Property Record
2844 N OAKLAND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Miramar Theatre |
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| Reference Number: | 111381 |
| Location (Address): | 2844 N OAKLAND AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1913 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | theater |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | George C. Ehlers |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Was known as the Miramar Theatre at least until 1931. A representative example of a WWI period theater. Contractor was L. Stollberg. By 1940, the building was owned by the Fox Eastside Theater Corporation and was referred to as the "Oakland Theater". In the mid-1950s, it was renamed the "Fred Miller Theater". Previously surveyed in 1980 with map code 45/20. Map name was LUQS 316. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City directories. Permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |