Wisconsin - Milwaukee County - Vacant / Not In Use
Milwaukee County Wisconsin (Vacant / Not In Use) has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blatz Brewery Complex, Blatz, Valentin, Brewing Company Office Building, Oneida Street Station, Pabst Brewing Company Complex and APPOMATTOX (Shipwreck).

Several famous people are associated with these Milwaukee County historic places including Dr. Edgar End, Rev. Herman Fritschel and Jeremiah Curtin.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Milwaukee County places including Herman V. Esser, Charles Hoffmann, H. Paul Schnetzky, August Gunzmann, Edward T. Mix, Louis Lehle, Otto Strack, Van Ryn & DeGelleke, Allyne Litchfield and James Davidson. Prominent architectural styles found in Milwaukee Country are Classical Revival, Gothic and Greek Revival.

APPOMATTOX (Shipwreck) (added 2005 - - #04001547)
Off Atwater Beach , Shorewood
GreatLakesShips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davidson, James
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Maritime History, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Baumbach Building (added 1983 - - #83003403)
302 N. Broadway St. , Milwaukee
Freekee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Liebert,Eugene R.
Architectural Style:
Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Blatz Brewery Complex (added 1986 - - #86000793)
1101--1147 N. Broadway , Milwaukee
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lehle,Louis, Gunzmann,August
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Blatz, Valentin, Brewing Company Office Building (added 1983 - - #83003404)
1120 N. Broadway , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schnetzky,H. Paul
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Church, Benjamin, House (added 1972 - - #72000059)
Also known as Kilbourntown House
Parkway Dr., Eastabrook Park , Shorewood
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Coast Guard Station, Old (added 2009 - - #89001047)
1600 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Prairie School
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Commerce Street Power Plant (added 1999 - - #99000761)
1338 N. Commerce St. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Curtin, Jeremiah, House (added 1972 - - #72000060)
8685 W. Grange Ave. , Greendale
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Curtin, Jeremiah
Significant Year:
1847, 1846
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Literature, European
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Florida and Third Industrial Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000656)
234-500 (even side) W. Florida St., 222 W. Pittsburgh Ave., 212, 222, 305, 331 S. Third St., 400 S. Fifth St. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Strack, Otto, et al.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Knapp-Astor House (added 1980 - - #80000167)
Also known as Montgomery House
930 E. Knapp St. and 1301 N. Astor St. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ferry & Clas
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
LUMBERMAN shipwreck (schooner) (added 2009 - - #08001331)
4 mi. E. of Benton Park, bottom of Lake Michigan , Oak Creek
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Maritime History, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency Hospital (added 1985 - - #85000639)
2430 W. Wisconsin Ave. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Van Ryn & DeGelleke
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
End,Dr. Edgar,et al.
Significant Year:
1927
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children--Administriation Building (added 1999 - - #98001587)
9508 Watertown Plank Rd. , Wauwatosa
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000258)
9722 Watertown Plank Rd. , Wauwatosa
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eschweiler, Alexander C.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Milwaukee Hospital (added 2006 - - #06000800)
2200 W. Kilbourn Ave. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Fritschel, Rev. Herman
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, School
North Point Water Tower (added 1973 - - #73000088)
E. North Ave. between N. Lake Dr. and N. Terrace Ave. , Milwaukee
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Public Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Oneida Street Station (added 1984 - - #84000701)
Also known as East Wells Power Plant
108 E. Wells and 816 N. Edison Sts. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Esser,Herman V., Mix,Edward T.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Research Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pabst Brewing Company Complex (added 2003 - - #03001165)
Roughly bounded by Highland Ave., 11th, Winnebago and 9th Sts. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hoffmann, Charles, Strack, Otto
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Painesville Chapel (added 1977 - - #77000039)
Also known as Painesville Memorial Chapel
2740 W. Ryan Rd. , Franklin
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Roethe,Henry
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, European, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant (added 2009 - - #09000851)
201 E. Pittsburgh Ave. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eschweiler & Eschweiler, W.W. Oeflein Inc., builder
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
South Milwaukee Passenger Station (added 1978 - - #78000119)
Also known as South Milwaukee Depot
Milwaukee Ave. , South Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frost,Charles Sumner
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
St. John de Nepomuc Rectory (added 1984 - - #84004013)
Fourth and Court Sts. , Milwaukee
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Wadhams Gas Station (added 2004 - - #04000849)
1647 S. 76th St. , West Allis
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Danielson, C.B., Eschweiler, Alexander C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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