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3825 N TEUTONIA AVE

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3825 N TEUTONIA AVE

Historic Name:
Holl Floral Shop

Other Name:

Reference Number:
233516

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Property Location

Location (Address)

3825 N TEUTONIA AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1950

Additions

Survey Date

2016

Historic Use

small retail building

Architectural Style

Contemporary

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

2020

Additional Comments

2017- "This one-story, brick-faced commercial building consists of a retail storefront and a greenhouse to the rear. Although the door has since been boarded over, the angled and flat-roofed display window projection defines the Contemporary-style structure. Signage on the roof, which reads Baldwin Florist, as well as painted wall signage on the north, identifies the building’s second owner and a brick chimney runs up the south side of the building. The former greenhouse at the rear has been entirely boarded over. Built in 1950, the Holl Floral Shop, which was operated by Erwin B. Holl, opened in January 1951. Holl was born in 1903 and, after initially employed as a sheet metal worker, he joined Mr. Gresl in a florist operation located at 3173 N. Humboldt Avenue. Holl operated the N. Teutonia Avenue floral shop until selling to Constance Baldwin in 1974. The building operated as a floral shop through at least 2005 but has stood vacant (and in deteriorating condition) for a number of years." -"N Teutonia Ave: W Groeling Ave to W Capitol Dr", WisDOT#2080-00-02, Prepared by Heritage Research, Inc. (Schnell), (2017). From a member of the public: 3825 N Teutonia Ave was Baldwin’s Florist the first black owned flower shop. It was started by the daughter of the first knowingly elected black Assemblyman Lee Roy Simmons.

Bibliographic References

2016 survey citations: Original permit for 3825 N. Teutonia Avenue, 12 September 1950; Milwaukee City Directory, 1938; U.S. Federal Census, 1930, 1940; Permit for signage, Baldwin Flowers, 9 July 1974.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

small retail building Contemporary

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1950-1959
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI233516

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