Property Record
3273 N 17TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 233506 |
| Location (Address): | 3273 N 17TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Alfred Siewert |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016- "Rising two stories and exhibiting slight Mediterranean Revival styling, this six-unit apartment building is largely faced with brick that has been painted white, while the N. 17th Street entrance elevation is comprised of orange-tone face brick. The entrance itself projects from the face of the building and is accented with stone, scrollwork trim and includes a round-arched doorway to the vestibule. The north portion of the entrance elevation presents itself as a tower-like element, while the south two thirds is finished with a pent roofline with red shingles. Windows throughout the building are largely regularly arranged in pairs and tripartite groupings, with many still retaining their original six-over-six-light sash. All first-floor openings are boarded over; however, they appear to be intact behind the board. Begun in 1928, this apartment building was designed by architect Alfred Siewert and was built by Mike Shapiro, Inc. (real estate) for an approximate cost of $20,000. Permits identify the structure as complete as of January 1929 and all six apartments were occupied as of the 1929 city directory. The apartment building now stands vacant and is owned by the City of Milwaukee." -"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 material: Original permit for 3273 (was 1409) N. 17th Street, 16 June 1928, includes owner name, cost and architect; The building was noted as complete as of an inspection on 19 January 1929; Milwaukee City Directory, 1929, 1930, 1931 (the directories do not identify the building with a building name). Original occupants are identified as George (an accountant) and Emma M. Davis; Merlin Mullane (a bookkeeper with Fairbanks Morse); Herbert (a helper) and Gladys Holtz; Fred Stahnke (clerk with Northwestern Mutual Life); Alfred (no occupation listed) and Frances Wilmot; and Edwin Pautzke (a purchasing agent with the Harnischfeger Corporation). Only Pautzke remained in the building as of 1930; however he had moved by 1931. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |