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1515 W LAPHAM BLVD

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1515 W LAPHAM BLVD

Historic Name:
South Division High School

Other Name:

Reference Number:
237927

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1515 W LAPHAM BLVD

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1977

Additions

Survey Date

2019

Historic Use

school – elem/middle/jr high/high

Architectural Style

Contemporary

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Johnson, Wagner, Isley, Widen & Hipp

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

"Milwaukee's first public high school opened on the east side in the 1860's and enrolled pupils from throughout the community. In 1891 south side parents agreed on the desirability of having their children attend classes closer to home and by 1893 had persuaded the school board to build a high school at South 7th and West Madison Streets (later the Eugene Field School). Increasing enrollments soon taxed this facility, however, and led to construction of South Division High at the turn of the century." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969.

Bibliographic References

Construction Date: MPS. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

school – elem/middle/jr high/high Contemporary

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1970-1979
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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