Property Record
1207 W VLIET ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | G. M. Schackell Building |
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| Reference Number: | 230737 |
| Location (Address): | 1207 W VLIET ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 20152022 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | H. Schmidt & Sons (builder) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This building was constructed in 1924 by H. Schmidt & Sons, Inc. for G. M. Schackell. The first occupant was the Pierce Cloak Company which gave way by 1931 to Polonia Credit Company Clothing. Columbia Credit Clothiers, Inc. occupied the building from the late 1930s to the mid 1960s. It currently operates as a furniture store. 2015- "Faced with brick, this two-story Twentieth-Century Commercial building has a storefront consisting of a recessed entrance and replacement plate-glass windows. Modern materials and signage cover the space between the storefront windows and those on the second floor, which consists of a wooden-framed window wall consisting of plate-glass windows, a set of swinging doors and a transom. A denticulated stone cornice lies underneath a plain brick parapet with stone cap. This building was constructed in 1924 by H. Schmidt & Sons, Inc. for G. M. Schack ell. The first occupant was the Pierce Cloak Company which gave way by 1931 to Polonia Credit Company Clothing. Columbia Credit Clothiers, Inc. occupied the building from the late 1930s to the mid 1960s. It currently operates as a furniture store." -"W Vliet St, N 27th St (west) to N 12th St (east)", WISDot 2984-00-03, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Brian J. Faltinson & Traci E. Schnell), 2015. *2022 - Resurvey by HRL for WisDOT project. Little or no change since 2015. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Directories, Permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |