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555 N PLANKINTON AVE

Historic Name:
Gimbels Parking Pavilion (Electric City)

Other Name:

Reference Number:
113344

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Property Location

Location (Address)

555 N PLANKINTON AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1946

Additions

Survey Date

1984

Historic Use

parking structure

Architectural Style

Art/Streamline Moderne

Structural System

Wall Material

Concrete

Architect

Frank Drolshagen and Mario Schiavonni

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Builder was Klug and Smith.

Bibliographic References

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National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Gimbels Parking Pavilion

National Register Listing Date

Mar 29, 2001

State Register Listing Date

Jan 19, 2001

Contributing

parking structure Art/Streamline Moderne

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1940-1949
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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