Property Record
1732 N PROSPECT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lake Crest Apartments |
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| Other Name: | Lake Crest |
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| Reference Number: | 104998 |
| Location (Address): | 1732 N PROSPECT |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1950 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862010 |
| Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Michael B Coifman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research. 2010: This nine-story, Contemporary-style, brick apartment building features a limestone entrance surround with a flat hood and detached metal, Art-Deco-like sidelights. Window openings contain limestone sills and one-over-one, double-hung windows. These windows are arranged both singly and in pairs, as well as in bands of five on the main (northwest) facade. Constructed in 1950, the Lake Crest Apartment Building was designed by Michael B. Coifman. It originally contained 127 units. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City of Milwaukee Intensive Survey Form--1732 N. Prospect Avenue Milwaukee City Directory, 1962 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |