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Cross Keys HotelThis three story brick structure was originally built by Bailey Stimson for a hotel on Milwaukee's main thoroughfares.16118
Hilgendorf HardwareA four story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style and known as the Pritzlaff Hardware company in 1861.16134
Milwaukee ClubA three story Victorian clubhouse with red pressed brick, red sandstone and red terra cotta.16154
Quistorf BuildingA three story brown stone building built as the East Side Palm Garden for the Schlitz brewing company and originally operated by Arnold & Quistorf. 16161
Matthews BuildingA six story pressed red brick and brown stone building with terra cotta ornamentation built for the Matthews Brothers Furniture Company.16177
Northwestern National InsuranceA three story insurance building built in an ornate French Renaissance style with Bedford Sandstone and a structure of steel.16181
Wells BuildingA fifteen story office building built of steel with a glazed white terra cotta brick exterior.16188
Railway Exchange BuildingA 12-story steel skeleton building originally known as the Herman building with stores on the ground level and offices above.16191
Gimbels Department StoreA 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 c16193
Gimbels Department StoreThis 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.16193
Caswell BuildingOriginally known as the Caswell building, after Napolean Caswell, the name was changed in 1982 to the Posner building.16194
Geo Watts & SonsA two story art deco showroom for George Watts china store.16197
Milwaukee Gas Light BuildingA twenty story steel-structure office building constructed as headquarters for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company.16199
Val Blatz Brewing CoA two story building built of Wauwatosa limestone with darker Indiana limestone trim and cream city brick.16249
Milwaukee Public LibraryA large three story Indiana Bedford limestone-clad building designed by Ferry & Clas in a Neo-Renaissance design during a competition among Milwaukee architects.16279
Federal BuildingA four and a half story building built for the post office and other federal government offices.16283
German English AcademyA three story stone and cream city brick building built for the German English academy.16286
Loyalty BuildingA Richardsonian Romanesque building built as the second headquarters of Northwestern Mutual Life.16290
Immanuel Presbyterian ChurchThe church was built at a cost of $160,000. It was rebuilt in 1889 after fire almost entirely destroyed the original.16291
City HallThe eight story City Hall building was opened for occupancy late in 1895.16297
Second Ward Savings BankA two story bank originally opened as a branch of the First Wisconsin Bank and currently is the home of the Milwaukee County Historical Society.16299
First Welsh Presbyterian ChurchA cream city church originally built for the North Presbyterian congregation and was purchased for the Welsh Presbyterian church in 1871.16304
McGeoch BuildingA 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.16312
Matthew Keenan HouseA three story cream city brick townhouse built in Italianate style for early settler and politician, Matthew Keenan.16338
James Clark ResidenceA 2-1/2 story cream city brick house split into four apartments.16450
TMER&L Power PlantThis 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.16648
Performing Arts CenterA three story concert hall and performance venue for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. George Izenour was the theater design consultant for the performance halls.16650
Plaza EastTwin 14-story, six-sided office towers with an exterior of white precast concrete panels and dark tinted windows.16657
Hotel AstorAn 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.16739
Button ResidenceA two and a half story cream city brick home built for Dr. Henry H Button in the Italian Villa style.23894
Robert Patrick Fitzgerald HouseAn Italianate mansion built for the owner of a shipping company, Robert Patrick Fitzgerald.27217
Gipfel BuildingA 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 b27218
Mitchell BuildingA five story high building built with Minnesota granite in the French Renaissance style.27229
Pabst TheaterA 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. 27232
Public Service BuildingA four story steel building built in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical style and faced with grey stone and brick.27234
Trinity Lutheran ChurchA cream city brick church with a limestone foundation built in a Victorian Gothic style.27249
Brumder BuildingAn eight story gray stone and brown pressed brick building built in the Italian Renaissance style.28216
Button BlockA seven story brick building of red pressed brick and red terra cotta with the bottom two floors built of red stone.28895
MSOE Fred Loock Engineering CenterA two story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of red brick.29412
Fox BuildingA three story brick building built as a saloon by the Miller Brewery.29451
Milwaukee JournalA five story steel building built for the expanding Milwaukee Journal newspaper in an art deco style.29949
Pabst BuildingA 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.31662
Manufacturers Home BuildingAn eight story concrete and red-pressed brick structure which was built as a light manufacturing building by Emil Ott.31844
West Side Turn HallA three story cream city brick building built for the West Side Turner Society.32151
Hotel PfisterAn eight story, 200 room hotel built for Charles Pfister in a Romanesque Revival style with dimensions of 117x180 feet.35294
First WisconsinA 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.40639
Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion40648
War MemorialA three story modern building built of reinforced concrete and designed by internationally renowned Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen.40648
Kilbourn Row Townhouses40651
First Wisconsin GarageAn 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.41138
Marine BankNow known as Chase Tower, this 22 story office tower built of dark green glass and steel was built for the Marine National Exchange Bank.41150
Noonan BlockA three story cream city brick building of Italianate style constructed for Josiah Noonan. It was occupied by A W Rich dry goods until 1881.41170
Birchard BuildingA 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 2001.41173
Mariner BuildingThis six story art deco moderne office building was converted into the Hotel Metro in 1998.41181
Sentinel BuildingThis is a ten story building which has recently been renovated. It was built as the headquarters for the Milwaukee Sentinel. 41193
Empire BuildingA twelve story buff colored brick and stone office building with a structure of steel.41778
Fred Usinger SausagesA five story, solid red-pressed brick building with stone trimmings with dimensions of 40x150 feet.41782
Bradley CenterA 154-foot high, 13 story sports center built as the home stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks.41829
Mariner BuildingA 22 story office tower built for John Mariner in an Art Deco style.41849
Hotel SchroederA 25 story brick and concrete hotel built in the art deco style for Walter Schroeder.41850
Reuss Federal PlazaA 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.41851
Boston StoreA five story brick building built for the John Plankinton estate to replace buildings burned down in early 1895.41857
Milwaukee Public MuseumThe Public Museum building consists of several buildings connected together, the most recent part being the two-story Butterfly exhibit addition built in 2000.41857
Majestic BuildingThis 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.41861
Centre BuildingA twelve story office building and movie theater built in French renaissance and modernistic styles.41864
Plankinton BuildingThe Plankinton building was originally built as a two story arcade of shops and was a forerunner of the modern shopping mall.41866
Carpenter BuildingA seven story building with 150 feet of frontage on Grand Avenue and 200 feet on Sixth Street.41955
Scottish Rite CathedralOriginally built as the Plymouth Congregational Church with a style that was very unique for a church.42299
Harry Manschot ResidenceA two story brick house built in an Italianate style for the owner of a meat packing company.42307
Benjamin F Parker ResidenceA 2 1/2 story cream city brick house built in a Queen Anne style.42308
The AthenaeumA heavily gabled two story building built of cream city brick with stone trimmings. This home for the Women's Club was built for $25,000.42318
Milo Jewett HouseTwo story, Italianate style home constructed for coffee merchant, Milo Jewett of the Jewett and Sherman company.42462
Municipal BuildingAn 11 story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of glass and aluminum in a contemporary modern style.51931
Central Market ApartmentsA four story red brick and reinforced concrete building with terra cotta and stone trimmings.66797
Bell Telephone BuildingA 317-foot tall headquarters for the phone company built in a mixture of gothic and tudor styles.68914
Belmont HotelA five story brick and steel hotel torn down in 1997 to make way for the Midwest Express Center.68966
Wadhams Oil CoOne of many gas stations in the city designed with an Oriental theme for the Wadhams Oil Company. It was demolished sometime after 1980.69675
Cawker BuildingA five story office building built with a steel structure and a brown brick exterior for the E Harrison Cawker estate.71177
Wisconsin TelephoneA nine story building built as an exchange and offices for Wisconsin Telephone. It later became headquarters for Time Insurance.71549
Patton BuildingThis was a six story building with the bottom two stories built of stone and the remaining floors built of brick.71550
Straus BuildingA twelve story high office building with a cream-colored glazed tile exterior built on a 40x100 ft lot.73308
Milwaukee AuditoriumThe two story auditorium was a one block square public building with a large 330'x180' main hall in the west wing.73319
Badger ApartmentsThe four story red brick apartment building in which the Water Street Brewery now sits was built for Clarence Allen for $35,000.81020
Hotel AtlasThis two story hotel was first opened in 1894 by the Schlitz Brewing company.81061
Waldheim FurnitureA ten story brick and reinforced concrete structure with a glazed terra cotta exterior. It was built with dimensions of 80x135 feet.81346
Knickerbocker HotelAn eight story brick apartment building with terra cotta trim. It contains 250 apartments with two public dining rooms and two private halls.106418
New Hotel RandolphA twelve story red brick hotel with a steel structure built for Archie Tegtmeyer.106505
City Bank BuildingA two story bank occupied by the City Bank until 1965 when it merged with American City Bank & Trust.108548
Chalet At The River BuildingA nine story reddish-brown brick and reinforced concrete building built as a furniture store and warehouse for CW Fischer Furniture. 108549
Fourth Ward SquareAlthough established in 1835 it wasn't until 1877 that the park was landscaped and properly designed by gardener Thomas Armstrong.108640
Hotel MillerA nine story reinforced concrete building with an exterior of dark brick and terra cotta with dimensions of 100x150 feet.108655
Hotel Wisconsin AnnexA five story brick and steel building constructed as an annex to the Hotel Wisconsin.108657
Princess TheaterFirst opened as the Grand Theater in 1904 which showed 10-cent vaudeville shows108658
Olinger BuildingA three story reinforced concrete and brick commercial building.108659
Century BuildingAn eight story brick and concrete building.108660
Toy's RestaurantA two story brick building which was originally occupied as a business college and was more recently Toy's Chinese Restaurant.108661
Watkins BuildingA 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 1928.108663
Thiele BuildingA three story cream city brick building built by Otto Thiele to house his drug store.108667
Metropolitan BlockA four story brick and stone building built in a romanesque revival style for Attorney F W Cotzhausen.108668
Hochmuth BuildingA three story cream city brick building built for Frank Hochmuth.108696
Boston Store Parking GarageAn eight story circular parking ramp with a capacity of 750 cars built for the Boston Store.109052
Hotel MarylandA six story brown brick hotel building with stone trimmings and containing 125 rooms.109053
Commerce BuildingA six story office building built for Realty Improvement Company of which Martin Tullgren was the president.109055
Stone Creek Coffee A 2-story brick building, originally part of the Crystal Soap Company which later was acquired by Palmolive Soap.109249
Fifth & Michigan GarageTwo and half story high brick garage built for Hugo Koeffler.109252
Milwaukee Rescue MissionA five story brick building with stone trimmings and a reinforced concrete structure.109261
Ambrosia ChocolateA three story brick building with mill construction and a concrete foundation.109271
Kalmbach BuildingAn eight story reinforced concrete building. Kalmbach Publishing who had been in the building since 1943 bought it in 1947. 109592
Eighth Street SchoolA three story cream city brick schoolhouse with fourteen classrooms and built of a basic design.109647
Solliday BuildingA two story reinforced concrete and brick auto garage and showroom.109693
Blackstone ApartmentsAn eight story brownish-gray brick and stone apartment building with a reinforced concrete structure and terra cotta ornamentation.110552
Marine Plaza Parking StructureA 4 story parking structure with space for 700 cars attached to the Marine Plaza building.110769
Milwaukee BuildingA six story, reinforced concrete and brick office building with dimensions of 50x150ft.110771
Zimmermann BlockA four story, red brick building built in an Italianate style for the Zimmermann Brothers clothing company.110772
H H West Office Supplies110774
Pioneer BuildingA four story brown brick office building which was built on the site of the former Academy of Music performance hall.110775
Bartlett BuildingA ten story steel and brick commercial block also known as the Brouwer Shoe Building.110784
Security BuildingThis eight story building was built as a department store for Stumpf & Langhoff although it was for a time occupied by the Lefly store.110786
Kresge BuildingA three story department store with a grey sandstone facade.110787
Breithaupts BuildingA three story, gray granite building with a steel frame built for the Breithaupts Apparel Co.110789
State Office Building110790
Stacy Block A three story cream city brick building built in the Italianate style.111166
Majestic ApartmentsA four story brick building with sixteen apartments built for P S Savage.111229
Paul Gilmore ApartmentsA four story brick apartment building with thirty units.111230
Daily NewsA small brick commercial building with arcaded facade by stone trim and decorative brickwork designed in the romanesque revival style.111383
Home Furniture Co.A four story, cream city brick building built in a romanesque revival style..111389
Pietsch BuildingA six story solid brick building which was originally built as a four story for Otto Pietsch Dye Works.111390
Christian Science ChurchThe 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.111438
Milwaukee Vocational SchoolA six story brown brick and reinforced concrete vocational school built in several stages.111441
University Extension BuildingA six story brick and reinforced concrete building built for the UW Extension to house lecture halls, classrooms and offices.111443
Norman ApartmentsA five story brick building with 26 apartments on the upper floors and stores on the ground floor.111506
Regency HouseA 27 story, 274-foot tall condominium tower with 200 units built at a cost of $6 million. It was originally built for apartments.113131
Studio ApartmentsAn elegant four story brick apartment building built in the Spanish Mission Revival style.113133
Kesselman BuildingA seven story brick and reinforced concrete office building built for the Munkwitz Realty Company.113159
Underwriters Exchange BuildingA nine story red brick and steel office building designed by the architectural firm who also designed the Knickerbocker Apartment Hotel on Juneau.113162
Hokanson BuildingA four story brick and reinforced concrete building constructed for an automobile dealership.113163
Milwaukee Athletic ClubThe Athletic Club is a twelve story building faced with stone and brown brick.113166
Grohmann MuseumA three story concrete and brick building originally built for Curtis Automobile as a car dealership.113168
Plaza Apartment HotelA large four story red brick brick and steel apartment hotel. 113177
South Lake ApartmentsA four story red brick apartment building whose name is currently unkown was also named Lakeside Apartments in the 1980's.113184
Lancaster ApartmentsA four story red brick apartment building with 32 apartments that has gone by many names.113185
Gimbels Parking PavilionA two story reinforced concrete parking garage built for the Gimbels Department Store.113344
Hollitz ApartmentsA three story brick, concrete and steel building with two stores on the ground floor and eight flats above.113424
Voss BuildingA four story red brick neoclassical office and store building built by Herman Voss who headquartered his advertising specialty business here.113445
Van Buren ApartmentsA four story brown brick apartment building with stone trimmings.113474
Dominican SistersA three story high brick building built as a convent for St John's Cathedral with dimensions of 40x106 ft.113478
Candon CourtA four story red brick apartment building with 24 apartments built in an L-shaped plan.113481
YWCAA five story red brick and gray stone building built as the first permanent headquarters of the YWCA in the city.113490
Thiery BuildingA four story brick building built for J.B. Thiery company for sales and offices and later occupied by optical manufacturers.113492
Juneau Village ApartmentsThese three reinforced concrete apartment towers were built as part of the first phase of the Juneau Village project.113504
Jefferson BuildingA five story red brick and steel building built as the headquarters for the Flad and Associates architectural firm.113519
Office on the SquareAn eight story office building.113522
Performing Arts Center Parking StructureA 3 story concrete parking structure with a capacity of 725 cars.113640
M&I Bank113641
Thompson McKinnon BuildingA 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.113642
Benihana'sThis two story modern building was built for First Milwaukee Savings Bank and currently is Benihana's Japanese restaurant.113652
Reporter BuildingA two story red brick building.113655
Lake Crest ApartmentsA four story brick, concrete and steel apartment building with 27 apartments.113663
Shoreland ApartmentsA four story brick, concrete and steel apartment building with 27 apartments.113664
Time Insurance BuildingA ten story, reinforced concrete office building built as the headquarters for Time Insurance.113760
Spencerian BuildingA three story brown brick building originally built as a 2-story sales building for the Milwaukee Gas Light Company appliances and fixtures.113810
IBM BuildingA seven story, reinforced concrete modern office building constructed as a data center with an exterior of precast concrete panels. 113811
411 BuildingA 30 story office building built for the Winmar Development Corp for $78 million.113813
Guaranty BuildingA six story brick and reinforced concrete building which was built for Roy Maischoss.113815
First Savings PlazaA 19 story office building built of steel and reinforced concrete built for the First Savings and Loan Association. 113816
JC Penneys BuildingA two story steel, brick and glass building in the modern style built for the J C Penney department store.113819
DaytonsA four story L-shaped building built for Barrett's department store.113820
Stuarts ClothingA four story brick building occupied by the Henry Gattman women's clothing store in September 1907.113823
Palace TheaterA three story movie theater and office building built of steel and concrete with a brown brick exterior built by the Uihlein estate.113825
Downtowner Motor InnA ten story, 252 room hotel built for oil tycoon, Emory Clark and originally operated by the Downtowner hotel chain headquartered in Memphis.113828
Clark BuildingA 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.113836
Merchants & Manufacturers BuildingAn eight story glazed terra cotta, enameled brick, and reinforced concrete building with a central light court on the south side of the building.114034
La Mar Apartments One of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer.114831
La Shall ApartmentsOne of two six story apartment buildings built next to each other by the same developer.114832
MSOE Hall of ScienceA two-story brick-faced reinforced concrete automobile showroom and service building with offices above.114835
MECCA Convention CenterThe Milwaukee Exposition and Convention Center or MECCA hall was built at a cost of $15 million.114837
Four Sixty Marshall Apartment HotelAn eight story reinforced concrete and brick apartment hotel also known as Hotel Marshall.114963
Wayland ApartmentsA 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.114965
Julia Klatt ApartmentsA four story light brown brick with terra cotta trimmings building now known as Lakeside Apartments.114970
Marshall Hall ApartmentsA nine story red brick apartment building with terra cotta trim built by Arthur L Richards.114971
Medina ApartmentsAn eight story apartment building with over 60 apartment units.114996
Amador ApartmentsAn eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion.114997
Alameda ApartmentsAn eight story brick and reinforced concrete apartment building demolished in 1986 for the NML expansion.115010
US Appraisers Store BuildingA three story high brick and steel building with dimensions of 80x90 feet built as offices and a storehouse for the US Appraiser's Office.115067
Universal Foods BuildingA five story high brick and reinforced concrete warehouse built for the Milwaukee Drug Company with dimensions of 77x150-ft.115069
Orton BuildingA three story brick building built for the Orton estate with dimensions of 100x150 feet.115073
Riverside BuildingAn office building built on top of a parking structure built for Towne Realty.115076
Wellauer BuildingA five story brick and steel building built as a combination laundry on the lower floors and business college on the upper floors.115080
Ramada InnA seven story motor hotel with 151 rooms built for the hotel chain.115082
Blue Cross BuildingA 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. 115085
Stephenson BuildingA four story building built with brown brick and grey stone accents built for Isaac Stephenson.115108
Boynton GarageA three story enclosed auto parking garage with stone facing on the first floor and brown brick on the top two floors. 115116
Amtrak Passenger StationA three story steel framed building with a facade of full height, precast concrete arches which lined the entire front.115141
Post OfficeA reinforced concrete building built for the US Post Service.115143
Knight ApartmentsA three story red brick building with stone trimmings originally owned by Catholic Knights.115149
Astor ApartmentsA four story red brick and reinforced concrete apartment building with 32 units.115151
Pasadena ApartmentsA four story brown brick apartment building with brick bay windows.115155
Jung BuildingAn eight story office building built for the Jung Brewing company.116096
First Wisconsin National BankA 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.116098
Auditorium Court ApartmentsA four story, maroon Indiana brick apartment building with a total of 134 apartments.116134
Waldheim's FurnitureThis building was originally six separate buildings which were combined by Northwestern Furniture Company.116204
Brumder AnnexA two story building built for the Brumder estate used for offices and stores on the ground floor.116205
Advertising Arts BuildingA seven story red brick office building with a structure of reinforced concrete which originally housed offices for graphic arts businesses.116474
Vermont ApartmentsA four story apartment building with 16 flats built for Dr. Lewis Sherman and with dimensions of 41x75ft.116493
Colby Abbott BuildingA six story brick building built for the headquarters of the Wisconsin Central railway.116498
Enterprise BuildingA large six-story, brick building built for August Uihlein.116579
Montgomery BuildingA building seven stories high built of stone, red brick and terra cotta trimmings.116580
Milwaukee ArenaThe Arena was built to work together with the Auditorium as an entertainment complex.118240
Thomas Jefferson SchoolA 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.118896
St Mary's SchoolThis three story cream city brick building was built as the school for St. Mary's Church.119202
Harbor View ApartmentsA five story steel frame and brick apartment building known as the Park Shoreland apartments when demolished in 1985. It had dimensions of 80x92 feet.119953
Frankfurth HardwareA seven-story brick commercial structure with a four-story arcade under large arches.119981
MGIC PlazaTwo buildings constructed for the MGIC mortgage insurance company sit on a large landscaped plaza atop a two-level underground parking garage.120129
Goldsmith BuildingAn eight story, red brick building built with a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles used for offices with stores on the lower floors.120399