Property Record
127-133 W PITTSBURGH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sperry Candy Company |
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| Other Name: | Mainstage Theatrical Supply Co. |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 111430 |
| Location (Address): | 127-133 W PITTSBURGH AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 19842016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | South First and Second Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/30/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (South First and Second Street historic District) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Good Art Moderne factory building. Note rounded corner, band of windows, glass blocks and dichromatic bricks. 2016 - Five-story factory with rounded northeast corner, continuous bands of metal sash wrap around corner. Street level entrance has stone trimmed door and windows, glass blocks in openings. |
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| Bibliographic References: | National Register Nomination Form. City Directories. Ray Broekel, The Chocolate Chronicles (Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1985), 13. Samira Kawash, Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure (Macmillan, 2013). William H. Young and Nancy K. Young, The Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007), 79. Richard W. Hartel and AnnaKate Hartel, Candy Bites: The Science of Sweets (Springer Science & Business Media, 2014), 255. Sarah Begley et al., “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time,” Time, accessed August 30, 2016, http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/18/13-most-influential-candy-bars-of-all-time/slide/chicken-dinner/. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |