Local Designations

Locally-designated districts, sites and structures

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  Property/District Name Date Built Location Date Designated Council
Resolution
Number
study Abbot Row 1889 1019-143 E. Ogden Ave. 2/15/1983 82-1821
study Adler, Emanuel D., House 1888 1681 N. Prospect Ave. 11/26/2002 000277
study All Saints Cathedral
Historic District		 1868-1903 map
804-28 E. Juneau Ave.		 1/4/1984 83-1633
study Allis, Charles, House 1909 1630 E. Royall Pl. 12/7/1982 82-1345
study American System Built Homes Historic District 1915-1916 map
Burnham St.		 3/20/1990 89-2162
study Auer, Louis & Son Houses (also see Seifert House and Heckler/Sutton House below) 1916 2015, 2019, 2025 & 2029 E. Kenwood

5/15/2007

 061433
study Auer, Louis & Son Houses (Seifert House and Heckler/Sutton House; also see Louis Auer Houses above) 1916-17 2005 & 2009 E. Kenwood 11/25/2008 080938
study Avalon Theater 1926-1929 2469-83 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. 3/2/2004 031460
  Beth Israel Synagogue (Greater Galilee Baptist Church)    1925-26 2432 N. Teutonia Ave. 10/31/1989 89-0950
study Bethel Evangelical Church 1987 (annex 1926) 2392 S. Woodward St. 11/26/2002 011029
study Brady Street Historic District 1870-1930 map 4/9/90 89-2161
study Brewer's Hill Historic District 1850-1930 map 11/12/1985 85-1111
study Brown Double House 1852 1122 –24 N. Astor St. 2/28/2006 051241
study Bungalow Style Firehouses 1926-28 2901 North 30th St., 1615 W. Oklahoma Ave.,
407 N. Hawley Rd.		 6/8/2001 001742
study Burnham Building 1871 100-106 E. Seeboth Street 7/27/2004 040390
study Calvary Cemetery 1857 map 12/8/1987 87-1404
study Carr, Lester, House 1897 2537 W. Kilbourn Ave. 6/27/1995 95-0163
study Cass & Wells Street Historic District 1874-1922 map 1/1/1992 90-1170,
90-1703
  Central Milwaukee Library 1895-1899 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
study Christ Polish Baptist Church 1914-1923 2009-13 S. 19th St. 5/8/2007 070068
study City Hall 1893-1895 200 E. Wells St. 11/9/1982 82-1243
study Coast Guard Station (see Old Coast Guard Station)        
study Cold Spring Park Historic District 1900-1920 map 11/17/1987 87-1400
study Concordia Historic District 1850-1930 map 10/11/1988 88-0634
study Concordia Historic District Amended Boundaries 1850-1930 map 7/28/2009 090340
study Copeland Service Station 1938 4924 W. Roosevelt Dr. 11/28/1995 95-0969
study Diehnelt, Walter, House 1924 4430 W. Roosevelt Dr. 6/8/2001 001743
study Downer Avenue Commercial 1909-1936 map
2551-2651 N. Downer Ave., 2604 N. Hackett Ave.		 1/25/2001 000424
  Eagles Club 1924 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. 4/4/1989 88-2163
study East Side Commercial
Historic District		 1850-1900 map 11/17/1987 87-0085
study Ehlers, C. Frederick, House 1886 2576 N. 4th St. 12/21/1990 90-1172
study Epiphany Lutheran Church (All People's Gathering Lutheran Church) Church 1906, Social Hall 1925 2600 N. 2nd St. 1/18/2000 99-1413
  Federal Building 1892-1899 515 E. Wisconsin Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
  First German Methodist Church (part of Pabst Brewery Complex Historic District) 1872 1037 W. Juneau Ave.    
study First National / First WI Bank 1912-14 733-43 N. Water St. 10/23/2007 070804
  First Unitarian Church 1891-1892 1009 E. Ogden Ave. / 1342 N. Astor St. 2/12/1991 90-1525
study First Ward Triangle Historic District 1855-1900 map 7/12/1983 83-229
  Fitzgerald, Robert Patrick, House 1874 1119 N. Marshall St. 7/10/1990 90-0213
study 47th St. Bungalow District 1922-1928 map
2500 block of N. 47th St.		 1/25/2001 000804
study Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist 1929 3069 N. Downer Ave., aka 2519 E. Kenwood Blvd. 9/24/1996 96-0694
study

Friedann Row

 1891 731 E. Pleasant St., 1537 N. Cass St., 1539 N. Cass St., 1541 N. Cass St., 1543 N. Cass St. 6/6/1995 95-0013
  Fundamental Bible Church (part of Concordia Historic District) 1950 2921-27 W. State St., 2925 W. State St.    
study Gesu Church 1893-1894 1145 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/15/1983 82-1822
study Gipfel Union Brewery 1853 423-27 W. Juneau Ave. 7/16/1985 85-585
study Goll, Frederick J., House 1898 1550 N. Prospect  Ave. 12/11/2002 011566
study Graham Row 1887 1501-07 N. Marshall St. 11/9/1982 82-1243
study Grand Avenue Congregational Church (Irish Cultural & Heritage Center) 1887 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave. 3/27/1984 83-2268
study Grant Boulevard Historic District 1900-1930 map 10/23/1985 85-1110
study Gustorf, Edmund, House 1922 3138 N. Cambridge Ave. 12/20/1985 85-1519
study Haberer Saloon 1907-08 3935-37 W. Vliet St. 5/23/1986 86-208
study Harnischfeger, Henry House 1905 3424 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/12/1991 90-1526
  Hausmann Building 1891 1750 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 2/11/1986 85-1719
study Hide House, buildings 1 through 4 1898 2625 S. Greeley St. 7/28/2009 090288
study Hrobsky/Berg Building 1897 2722-24 N. King Dr. 5/31/2006 060039
  Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Church & Rectory 1885, School 1892 2003-11 N. Oakland Ave.
aka 2038 N Bartlett Ave.		 1/18/2000 99-1199
study Hummel / Uihlein Building 1889 2673-2679 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 7/7/2010 091601
  Immanuel Reformed Church (Greater Mt. Zion, part of Sherman Blvd. Historic District) 1916 2479 N. Sherman Blvd.    
  Jefferson Hall 1928 2617 W. Fond du Lac Ave. 1/22/1985 84-1396
study Jewett, Milo P., House 1872 800 N. Marshall St. 7/27/1984 84-72
study Kane, Sanford, House 1883 1841 North Prospect Ave. 4/17/2003 021764
study Kenwood Masonic Temple (former Italian Community Center) 1915-16 2648 N. Hackett Ave. 10/16/1990 90-0735
study Kilbourn Avenue Bascule Bridge 1929 Milwaukee River at Kilbourn Avenue 4/11/2006 051557
study Kilbourn/Reservoir Park 1872-1873 map
626 E. North Ave., 701 E. Garfield Ave.		 7/23/1999 99-0325
study Koch, George, House ("Lion House") 1897 3209 W. Highland Blvd. 2/12/1985 84-1692
  Koeffler, Charles, House 1898 817-19 N. Marshall St. 4/15/1986 85-1754-a
study Konrad & Baumann Building 1905 3225-27 W. Lisbon Ave. 4/7/1998 97-1851
study Kren Bldg. & Carriage Barn 1909 (barn c.1895) 2647-49 N. 27th St. 5/14/2002 020090
study Kubbernuss, Friederick, House 1857-64 222 E. Burleigh St. 7/27/2004 040389
study Kunzelmann, Albert, House 1916 1635 S. 8th St. 3/3/1998 97-1485
study Kuolt, Anton, Saloon 1889 322 W. State St. 4/15/1986 85-2034
study Leister, Isaac, House 1855 11142 W. Bradley Rd. 12/6/1983 83-1429
  Lubavitch Chabad of Milwaukee (formerly Upham House, part of North Lake Drive Historic District) 1912 3109 N. Lake Dr.    
  Machek, Robert, House 1893 1305 N. 19th St. 2/11/1986 85-1725
study MacLaren, Mrs. Myron T., House (UW-Milw. Alumni House) 1920-23 3230 E. Kenwood Blvd. 12/20/1991 91-1564
study Manegold/Gramling House 1913 1202 S. Layton Blvd. 11/5/2003 030872
study Mayer & Durner Buildings 1883-1891 2002-06 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 6/16/1987 87-0087
study McIntosh, Charles, House   (Wis. Conservatory of Music) 1903 1584 N. Prospect Ave. 12/20/1985 85-1520
study Meir, Golda, School 1889-1890 1555 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 11/18/1988 88-1345
study Messmer, Henry, House 1891 2302 N. Booth St. 10/1/1985 85-915
study Milwaukee Fire Department Firehouse Ladder Company No. 5 1886 1945 N. Bartlett Ave. 11/25/2003 030980
study Milwaukee Protestant Home for the Aged 1892 2449 N. Downer Ave. 3/27/1984 83-2269
study Milwaukee River Flushing Tunnel Station 1888 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. 2/3/1987 86-1732
  Mitchell Street Historic District 1875-1935 map 4/15/1986 84-1397
study Niezorawski, Francis (Frank) Duplex 1894 1722-1724 N. Franklin Place 2/5/2008 071338
study North Lake Drive Historic District 1896-1930 map 5/15/1984 84-70
study North Lake Drive Estates Historic District 1907-30 map 7/27/1984
7/9/1998		 84-71
98-0106
study North Point North Historic District 1895-1930 map 3/8/1983 82-1824
study North Point South Historic District 1895-1930 map 7/12/1983 83-410
study North Point Water Tower 1874 East end of North Ave. 11/9/1982 82-1243
  Northwestern National Insurance Company Building 1906 526 E. Wisconsin Ave. 6/16/1987 87-0086
study Octagon House 1852 2443 N. Gordon Pl. 10/9/1998 98-0645
study Old Coast Guard Station 1915-16 1600 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. 4/17/2003 011028
study Old World Third Street Historic District 1855-1910 map 8/2/1991 90-1527
study Pabst Brewery Historic District 1877-1930 map 7/30/1985 85-586
study Pabst Brewing Company Hall (aka Metropolitan Hall) 1890-91 537-41 W. Clarke St. 5/14/2002 011567
  Pabst Mansion 1890-92 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/11/1986 85-1728
study Pabst Tavern 1907 3431-33 W. Vliet St. 3/20/1998 97-1677
study Pabst Theater 1895 144 E .Wells St. 12/7/1982 82-1345
  Paetzold, Lorenz, House c. 1878-83 1942 S. Muskego Ave. 3/25/1986 85-1726
study Peck, George W., Row House 1883 1620-28 N. Farwell Ave. 6/16/1998 97-1896
study Peck, James, S., House 1870-71 1105 N. Waverly Pl. 7/26/1988 88-0635
study Philipp, Emanuel, School 1931 4310 N. 16th St. 11/18/1988 88-1346
  Pryor Avenue Iron Well 1882 1710 E. Pryor Ave. 11/17/1987 87-0591
study Railroad Swing Bridge 1915 Milwaukee River at Jefferson St. 7/15/2005 050249
study Richards, Daniel, House (demolished by fire 7/1/02) c. 1836 & 1841 2863 N. 1st St. 3/21/2000 99-1644
  St. Anthony's Church (part of Mitchell Street Historic District) 1881 1711 S. 9th St. 4/15/1986 84-1397
study St. Benedict the Moor  Roman Catholic Church 1923 1015 N. 9th St. 3/3/1998 97-1486
95-1036
study St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church Complex Historic District (1899-1901 Church) 1893-94 School, 1894 Rectory, 1923-24 Convent map
2604, 2618, 2626 N. Bremen St.
904 E. Clarke St.		 9/17/1992 92-0626
  St. Hedwig's Church (part of Brady Street Historic District) 1886 1716 N. Humboldt Ave. 4/9/1990 89-2161
study St. James Episcopal Church 1867-68 Church, 1899 Parish House 833 W. Wisconsin Ave. 2/12/1991 90-1528
study St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex 1889 804-816 W. Vliet St. 2/27/1990 89-1370
  St. John the Evangelist Cathedral 1847-1966 812 N. Jackson St. 4/15/1992 91-1840
  St. Josaphat Basilica 1896-1901 601 W. Lincoln Ave. 11/17/1987 87-0860
study St. Marcus Parsonage / Mathis House 1926 212 E. North Avenue 3/24/2010 091435
  St. Mark's Episcopal Church (part of Downer Ave. Hist. Dist.) 1911 2604 N. Hackett Ave.    
study St. Mary's Hospital 1908-10 2320-2388 N. Lake Dr. 9/24/2002 020753
study St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church & Rectory 1846;1922 836-44 N. Broadway 4/9/1990 89-2163
  St. Stanislaus Church (part of Mitchell Street Historic District) 1872-1894 524 W. Mitchell St. 4/15/1986 84-1397
study Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church 1863 6814 N. 107th St. 9/17/1992 91-2240
study Schlitz Tavern 1890 2249 N. Humboldt Ave. aka 1025 E. North Ave. 1/18/2000 99-1412
study Schlitz Tavern / Coventry Inn 1904; 1935 2501 W. Greenfield Ave. 2/9/2010 091275
study Schuster, George, House 1891 3209 W. Wells St.. 10/23/2007 070797
  Second Church of Christ, Scientist 1913 2722 W. Highland Blvd. 6/9/1998 98-0079
study Second Ward Savings Bank (Milwaukee County Historical Society Building) 1913 910 N. Old World Third St. 2/15/1983 82-1825
  Seventh Day Adventist Central Church (part of North Point South Historic District) 1913 2229 N. Terrace Ave. 7/12/1983 83-410
  Sherman Blvd. Congregational Church (Community Baptist Church, part of Sherman Blvd. Historic District) 1924-25 2249 N. Sherman Blvd.    
study Sherman Boulevard Historic District   map 1/24/1995 94-0793
  Sherman Park Ev. Lutheran (part of Sherman Blvd. Historic District) 1929 2703 N. Sherman Blvd.    
study Sieglaff, William, Duplex 1901 1131 N. 13th St. 6/4/2002 000422
study Sievers, George A. House 1941 3173 and 3179-81 S. 31st St. 3/3/2009 081440
  Sixth Church of Christ Scientist 1902 1036 N. Van Buren St. 5/17/1983 83-78
study Smith, Lloyd, House 1923 2220 N. Terrace Ave. 12/7/1982 82-1345
study State Street Bridge 1924 Milwaukee River at State St. 1/21/2004 031246
study Stehling, Charles, House 1892 1840 N. 5th St. 5/15/1984 84-73
study Stormowski, Edmund, Duplex 1904 1874-46 N. Warren Ave. 11/26/2002 020836
  Third Church of Christ Scientist (now Schrager Auction Gallery, part of Sherman Blvd. Hist. District) 1924 2915 N. Sherman Blvd.    
study Town of Lake Water Tower & Municipal Building 1938-39 4001 S. 6th St. 2/17/1990 89-1928
study Trinity Lutheran Church Complex 1878 1046 N. 9th St. 6/6/2000 99-1829
  Trinity Presbyterian Church (part of Sherman Blvd. Historic District) 1935/1957 3302 N. Sherman Blvd.    
study Trowbridge Street School 1894;1909 1943 E. Trowbridge St. 5/14/1991 90-2086
  Turner Hall 1882 1034 N. 4th St. 4/15/1986 85-2035
study Turner, William J, House 1887 743 N. 25th St. 7/15/2005 050248
study University Club of Milwaukee 1926 924 E. Wells St. 7/15/2003 030388
study Villa Terrace (see Lloyd Smith House)        
study Van Ells Drug Store 1903 2652-54 W. Fond du Lac Ave. 11/19/2001 010729
study Villa Uhrig c. 1853-54 1727 N. 34th St. 10/7/1997 97-0573
study Walker, Chastina, House 1879 3130 W. Wells St. 3/5/1991 90-1576
study Ward Yard Office for 1st Ward 1935 1911 N. Humboldt Ave. 1/25/2001 000671
study Weinstock, Samuel,  House 1889 3402 W. St Paul Ave. 7/28/2009 090327
  Whitehead, R.D., Monument 1910 S. 16th/W. Bow St./S. Pearl St. 2/11/1986 85-1727
study Whitnall House c. 1851 & later 1200-04 E. Locust St., 1208 E. Locust St. 1/25/1999 98-1303
study Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bethel Baptist) 1883 (Side towers added in 1908) map
2030 W. North Ave.		 1/18/2000 99-0852