Property Record
2620 W WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milwaukee Waukesha Delivery |
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| Other Name: | Boulevard Storage |
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| Reference Number: | 113898 |
| Location (Address): | 2620 W WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983201420162017 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Frank E. Gray |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2014- "The Milwaukee-Waukesha Delivery Company building is a five-story commercial vernacular building completed in 1923. It has a flat roof with limestone coping and a central triangular limestone pediment. At the center of the pediment is an urn flanked by volutes. The first story has a raised ceiling and a decorative limestone cornice supported by simple brackets. Below the cornice is a pattern of glazed brick work. The first story has large, replacement, storefront windows, with two off-center glass doors. On the others stories, three windows are spaced symmetrically across the facade. Windows on the second story are two-over-two, double-hung, wood sash with decorative glazed brickwork and limestone lintels. The third and fourth stories have a small central casement windows flanked by two-over-over, double-hung, wood sash windows; all have limestone sills. 2016 - resurveyed, appearance unchanged." -"W Wisconsin Ave, 20th St-35th St", WisDOT #2190-00-00, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc. (2014). 2017 - This five-story commercial vernacular building was completed in 1923. It is faced with red brick and has a flat roof with limestone coping and a central triangular limestone pediment. The storefront level is three bays wide, each consisting of large, replacement storefront windows. The second story has three two-over-two wood sashes, each with a decorative surround consisting of glazed brickwork and a limestone lintel. The third, fourth, and fifth stories have a small central casement window flanked by two-over-two wood sash windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |