| Additional Information: | 2016- "Union Cemetery is bounded by N. 20th Street (west), W. Keefe Street (north), N. Teutonia (east), W. Groeling (south) and N. Hopkins Street (southwest). The cemetery entrance is marked by a series of six, rectilinear driveway markers that are constructed of stone; a sphere or ball tops each of them. The outer pairs are connected via a short, arced wall, while the central examples, which are taller than the outer four, stand unconnected. Iron fencing formerly connected the pillars/markers. In addition to the entrance markers, a continuous wall comprised of concrete panels runs along a portion of the cemetery along N. Teutonia Avenue (between N. 18th and Keefe Avenue), as well as along N. 20th Street (at W. Townsend); a short length of a stone-veneer retaining wall is located at W. Concordia Avenue. A number of buildings have been located on the premises over the years, including a 1904 office building (no longer extant). However, the grounds today consist of largely smaller grave markers arranged within curvilinear (driveable) pathways, along with a large, modern concrete block utility shed with overhead doors (at the parcels northwest corner).
The Union Cemetery Association was established in January 1865 and the first person interred was Maria Heitz in June of that same year. Between June 1867 and June 1880, the total number of interments amounted to 9,863. The following year, the cemetery covered 41 acres, 24 of which had been recently purchased. As of 1881, the board of trustees consisted of nine members, three each representing the three Lutheran churches: Grace, St. John’s and Trinity. An office building designed by Leiser & Holst was added to the premises in 1904, which was demolished in 1991. Permits identify additional building demolition as having occurred in 1966."
-"N Teutonia Ave: W Groeling Ave to W Capitol Dr", WisDOT#2080-00-02, Prepared by Heritage Research, Inc. (Schnell), (2017). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Citations for 2016 survey info: Frank A. Flower, ed., History of Milwaukee (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881); Permit for office, 14 July 1904, est. cost, $5,000; Permits for demolition, 2 May 1966 and 24 June 1991; there is no permit for the construction of the entrance gates or walls.
A partial cemetery interment list includes the names of two people (Kaltenborn & Smith) identified as “somewhat famous” people, Information available online at www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=1638206, Accessed April 2017; Gurda, Milwaukee: A City of Neighborhoods, 234. |
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