Property Record
1135 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST (AKA 1135-1137 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sylvester Wabiszewski Building/Waldheim & Co. Furniture |
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| Other Name: | J.C. Penney Department Store |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 119335 |
| Location (Address): | 1135 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST (AKA 1135-1137 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 19802017 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Herbst & Kuenzli |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | West Mitchell Street Commercial District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/9/2018 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 5/18/2018 |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permit, 11 July 1927; est. cost, $100,000. "Waldheim & Co. Open New Furniture Store at 7th and Mitchell," The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 2 December 1927, page 12, col. 3. "Victor Waldheim, Founder of Big Firm, Dies at 62," The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 24 February 1922, 1/2, 4/3-4. Sylvester Wabiszewski was behind the building's development, as his name is on the plans, on file at the Wisconsin Architectural Archive, Milwaukee Public (Central) Library. JC Penney moved into the building later. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |