Property Record
1500 W NATIONAL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Cochrane Compressor Co. |
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| Reference Number: | 103899 |
| Location (Address): | 1500 W NATIONAL AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 198520162021 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - One story block has arched openings and decorative parapet with concrete accents, openings covered with corrugated metal. Resurveyed in 2021 by UWM-CRM. This Twentieth Century Commercial auto showroom was built in 1926. It is clad in red brick and is three bays wide, with two large arched openings and one square-headed opening. All of the masonry openings are currently filled with vertical metal cladding. The facade of the building is capped with a crenellated parapet with cast stone coping and a cast stone shield bearing the date 1926. The original address of this building was 1500 W. National Ave. The building is currently located on the same legal parcel as two other buildings which all share the address of 1500 W. National Ave. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |