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Property Record

219 N MILWAUKEE ST

Historic Name:
Phoenix Knitting Co. - Plant #4
Other Name:
Phoenix Building / Wegmann Wines
Reference Number:
98157

Property Location

Location (Address)
219 N MILWAUKEE ST
County
Milwaukee
City/Village
Milwaukee
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1917
Additions
Survey Date
1984
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
O.c. Uehling
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, State Historic Preservation Office. Seven story brown brick curtain walls on reinforced concrete frame, stone trim.

Complete two years after its look alike to the south, this was Phoenix Knitting Co.'s Plant #4. The dye and wash area was in the basement, printing, stock and shipping on the first floor, packing on the second and knitting on the floors above. A concrete stack rises above the boiler room in the rear that supplied three plants with heat and steam. By 1940, this company employed 400 persons. (see also 311 E. Chicago, 207 N. Milwaukee, 320 E. Buffalo). Since 1956 this building has been used by several firms for offices, warehouses and light manufacturing. The parking lot to the north was another Phoenix plant formerly.

This building was vacant as of 1983, but in 2009 it was the home to the Historic Third Ward Association and retail businesses such as The Piano Gallery and both Jacquelynn's and Grace Graves' Haviland China Matching Services.
Bibliographic References
Permit. Historic Third Ward Historic Walking Tour, Historic Third Ward Association, 2009.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Historic Third Ward District
National Register Listing Date
Mar 08, 1984
State Register Listing Date
Jan 01, 1989
Contributing
Yes
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