Property Record
1023-1025 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 1023-1025 N 3RD ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Wisconsin Floor Covering/Wm. Reilly Academy of Ballet |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 108679 |
| Location (Address): | 1023-1025 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 1023-1025 N 3RD ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Charles F. Ringer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Old World Third Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/19/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Originally four floors. Fair example of a late 19th century commercial building with integrity of form. Established in 1849 by Enno Dorestan as a drug store. Bought out drug and paint business of Kirst and Hecht in 1883. Udo Dorestan was a wholesaler and retailer of paints, oils and glass here in 1894. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax Program. Building permit. Commercial File - Enno Dorestan. Milwaukee - 1/2 Century's Progress - p. 143. Milwaukee of Today, p. 98. National Register Nomination Form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |