Property Record
704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | S.M. Small Building |
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Other Name: | SMALL BLOCK / Kindy Optical |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 27235 |
Location (Address): | 704-708 N MILWAUKEE ST |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City: | Milwaukee |
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Year Built: | 1866 |
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Additions: | C. 1910 |
Survey Date: | 1984 |
Historic Use: | retail building |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | East Side Commercial Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 9/23/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. |
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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. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |