Property Record
3347 N DOWNER AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Downer College-Greene Memorial Library / Greene Hall |
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| Other Name: | UW-Milwaukee, Greene Hall, MIL 1920 |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 117761 |
| Location (Address): | 3347 N DOWNER AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 19792011 |
| Historic Use: | library |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Alexander C. Eschweiler |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Milwaukee-Downer |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1974 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Milwaukee Dower Campus) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. The site file also contains documentation and correspondence relating to Memorandum of Agreement stipulations as well as Determination of Eligibility documentation. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Red-brown brick college building designed in the form of a Gothic hall, with buttressed walls and Tudor arch window. Green Hall was named for Elizabeth L. Greene, a member of the Board of the old Milwaukee College, a founder of the Woman's Club of Wisconsin, and a director of the Milwaukee Art Association. The building served as the Milwaukee Downer College Library until 1927, when Chapman Memorial Library was completed. In 1972 part of Greene Hall was converted into an art history museum for the Art History Department. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |