2469-2483 S KINNICKINNIC AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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2469-2483 S KINNICKINNIC AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
2469-2483 S KINNICKINNIC AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Avalon Theater and Apartments
Other Name:AVALON THEATER
Contributing:
Reference Number:27772
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2469-2483 S KINNICKINNIC AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1929
Additions:
Survey Date:1990
Historic Use:theater/opera house/concert hall
Architectural Style:Spanish/Mediterranean Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: RUSSELL BARR WILLIAMSON
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. NAMED AFTER A POPULAR AL JOLSON/VINCENT ROSE SONG. WAS MILWAUKEE'S FIRST THEATER DESIGNED AND BUILT EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOUND AND TALKING MOTION PICTURES. WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE "ATMOSPHERIC" THEATERS BUILT IN MILWAUKEE AND IS THE ONLY ONE STILL IN OPERATION. Original seating capacity estimated at 1678. Twenty apartments in south half.
Bibliographic References:PERMIT. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS DRIVING TOUR OF BAY VIEW. Tax Program. Milwaukee City Directories, 1928 - 1931 & 1979 Headley, Robert , 'Theaters of Milwaukee' Journal of the Theater Historical Society, v 3, no. 1 (1971) p.12. Milwaukee Shepherd Express 11/13/2003. Oak Creek Bay Viewer 5/20/2004. Milwaukee Business Journal 5/21/2004.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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