6125-6129 W GREENFIELD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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6125-6129 W GREENFIELD AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
6125-6129 W GREENFIELD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Edward G. Jones Building
Other Name:Reuter & Associates Insurance
Contributing:
Reference Number:145327
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):6125-6129 W GREENFIELD AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:West Allis
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1918
Additions:
Survey Date:2007201520192020
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Construction date from Assessor's records. Edward G. Jones listed as a druggist at this location by 1916. His name is listed as the owner on the building permit for the oil tank in 1924. On the 1910 Sanborn map, there are two seperate buildings indicated on the map, which are combined as one by 1927.

By 1971, the building contained an insurance office. The existing configuration and partial infilling of the storefronts occurred in 1985.

2019 - Resurveyed - appearance unchanged.

**2020 - Resurveyed for I-94 project 1060-27-04. No significant changes apparent.
Bibliographic References:Wright's West Allis City Directories, 1921, 1927; Building Permit (oil tank), 6 August 1924;Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of West Allis, 1910, 1927.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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