1712 S 32ND ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1712 S 32ND ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1712 S 32ND ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Walker Junior High School
Other Name:Carmen High School of Science and Technology - South Campus
Contributing:
Reference Number:237924
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1712 S 32ND ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1923
Additions: 1929
Survey Date:2019
Historic Use:school – elem/middle/jr high/high
Architectural Style:Late Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:The school is clad in buff brick with limestone and cast stone trim. The school displays character-defining elements of the Collegiate Gothic style such as ganged windows, pier buttresses, diapered brickwork, and Gothic-style mouldings and decorative carvings. The schools also incorporates Art Deco-style elements including towers with stepped setbacks, and stylized geometric ornaments. The building is one of fewer than a dozen Milwaukee Public Schools to retain its original windows.

Walker Junior High School was designed by Guy E. Wiley, Chief of Construction Division for the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. Wiley designed a number of other schools, and Walker Junior High School displays several elements common to his school designs of the period, especially the door treatments with decorative silhouettes and exaggerated architraves, and the tower treatments with prominent vertical bays culminating in small round-headed arches.
Bibliographic References:Construction Dates: MPS.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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