Property Record
1430 UNDERWOOD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wauwatosa Fire Station and City Hall |
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| Reference Number: | 77338 |
| Location (Address): | 1430 UNDERWOOD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1899 |
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| Survey Date: | 19952016 |
| Historic Use: | city/town/village hall/auditorium |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Early City Hall and first Fire Department after 1895 fire. The first fire station in Wauwatosa, partly inspired by the extensive and damaging fire experienced in the village center in 1895, was established by the newly formed city in 1899. The building was constructed with the City Hall and Police Station on the second floor and fire station and wagons below. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1926-1992, on file at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. Wauwatosa Historical Society general files. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |