Property Record
8000 W NATIONAL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Robert Polzin Shoe Store |
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| Other Name: | FLOWERLAND |
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| Reference Number: | 9253 |
| Location (Address): | 8000 W NATIONAL AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | West Allis |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 2007 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Artificial Stone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ORIELS ON SIDE. Was a shoe store until around 1920 when it housed the Lincoln School Kindergarten. Around 1925 Charles Sorensen ran a barber shop here which lasted until about 1935. Starting in 1970, the building was owned by Flower Land. Previously surveyed in 1980, was part of the National Avenue Commercial Historic District, district no longer holds. Photo needs no update as of 2007, building lacked initial integrity. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City directories. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |