5600 W OKLAHOMA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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5600 W OKLAHOMA AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
5600 W OKLAHOMA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Engine Company No. 10
Other Name:Truck Company No. 17
Contributing:
Reference Number:230748
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):5600 W OKLAHOMA AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1957
Additions:
Survey Date:2015
Historic Use:fire house
Architectural Style:Contemporary
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: George C. Ashton
Other Buildings On Site:
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:Original building permit dates to 29 May 1953, but Certificate of Occupancy not issued until 13 February 1957.

Built at an estimated cost of $148,000, J. G. Jansen Construction Company was the contractor.

2015- "This brick, two-story fire station has a flat roof and exhibits asymmetrical massing. The building features modest Art Moderne attributes with its rounded corner, horizontal bands of windows and use of glass block. The entrance faces S. 561th Street and is centered within a projecting, two-story block that is sheathed with irregular coursed, cut limestone. It is sheltered by a one-story, flat-roof canopy featuring round steel supports. A tall, vettically oriented glass block window is found above the canopy. The fire truck bay faces W. Oklahoma Avenue and feahtres a modest flat-roof canopy. Above the fire truck bay on the upper level, a horizontal band of windows wraps around to the east elevation. A one-story block with a rounded corner is situated within the intersection of the entrance block and fire truck bay block. The rounded corner is accented with glass block set within a horizontal band of windows. An additional entrance is located to the west of these windows. Excepting the glass block windows, fenestration is entirely modern."
-"W. Oklahoma Ave: S. 60th St (west) to S. 49th St (east)", WisDOT#2400-00-02, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (McQuillen), 2015.
Bibliographic References:Building permits; Milwaukee directories
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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