Property Record
427 E STEWART ST (E END OF COMPLEX)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mechanical Appliance Co., Louis Allis Company |
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| Other Name: | Magnatek Louis Allis |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 101693 |
| Location (Address): | 427 E STEWART ST (E END OF COMPLEX) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Survey Date: | 19902016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Peter Brust; Meredith Bros. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - Large complex with multiple offices and production facilities. Flat and sawtooth rooflines, service rail through north side, main corridor to north. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “The Louis Allis Company,” n.d., Louis Allis Company - Mss-1670, Box 3, Folder 33, Milwaukee County Historical Society. “Louis Allis News” (Louis Allis Company, January 1957), 6, Louis Allis Company - Mss-1670, Box 3, Folder 30, Milwaukee County Historical Society. Louis Allis Company, “Welcome to Our Guests,” 1957, 3, Louis Allis Company - Mss-1670, Box 3, Folder 33, Milwaukee County Historical Society. Robert Mullins, “Louis Allis: What Happened?,” Milwaukee Business Journal, December 6, 1998, http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1998/12/07/focus1.html. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |