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7416 HARWOOD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

7416 HARWOOD AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
7416 HARWOOD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Underwood Hotel
Other Name:THE HARWOOD BUILDING OFFICES / UNDERWOOD APARTMENTS
Contributing:
Reference Number:233147
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):7416 HARWOOD AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Wauwatosa
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1930
Additions: 1937
Survey Date:2016
Historic Use:lodging-hotel
Architectural Style:Spanish/Mediterranean Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: John Topzant (1937); A.l. Seidenschwartz (1930)
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:The Mediterranean Revival Harwood Building, also known as the Underwood Hotel, was constructed in 1930. The hotel, named after Wauwatosa pioneer, William O. Underwood, featured a dining room and dance hall on the first floor. A third-floor addition was completed in 1937. The building was converted into the Underwood Apartments in 1953.
Bibliographic References:Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1926-1992, on file at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. Images of America: Wauwatosa (2004), page 40. "Ask Wauwatosa to Permit Hotel," The Milwaukee Journal, 4 January 1929. "Hotel is Rising in Wauwatosa," The Milwaukee Sentinel, 29 September 1929. "Suburb Hotel to Open Soon," The Milwaukee Sentinel, 2 February 1930. Grand opening to be held 15-22 March. "Hotel to Add Another Story," The Milwaukee Journal, 28 March 1937.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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