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3253 N DOWNER AVE

Historic Name:
Vogel Hall - Milwaukee-Downer Seminary
Other Name:
UW-Milwaukee, Vogel Hall, MIL 1963
Reference Number:
115328

Property Location

Location (Address)
3253 N DOWNER AVE
County
Milwaukee
City/Village
Milwaukee
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1936
Additions
Survey Date
1979,2011
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Eschweiler & Eschweiler
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Red-brown brick college building designed in the English Tudor mode.


HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Part of the Milwaukee-Downer Seminary complex. (See also 2501 and 2513 E. Hartford Ave. (Pearse Hall and Garland Hall)).

Construction date, 1936. (1)

Milwaukee-Downer Seminary, 1936-61. (1)

UWM, 1961-present. (1)
Bibliographic References
1. Woods, Donald A., UWM Buildings (UWM Library, 2nd ed., 1977), p. 36. http://www4.uwm,edu/map/buildings/vt-vog-prof.cfm (2011)

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Milwaukee-Downer
National Register Listing Date
Jan 17, 1974
State Register Listing Date
Jan 01, 1989
Contributing
Yes
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