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704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:S.M. Small Building
Other Name:SMALL BLOCK / Kindy Optical
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:27235
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1866
Additions:C. 1910
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: East Side Commercial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:9/23/1986
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:LOCALLY DESIGNATED 11/17/87. PART 1 APPROVED 5/21/91. HABS WI-259.

An excellent example of an early brick commercial block whose upper floors remain in nearly original condition.

Occupied by a succession of commerical enterprises.

This block-long district-within-a-district traces eight decades of change in commercial-building design. The story begins just after the Civil War, in the 1860s and 1870s. Toward the south, a collection of three- and four-story structures illustrate the era of small-scale Italianate commercial architecture better than does any other assemblage in the city.
Bibliographic References:THE HISTORIC NAME IS FROM THE 7/20/1866 ISSUE OF THE MILWAUKEE SENTINEL. THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION IS ON THE BUILDING. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: JUNEAUTOWN, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. Wisconsin Academy Review, XVII, No. 4, Winter. Inscription. Milwaukee of Today, 1892, pg. 205. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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