Property Record
300 N VAN BUREN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago Northwestern Railroad |
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| Other Name: | Emerald Yacht-Ship |
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| Reference Number: | 113426 |
| Location (Address): | 300 N VAN BUREN ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Additions: | 1952 1890 |
| Survey Date: | 2004201320002016 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Charles Sumner Frost |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Addition was added in 1890. Two story addition was added in 1952. The 170/23 photo code is from 2004 survey. Previously surveyed in 1984 with a map code of 156/3 on a map labeled 396. Resurveyed 2011. Appearance relatively unchanged. Frame additions to end of brick building have been reclad in vinyl siding with new windows and doors. Brick building is unchanged. 2016 - Appearance unchanged. Two-story brown brick with a flat roof with minimal corbelling. Most windows are single-pane and fixed. Two entrances are located on the main (west) facade, as well as a central loading bay. "One year after the present North Western Depot was finished, the Illustrated Description of Milwaukee called it "the most convenient, finished, and elegant passenger station in the West" and noted that it was one of the most costly structures built here in 1889. Another early writer observed that the depot "gave by its cleanliness and surroundings an excellent idea of the city to all arriving here for the first time." From those days to the present the picturesque brick building with its lofty clock tower has been a Milwaukee landmark. Stylistically Frost's design is indebted to the conceptions of H. H. Richardson, the Boston architect who popularized Romanesque Revival forms during the 1870's and 1880's. Since the late 19th century the only major changes in the depot were those made in 1941, when the main entrance was elevated to meet the raised surface of Wisconsin Avenue." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia Palmer for the University of Wisconsin Extension Division, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Juneautown Walking Tour, 1965. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permit. "Architecture and History Survey: IH 794" WHS project number 12-0122/MI. August 2013. Prepared by Justin Miller for GLARC Inc. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia Palmer for the University of Wisconsin Extension Division, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Juneautown Walking Tour, 1965. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |