Property Record
1210 W MINERAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Eighth District School No. 1 |
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| Other Name: | Albert E. Kagel School |
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| Reference Number: | 103300 |
| Location (Address): | 1210 W MINERAL ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | 1917 |
| Survey Date: | 198520191973 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | H. C. Koch & Co; Van Ryn & DeGelleke (1917 addition) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | One of the best preserved of Milwaukee's large city schools of this era. 1973: "This school building strongly resembles the Eugene Field School located at 1226 South Seventh Street, and is also of Richardsonian Romanesque design. The school, originally named Eighth District Public School was renamed in 1926 the Albert E Kagel School. Alterations and Additions (as of 1973): The interior of the school has been modernized; numerous electrical permits are recorded." The school was designed by Henry C. Koch in the Romanesque Revival style, with a 1917 addition designed by Van Ryn & de Gelleke. The school is clad in brick with stone accents, decorative terracotta panels, and a rock-faced stone basement story. The school has replacement windows that follow the mullion divisions of the originals. Two chimneys have been removed, but the roof retains its original polygonal ventilator. The school displays character-defining features of the Romanesque Revival style such as prominent round-headed arches, heavy masonry, and wall dormers. The Eighth District School No. 1 is one of the most intact nineteenth-century schools in Milwaukee, with only one significant addition, dating to 1917. The building remains in use as a school. The Eighth District School No. 1 was constructed in 1890-91. The school is nearly identical in appearance to the Sixth District School No. 1 (Golda Meier/Fourth Street School; NRHP-listed), also designed by Koch the year before the Eighth District School No. 1. |
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| Bibliographic References: | School board. Insurance Maps of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1888, III, 222. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |