. |
? |
present |
Pasadena Apartments |
545 |
A four story brown brick apartment building with brick bay windows. |
1903 |
present |
Patton Building |
33 |
This was a six story building with the bottom two stories built of stone and the remaining floors built of brick. |
1892 |
1996 |
Paul Gilmore Annex |
399 |
A four and 1/2 story stone and brick flat building designed with all the modern conveniences of the 19th century. |
1897 |
? |
Paul Gilmore Apartments |
505 |
A four story brick apartment building with thirty units. |
1915 |
1986 |
Pereles Building |
517 |
A five story brick and stone building built for the Citizen's Trust Company. |
1903 |
1959 |
Performing Arts Center |
632 |
A three story concert hall and performance venue for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. George Izenour was the theater design consultant for the performance halls. |
1969 |
present |
Performing Arts Center Parking Structure |
679 |
A 3 story concrete parking structure with a capacity of 725 cars. |
1969 |
present |
Pfister Hotel Addition |
645 |
A 21 story circular addition to the Pfister hotel built with 400 rooms atop a 5 story parking structure for 300 cars. |
1966 |
present |
Phoenix Light Co |
551 |
Five story brick and concrete building. |
? |
? |
Pietsch Building |
151 |
A six story solid brick building which was originally built as a four story for Otto Pietsch Dye Works. |
1901 |
present |
Pioneer Building |
339 |
A four story brown brick office building which was built on the site of the former Academy of Music performance hall. |
1926 |
2012 |
Plankinton Building |
3 |
The Plankinton building was originally built as a two story arcade of shops and was a forerunner of the modern shopping mall. |
1916 |
present |
Plankinton Hotel |
115 |
A large eight story hotel with 450 rooms built for the Plankinton estate which opened on April 5, 1917. |
1917 |
1980 |
Plankinton Parking Structure |
640 |
A municipal parking garage built of reinforced concrete. |
1961 |
present |
Plaza Apartment Hotel |
427 |
A large four story red brick brick and steel apartment hotel. |
1925 |
present |
Plaza East |
630 |
Twin 14-story, six-sided office towers with an exterior of white precast concrete panels and dark tinted windows. |
1982 |
present |
Plaza East Parking Pavilion |
631 |
A six story concrete parking garage built with the same exterior of white precast concrete panels as the Plaza East office towers. |
1982 |
present |
Post Office |
651 |
A reinforced concrete building built for the US Post Service. |
1968 |
present |
Preusser Block |
501 |
A four story brick block built for jeweler, Christian Preusser. |
? |
? |
Princess Theater |
158 |
First opened as the Grand Theater in 1904 which showed 10-cent vaudeville shows |
1903 |
1984 |
Prinz Apartments |
349 |
A three story reinforced concrete apartment building with an exterior of brick trimmed with limestone. |
1909 |
1966 |
Providence Building |
358 |
A five story brick office building. |
1913 |
1971 |
Public Safety Building |
277 |
The six story, steel framed building was built as a joint effort between the County and the City. |
1929 |
present |
Public Service Building |
50 |
A four story steel building built in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical style and faced with grey stone and brick. |
1905 |
present |
Quistorf Building |
370 |
A three story brown stone building built as the East Side Palm Garden for the Schlitz brewing company and originally operated by Arnold & Quistorf. |
1887 |
present |
Railway Exchange Building |
466 |
A 12-story steel skeleton building originally known as the Herman building with stores on the ground level and offices above. |
1901 |
present |
Raleigh Hotel |
538 |
This small three story brick hotel has been known under many different names in all its years. |
1872 |
1968 |
Ramada Inn |
649 |
A seven story motor hotel with 151 rooms built for the hotel chain. |
1967 |
present |
Regency House |
629 |
A 27 story, 274-foot tall condominium tower with 200 units built at a cost of $6 million. It was originally built for apartments. |
1969 |
present |
Reporter Building |
518 |
A two story red brick building. |
1914 |
present |
Republic Building |
200 |
Originally Milwaukee Sentinel building |
1919 |
? |
Republican Hotel |
168 |
The Republican was a four story brick hotel with two towers over the Third Street entrance and the Kilbourn Street entrance. |
1884 |
1961 |
Reuss Federal Plaza |
620 |
A fourteen story building with a distinctive exterior of blue colored glass built as offices for the Federal government. The interior includes a large atrium which opens up the space within. |
1983 |
present |
Reynolds Apartments |
408 |
A four story brick flat building with a stone front and an entrance flanked by four granite pillars originally built as the Van Buren Apartments. |
1897 |
1964 |
RH Miller Building |
604 |
A two story building constructed for the R & H Miller Store with a large cafeteria operated by Wrigleys inside. |
1937 |
present |
Rickers Block |
334 |
A four story brick building. |
1889 |
? |
Riverside Building |
641 |
An office building built on top of a parking structure built for Towne Realty. |
1968 |
present |
Robert Hall Building |
663 |
A one story concrete block building used as a salesroom for Robert Hall Clothes. |
1948 |
1973 |
Robert Patrick Fitzgerald House |
442 |
An Italianate mansion built for the owner of a shipping company, Robert Patrick Fitzgerald. |
1874 |
present |
Romadka Block |
229 |
A row of seven one-story brick-cased stores built for J M Romadka. |
1897 |
? |
Roth Apartments |
99 |
The building was four stories high, of plain Romanesque style, and consisted of 24 apartments built for $27,000. |
1900 |
1941 |
Roy Johnson Residence Hall |
668 |
A 13 story reinforced concrete tower faced in brick which houses the first large residence hall built by MSOE. |
1965 |
present |
Royal Hotel |
59 |
An eight story brick and reinforced concrete hotel with 150 rooms and built for E T Nixdorf. |
1926 |
1974 |
Saxe Building |
209 |
A three story building built of brick and reinforced concrete for stores and offices. |
1908 |
? |
Scammon Apartments |
273 |
Three story brick building with 25 apartments. |
1897 |
1957 |
Schaaf Building |
72 |
A two story brick commercial building constructed for the manufacture of sausage. |
1927 |
1965 |
Schlitz Palm Garden |
13 |
The Schlitz Palm Garden was a two story beer hall owned by the Schlitz brewery along with the adjacent Schlitz hotel to the north. |
1896 |
1963 |
Schulz Building |
70 |
A five story brick and mill construction factory building constructed for the A George Schulz company. |
1906 |
? |
Schwantes Plumbing |
142 |
One story brick building. |
1919 |
? |
Scottish Rite Cathedral |
402 |
Originally built as the Plymouth Congregational Church with a style that was very unique for a church. |
1889 |
present |
Second Ward Savings Bank |
123 |
A two story bank originally opened as a branch of the First Wisconsin Bank and currently is the home of the Milwaukee County Historical Society. |
1913 |
present |
Security Building |
8 |
This eight story building was built as a department store for Stumpf & Langhoff although it was for a time occupied by the Lefly store. |
1912 |
present |
Sentinel Building |
497 |
This is a ten story building which has recently been renovated. It was built as the headquarters for the Milwaukee Sentinel. |
1893 |
present |
Sexton Block |
311 |
This was originally built as a four story Italianate pressed brick building with a mansard roof. |
1868 |
1971 |
Seybold Block |
239 |
A three story brick building with four flats on the upper two floors and stores on the ground floor. |
1902 |
? |
Shoreland Apartments |
523 |
A four story brick, concrete and steel apartment building with 27 apartments. |
1916 |
1986 |
Sixth Street Parking Garage |
231 |
A five story enclosed parking garage built of reinforced concrete and brick with space for 500 cars. |
1922 |
1966 |
Small Block |
471 |
A three story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style for Simeon Small. |
1866 |
present |
Solliday Building |
258 |
A two story reinforced concrete and brick auto garage and showroom. |
1908 |
? |
Somerset Apartments |
84 |
Four story brick flats with stores below. There were twelve flats in the building. |
1898 |
? |
South Lake Apartments |
422 |
A four story red brick apartment building whose name is currently unkown was also named Lakeside Apartments in the 1980's. |
1923 |
present |
Spencerian Building |
486 |
A three story brown brick building originally built as a 2-story sales building for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company appliances and fixtures. |
1913 |
present |
St Charles Hotel |
299 |
Built as the St Charles Hotel and became Pabst Hotel in 1892. |
1858 |
1932 |
St Clair Apartments |
437 |
An eight story apartment building. |
1928 |
present |
St Johns Cathedral |
387 |
Plans were originally drawn by Victor Schulte. The tower was replaced in 1893. |
1853 |
present |
St Johns Cathedral School |
405 |
A three story brick building called Bishop Hall and used as a school. |
1874 |
1936 |
St Lawrence Hotel |
394 |
Six story apartment hotel. |
1929 |
1964 |
St Mary's School |
347 |
This three story cream city brick building was built as the school for St. Mary's Church. |
1894 |
1978 |
St Marys Catholic Church |
327 |
Remodeled to it's current look in 1866. |
1853 |
present |
Stack Apartments |
265 |
A four story brick apartment building. It was possibly built in 1883 and designed by Architect Douglas for E W Meacham. |
1881 |
1967 |
Stacy Block |
310 |
A three story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style. |
1874 |
present |
Stag Hotel |
100 |
A three story Schlitz saloon and hotel built in the High Victorian Romanesque style. |
1889 |
present |
Standard Oil Building |
55 |
A three story building of cream city brick built as the city headquarters of Standard Oil Co. |
1925 |
1967 |
Steinmeyer Building |
175 |
A five story structure built of red-pressed brick with dimensions of 60 x 147 feet. |
1893 |
present |
Stephenson Building |
341 |
A four story building built with brown brick and grey stone accents built for Isaac Stephenson. |
1904 |
present |
Stevens Block |
592 |
A three story brick commercial building erected for John Stevens. |
1877 |
present |
Stone Creek Coffee |
682 |
A 2-story brick building, originally part of the Crystal Soap Company which later was acquired by Palmolive Soap. |
1888 |
present |
Strand Theater |
35 |
A two story white glazed brick movie theater with stores in the front. |
1914 |
1979 |
Stratford Apartments |
275 |
Four story brick apartment building built for Helen Tuttle. |
1897 |
1941 |
Straus Building |
15 |
A twelve story high office building with a cream-colored glazed tile exterior built on a 40x100 ft lot. |
1924 |
present |
Stroh Building |
457 |
An eight story, reinforced concrete light manufacturing building built for Stroh Die Casting company. |
1910 |
1998 |
Stuarts Clothing |
30 |
A four story brick building occupied by the Henry Gattman women's clothing store in September 1907. |
1906 |
1985 |
Studio Apartments |
587 |
An elegant four story brick apartment building built in the Spanish Mission Revival style. |
1925 |
present |
Summerfield Church |
535 |
A large two story cream city brick church building built for the downtown Methodist congregation. |
1857 |
1940 |
T A Chapman |
472 |
Chapman's Dry Goods was established in 1857 as Chapman and Hassett. T.A. Chapman became sole owner in 1865 and built this store in 1885 after a fire had destroyed an earlier building at this location. |
1885 |
1982 |
Terris Building |
83 |
A two story brick building with a cream colored terra cotta front. |
1924 |
1964 |
The Athenaeum |
536 |
A heavily gabled two story building built of cream city brick with stone trimmings. This home for the Women's Club was built for $25,000. |
1887 |
present |
The Warehouse Lofts |
69 |
A six story brick and reinforced concrete commercial building. |
? |
present |
Thiele Building |
145 |
A three story cream city brick building built by Otto Thiele to house his drug store. |
1874 |
present |
Thiery Building |
384 |
A four story brick building built for J.B. Thiery company for sales and offices and later occupied by optical manufacturers. |
1911 |
? |
Thomas Jefferson School |
378 |
A three-story school built of cream city brick and with fifteen class rooms. A fire in October 1978 burned down the school building and it was completely razed later in the year. |
1899 |
1978 |
Thompson McKinnon Building |
680 |
A seven story reinforced concrete building built by First Wisconsin Bank as an annex to their property next door to the north at 735 N. Water St. |
1962 |
present |
Tibbets House |
529 |
A brick veneered double house, two and a half stories tall built for Alderman Tibbets costing $9,000. |
1876 |
? |
Time Insurance Building |
637 |
A ten story, reinforced concrete office building built as the headquarters for Time Insurance. |
1970 |
1996 |
Timlin Flats |
438 |
Three story brick building, with 9 flats on upper two stories. |
1894 |
? |
TMER&L Power Plant |
512 |
This large industrial three story, red-pressed brick and structural iron building was built as a coal burning power station for the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company. |
1899 |
present |
Toy Building |
136 |
A six story brick building built to resemble a Chinese temple for Charlie Toy. |
1913 |
1939 |
Toy's Restaurant |
165 |
A two story brick building which was originally occupied as a business college and was more recently Toy's Chinese Restaurant. |
1924 |
present |
Trinity Hospital |
608 |
The hospital was five stories in height with a basement and had dimensions of 142 feet on Wells Street and 85 feet on Ninth Street. |
1897 |
1950 |
Trinity Lutheran Church |
281 |
A cream city brick church with a limestone foundation built in a Victorian Gothic style. |
1878 |
present |
Underwriters Exchange Building |
326 |
A nine story red brick and steel office building designed by the architectural firm who also designed the Knickerbocker Apartment Hotel on Juneau. |
1923 |
present |
Union Station |
129 |
The depot was a huge towering structure of red-pressed brick facing Fourth Ward park. |
1886 |
1966 |
Universal Film Exchange |
560 |
A one story concrete building built as a film exchange with dimensions of 50x120 ft. |
1936 |
? |
Universal Foods Building |
454 |
A five story high brick and reinforced concrete warehouse built for the Milwaukee Drug Company with dimensions of 77x150-ft. |
1909 |
present |
University Club |
368 |
A four story brick and stone building built as the clubhouse of the University Club. |
1904 |
1977 |
University Club of Milwaukee |
526 |
The original edifice was designed by New York architect John Russell Pope. |
1927 |
present |
University Club Tower |
622 |
A 36 story condominium building with 56 luxury units built for $110 million built by the Mandel Group and attached to the adjacent University Club. |
2007 |
present |
University Extension Building |
107 |
A six story brick and reinforced concrete building built for the UW Extension to house lecture halls, classrooms and offices. |
1928 |
1999 |
University High School Building |
537 |
A four story building constructed of reinforced concrete and brick built for the German English Academy. |
1915 |
? |
US Appraisers Store Building |
459 |
A three story high brick and steel building with dimensions of 80x90 feet built as offices and a storehouse for the US Appraiser's Office. |
1915 |
1985 |
Val Blatz Brewing Co |
332 |
A two story building built of Wauwatosa limestone with darker Indiana limestone trim and cream city brick. |
1890 |
present |
Van Buren & Mason Garage |
398 |
A single story brick building built for the Bachman Motor Company as a showroom and service garage to sell Dort cars. |
1922 |
? |
Van Buren Apartments |
414 |
A four story brown brick apartment building with stone trimmings. |
1917 |
present |
Vermont Apartments |
504 |
A four story apartment building with 16 flats built for Dr. Lewis Sherman and with dimensions of 41x75ft. |
1898 |
2016 |
Vincent Flats |
61 |
A three story brick apartment building. |
? |
? |
Vogel Apartments |
65 |
A three story brick apartment building with a flat on each floor built for Miss M L Brown. |
1894 |
1930 |
Voss Building |
309 |
A four story red brick neoclassical office and store building built by Herman Voss who headquartered his advertising specialty business here. |
1909 |
present |
W R Sherin Company |
561 |
A two story building built as a facility for the rebuilding and refinishing of autos. |
1911 |
1958 |
Wadhams Oil Co |
410 |
One of many gas stations in the city designed with an Oriental theme for the Wadhams Oil Company. It was demolished sometime after 1980. |
1925 |
? |
Wald Building |
126 |
A three story brick building with a terra cotta facade designed in the Spanish style. |
1929 |
1969 |
Waldheim Furniture |
117 |
A ten story brick and reinforced concrete structure with a glazed terra cotta exterior. It was built with dimensions of 80x135 feet. |
1916 |
present |
Waldheim's Furniture |
92 |
This building was originally six separate buildings which were combined by Northwestern Furniture Company. |
? |
1982 |
War Memorial |
656 |
A three story modern building built of reinforced concrete and designed by internationally renowned Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen. |
1957 |
present |
Watkins Building |
167 |
A six story, red brick building. The Watkins Building was shortened by removing the north half of the building with the widening of Kilbourn/Cedar Street in 1928. |
1910 |
present |
Wayland Apartments |
436 |
A six story reinforced concrete and brown brick apartment building. It had dimensions of 118x119 feet and consisted of 60 apartments with ten on each floor. |
1913 |
present |
Wayside Inn |
549 |
An small, old and infamous tavern located on an alley which had been named Northwestern Place. The tavern became a "Key Club" during Prohibition |
1876 |
1946 |
Welch Building |
247 |
A four story high brown brick building built for the Welch-Esterberg automobile dealership owned by Charles Welch of Chicago. |
1906 |
? |
Wellauer Building |
240 |
A five story brick and steel building built as a combination laundry on the lower floors and business college on the upper floors. |
1910 |
present |
Wells Building |
469 |
A fifteen story office building built of steel with a glazed white terra cotta brick exterior. |
1901 |
present |
Wells Hotel |
82 |
A three story brick hotel with metal bay windows extending out on the top two floors into the street. |
? |
? |
Werrbach Building |
528 |
A three story, pressed brick and stone building built as a boarding house for Louis Werrbach. |
1905 |
1957 |
West Side Turn Hall |
203 |
A three story cream city brick building built for the West Side Turner Society. |
1883 |
present |
Westmoreland Apartments |
541 |
A four story solid brick apartment building with 26 flats built for Caroline Scammon. |
1906 |
? |
White House Theater |
157 |
A three story brick and steel-structure movie theater built for O L Meister. |
1916 |
1955 |
Williams Hotel |
186 |
The Williams Hotel was originally built as a home by John Plankinton in which he lived until 1863. |
1855 |
1932 |
Wisconsin News Building |
44 |
A four story brick building. This was the Sentinel newspaper building from 1949 until 1966. |
? |
1966 |
Wisconsin News Co |
285 |
Three story, store and flat building. |
1910 |
1967 |
Wisconsin Telephone |
211 |
A nine story building built as an exchange and offices for Wisconsin Telephone. It later became headquarters for Time Insurance. |
1906 |
1996 |
Wisconsin Telephone Annex |
661 |
A six story addition to the Wisconsin Telephone Company for business offices. The exterior is red brick with the first floor finished in polished granite. |
1954 |
present |
Yankee Hill Apartments North Tower |
627 |
A 19 story building identical to the south tower but with a total of 139 units. |
1988 |
present |
Yankee Hill Apartments South Tower |
626 |
A 23 story apartment building with 141 units and built of reinforced concrete faced with red brick. A unique peaked roof tops off the building. |
1987 |
present |
YMCA |
21 |
An eight story brick building built as an expansion to the YMCA building next door. The basement and first floor were built of dressed blue Bedford limestone. |
1909 |
1966 |
YMCA |
672 |
An 18 story building built for the Young Mens Christian Association. |
1957 |
present |
YMCA |
189 |
A four story stone building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style for the Young Men's Christian Association. |
1887 |
1966 |
YWCA |
381 |
A five story red brick and gray stone building built as the first permanent headquarters of the YWCA in the city. |
1901 |
1985 |
YWCA Addition |
455 |
A six story reinforced concrete and brick addition to the YWCA building. |
1930 |
? |
Zimmermann Block |
292 |
A four story, red brick building built in an Italianate style for the Zimmermann Brothers clothing company. |
1885 |
present |
Zingen & Braun Building |
63 |
A two story brick building built for the Zingen and Braun Realty company. |
1923 |
1958 |