3930 N. Murray Ave., Shorewood, Milwaukee County 

Shorewood Village Hall was built in 1908 as a four-room school to serve Shorewood, then called East Milwaukee. In 1915 this building became the seat of village government. The building was extensively remodeled in 1937 with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds, and again in 1985. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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[Source: McBride, Sarah Davis. History Just Ahead (Madison:WHS, 1999).]