Property Record
720 E CAPITOL DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WTMJ "Radio City" |
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| Other Name: | WTMJ - WKTI Radio and TV station |
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| Reference Number: | 115570 |
| Location (Address): | 720 E CAPITOL DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1941 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Eschweiler & Eschweiler |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Excellent example of an Art Moderne radio television station in nearly original condition. Note smooth stone wall surfaces, rounded corners, and rounded elements of entranceway. Compare with stations shown on pages 56-58 of reference 2. Construction date, 1941. (1) Dahlman Cnst., Builder. WKTI (94.5) was, at the time of this documentation (1979) a top-40 / AOR FM station owned by the Journal Broadcast Group. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Building Permit. 2. Greif, Martin; Depression Modern. Davis, Fifty years of Arch-the House of Eschweiler, Milwaukee, 1943. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |