Property Record
1933 S 1ST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Froemming Bros. Shipbuilding |
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| Other Name: | Milwaukee Marine |
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| Reference Number: | 108533 |
| Location (Address): | 1933 S 1ST ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1941 |
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| Survey Date: | 198820162024 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2024: The Froemming Brothers Shipping Inc. warehouse was constructed in 1941 along the north bank of Kinnickinnic River west of S. 1st Street. It is an irregular plan building consisting of a long, narrow warehouse with a central gabled monitor roof and flanking side-bays, a gable roof addition spanning the entire west elevation of the warehouse, and a two-story flat roof addition at the north end of the east elevation. The exteriors of the warehouse and the full-width addition are clad in corrugated metal. Vehicular entrances are in the south and north gable end elevations of the warehouse and the full-width addition. The southeast and east elevations of the two-story addition include ribbons of 12- and 15- light steel windows with central hopper sashes. --- 2016 - appearance unchanged. Corrugated metal sheds, metal windows along E elevation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |