National or State Registers Record
1749 Prospect Ave
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Lakeview Hospital |
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| Reference Number: | 100010240 |
| Location (Address): | 1749 Prospect Ave |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City/Village: | Milwaukee |
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| Lakeview Hospital was one of Milwaukee’s earliest and most successful osteopathic hospitals. The hospital was opened in 1944 with seventeen beds by three local osteopaths in a former mansion on Prospect Avenue. The building is two-and-a-half stories tall with a basement and an overhanging, gabled roof. The primary elevation features Classical Revival elements such as stone fluting and an entablature with dentilled detailing and pediment above the main entryway. In the early twentieth century, many were skeptical of osteopathic ideas, and osteopaths in Wisconsin faced many legal challenges. In 1920, the Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed osteopaths to be licensed, and osteopaths, with their new legal freedom, planned to open dedicated osteopathic institutions. Lakeview Hospital opened during this time, and over the next two decades, the hospital grew to accommodate more patients as osteopathy became more widely accepted in the country. By the time the hospital ceased operations within the nominated building it had expanded to feature a total of 50 hospital beds, while 7,000 babies were delivered, and 15,000 operations were performed within. In 1965, Lakeview moved to a modern, purpose-built hospital outside Milwaukee. |
| Period of Significance: | 1944-1965 |
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| Area of Significance: | Health/Medicine |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
| Historic Use: | Health Care: Hospital |
| Historic Use: | Recreation And Culture: Music Facility |
| Architectural Style: | Classical Revival |
| Resource Type: | Building |
| Architect: | Fernekes and Cramer (1904) |
| Architect: | Grassold and Johnson (1950) |
| Historic Status: | Date Received/Pending Nomination |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 04/18/2024 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 02/23/2024 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |