Property Record
2800 W WRIGHT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Spencerian Business College |
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| Other Name: | Wisconsin Telephone (vacant) - Kilbourn Exchange |
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| Reference Number: | 116340 |
| Location (Address): | 2800 W WRIGHT ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | telephone/telegraph building |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Eschweiler, A. C. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Spencerian Business College |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/14/2008 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/20/2007 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Telephone Exchange building designed in the Georgian Revival. Building constructed as the Wisconsin Telephone - Kilbourn Exchange. Construction date, 1911. (1) Witte, Builder. (1) |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Building Permit |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |