Property Record
801-805 S 2ND ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FREDERICK BAHR BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | LA CAGE AUX FOLLIES |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 16430 |
| Location (Address): | 801-805 S 2ND ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 19881973 |
| Historic Use: | grocery store/supermarket |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Walker's Point Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/19/1978 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | This building once historically functioned as a grocery store. [E]. 1973: "Frederick Bahr, the original owner, was a native of West Prussia who settled in Walker's Point in 1857 and established a grocery business soon after. This building, which accommodated both his store and residence, was finished the year before his death. It is an especially ornamental late Victorian design. Alterations and Additions (as of 1973): There have been no important alterations in or on this building in its history, beyond remodeling of the street fronts on the first story." |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. INSCRIPTION. B. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 175. C. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: WALKER'S POINT (COMMERCIAL), CITY D. OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. E. City Directory. Palmer, Virginia A. and Wietczykowski, Mary Ellen, Walker's Point: Two Walking tours, Milwaukee, 1972, 10-11, 13. Spensley, James W., "Frederick Bahr Building", Walker's Point Preservation District Inventory prepared for Land Ethics, Inc., Milwaukee, 1970, and sources cited. Historic Walker's Point, Inc., A Guide to Historic Walker's Point, 1978. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |