Property Record
2217 S 1ST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Vilter Manufacturing, Office |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232646 |
| Location (Address): | 2217 S 1ST ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 2017 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - Three-story office building with stone sills, cornice, and trim, and decorative soldier brick courses. A stone plaque above the entrance on the east facade reads "Vilter 1867-1919." Lower story windows have been boarded over. 2024: Not extant |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date stone A.A. Silverman, “Special 125th Anniversary Issue on the History of Vilter Manufacturing Corporation,” Vilter Booster 45, no. 2 (Summer 1992): 3-18. Milwaukee: A Half Century’s Progress, 1846-1896, 121. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |