- National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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This list comprises buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in Milwaukee County, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 230 NRHP sites listed in Milwaukee County, including 167 in the City of Milwaukee included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 63 outside of the city, listed below. Two previously listed sites (outside of Milwaukee) have been removed.
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- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 10, 2011.[1]
Contents
Current listings
[2] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary 1 Albert and Edith Adelman House August 26, 2005 7111 N. Barnett Ln.
43°08′45″N 87°53′57″W / 43.145833°N 87.899167°WFox Point 1948 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence 2 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church December 19, 1974 9400 W. Congress St.
43°05′51″N 88°01′48″W / 43.0975°N 88.03°WWauwatosa 1956 Frank Lloyd Wright design 3 APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) January 20, 2005 Off Atwater Beach
43°5′37″N 87°51′58″W / 43.09361°N 87.86611°W
Boundary increase (listed September 15, 2011): 150 yrds. off Atwater BeachShorewood Wooden steamship, among the largest ever built. Ran aground in 1905. Part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS 4 Rufus Arndt House September 12, 1985 4524 N. Cramer St.
43°05′55″N 87°53′09″W / 43.098611°N 87.885833°WWhitefish Bay 5 Barfield-Staples House September 12, 1985 5461-5463 Danbury Rd.
43°06′57″N 87°54′04″W / 43.115833°N 87.901111°WWhitefish Bay 6 Thomas Bossert House September 12, 1985 2614 E. Menlo Blvd.
43°05′03″N 87°52′36″W / 43.084167°N 87.876667°WShorewood 7 Brown Deer School December 10, 1993 4800 W. Green Brook Dr.
43°10′56″N 87°58′18″W / 43.182222°N 87.971667°WBrown Deer 1884 Schoolhouse 8 Church Street Historic District August 10, 1989 1448-1630 Church St. and 7758 W. Menomonee River Pkwy.
43°03′05″N 88°00′36″W / 43.051389°N 88.01°WWauwatosa 9 Benjamin Church House February 23, 1972 Parkway Dr., Eastabrook Park
43°05′29″N 87°53′53″W / 43.091389°N 87.898056°WShorewood 1844 home of Benjamin Church and family. Originally at 501 4th St., Milwaukee. 10 Erwin Cords House September 12, 1985 1913 E. Olive St.
43°05′36″N 87°53′09″W / 43.093333°N 87.885833°WShorewood 11 Jeremiah Curtin House November 7, 1972 8685 W. Grange Ave.
42°56′40″N 88°01′19″W / 42.944444°N 88.021944°WGreendale Boyhood home of Jeremiah Curtin 12 Lowell Damon House February 23, 1972 2107 N. Wauwatosa Ave.
43°03′22″N 88°00′28″W / 43.056111°N 88.007778°WWauwatosa Wauwatosa's oldest residence, 1844 13 H. R. Davis House September 12, 1985 6839 Cedar St.
43°02′26″N 87°59′48″W / 43.040556°N 87.996667°WWauwatosa 14 Elderwood December 4, 1980 6789 N. Elm Tree Rd.
43°08′24″N 87°55′10″W / 43.14°N 87.919444°WGlendale 15 J. H. Fiebing House September 12, 1985 7707 Stickney
43°03′31″N 88°00′37″W / 43.058611°N 88.010278°WWauwatosa 1925 house, designed by Ernest Flagg 16 George Gabel House September 12, 1985 4600 N. Cramer St.
43°05′59″N 87°53′10″W / 43.099722°N 87.886111°WWhitefish Bay 17 Warren B. George House September 12, 1985 7105 Grand Pkwy.
43°02′15″N 88°00′03″W / 43.0375°N 88.000833°WWauwatosa 18 Paul S. Grant House September 12, 1985 984 E. Circle Dr.
43°06′55″N 87°53′55″W / 43.115278°N 87.898611°WWhitefish Bay 19 Greendale Historic District July 29, 2005 Roughly bounded by W. Grange Ave. and Catalpa St.
42°56′29″N 87°59′45″W / 42.941389°N 87.995833°WGreendale New Deal planned community 20 Greenfield School March 29, 2006 8405 W. National Ave.
43°00′41″N 88°01′03″W / 43.011389°N 88.0175°WWest Allis 21 Harrison Hardie House September 12, 1985 4540 N. Cramer St.
43°05′58″N 87°53′10″W / 43.099444°N 87.886111°WWhitefish Bay 22 Thomas B. Hart House October 10, 1985 1609 Church St.
43°03′07″N 88°00′37″W / 43.051944°N 88.010278°WWauwatosa 1858 Gothic Revival house, later, home to prominent businessman. 23 Horace W. Hatch House September 12, 1985 739 E. Beaumont
43°07′09″N 87°54′01″W / 43.119167°N 87.900278°WWhitefish Bay 24 Seneca W. & Bertha Hatch House September 12, 1985 3821 N. Prospect Ave.
43°05′12″N 87°52′48″W / 43.086667°N 87.88°WShorewood 25 Henni Hall July 24, 1974 3257 S. Lake Dr.
42°58′56″N 87°52′19″W / 42.982222°N 87.871944°WSt. Francis 1855 Roman Catholic seminary 26 Honey Creek Parkway July 8, 2010 Located between STH 181 at I-94 and N. 72nd St.
43°01′58″N 88°00′52″W / 43.032778°N 88.014444°WWauwatosa 27 Willis Hopkins House September 12, 1985 325 Glenview
43°02′03″N 88°01′01″W / 43.034167°N 88.016944°WWauwatosa 28 W. Ben Hunt Cabin February 13, 2008 5885 S. 116th St.
42°56′15″N 88°03′33″W / 42.9375°N 88.059167°WHales Corners 1925 Rustic style handmade cabin housing Native American crafts 29 Halbert D. Jenkins House September 12, 1985 1028 E. Lexington Blvd.
43°06′49″N 87°53′53″W / 43.113611°N 87.898056°WWhitefish Bay 30 Juneau Highlands Residential Historic District March 21, 2011 6600-6734 W. Grant St., 2109-2180 S. Livingston Terrace, 6608-6656 W. Revere Pl., and 6627-29 W. Revere Pl.
43°00′20″N 87°59′44″W / 43.005556°N 87.995556°WWest Allis 31 Kegel's Inn October 12, 2010 5901-5905 W. National Ave.
43°01′04″N 87°59′10″W / 43.017778°N 87.986111°WWest Allis 32 Kneeland-Walker House January 19, 1989 7406 Hillcrest Dr.
43°03′19″N 88°00′15″W / 43.055278°N 88.004167°WWauwatosa 1889 Queen Anne-style home of early Wauwatosa politician, Norman Kneeland. 33 Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company September 3, 2001 909 Menomonee Ave.
42°54′19″N 87°51′36″W / 42.905278°N 87.86°WSouth Milwaukee Designer of the first commercial passenger airplanes in the U.S. 34 Oak Creek 126-foot schooner, built in 1862, capsized in 1893 35 John F. McEwens House September 12, 1985 829 E. Lake Forest
43°07′00″N 87°54′00″W / 43.116667°N 87.9°WWhitefish Bay 36 Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House October 8, 2010 1508 S. 80th St.
43°00′53″N 88°00′43″W / 43.014722°N 88.011944°WWest Allis 37 Henry A. Meyer House September 12, 1985 3559 N. Summit Ave.
43°05′01″N 87°52′30″W / 43.083611°N 87.875°WShorewood 38 Starke Meyer House September 12, 1985 7896 N. Club Circle
43°09′38″N 87°53′46″W / 43.160556°N 87.896111°WFox Point 39 Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children-Administriation Building January 7, 1999 9508 Watertown Plank Rd.
43°02′46″N 88°01′53″W / 43.046111°N 88.031389°WWauwatosa 40 Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy Historic District March 19, 1998 9722 Watertown Plank Rd.
43°03′00″N 88°02′09″W / 43.05°N 88.035833°WWauwatosa Early technical school, opened 1912. Campus designed by Alexander Eschweiler. 41 George E. Morgan House September 12, 1985 4448 N. Maryland Ave.
43°05′49″N 87°52′55″W / 43.096944°N 87.881944°WShorewood 42 Mary L. Nohl Art Environment October 3, 2005 7328 N. Beach Rd.
43°09′01″N 87°53′31″W / 43.150278°N 87.891944°WFox Point Embellished home and sculpure garden of folk artist 43 Pearl C. Norton House September 12, 1985 2021 Church St.
43°03′25″N 88°00′36″W / 43.056944°N 88.01°WWauwatosa 44 Oak Creek Parkway June 27, 2011 Between Grant Park at Hawthorne Ave. & Rawson Ave.
42°54′48″N 87°51′05″W / 42.913333°N 87.851389°WSouth Milwaukee Milwaukee County Parkway System MPS 45 Painesville Chapel November 7, 1977 2740 W. Ryan Rd.
42°52′23″N 87°57′08″W / 42.873056°N 87.952222°WFranklin 1852 Greek Revival meeting hall of the Free Christian Congregation. 46 Shorewood Village Hall September 7, 1984 3930 N. Murray Ave.
43°05′18″N 87°53′05″W / 43.088333°N 87.884722°WShorewood 1908 school, became village hall in 1915 47 South Milwaukee Passenger Station August 3, 1978 Milwaukee Ave.
42°54′35″N 87°51′47″W / 42.909722°N 87.863056°WSouth Milwaukee 1893 Romanesque brick railway station. 48 South Milwaukee Post Office October 24, 2000 2210 Tenth Ave.
42°54′33″N 87°51′40″W / 42.909167°N 87.861111°WSouth Milwaukee 1931 Classical revival post office 49 Frederick Sperling House September 12, 1985 1016 E. Lexington Blvd.
43°06′49″N 87°53′54″W / 43.113611°N 87.898333°WWhitefish Bay 50 Sunnyhill Home September 25, 1997 8000 W. Milwaukee Ave.
43°03′11″N 88°00′46″W / 43.053056°N 88.012778°WWauwatosa Home of physician and amateur geologist, Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day 51 Town of Milwaukee Town Hall October 9, 1986 5909 N. Milwaukee River Pkwy.
43°07′33″N 87°55′48″W / 43.125833°N 87.93°WGlendale Town Hall from 1872 to 1962 52 Trimborn Farm July 31, 1980 8801 W. Grange Ave.
42°56′39″N 88°01′26″W / 42.944167°N 88.023889°WGreendale Lime kilns and farm buildings dating to the 1840s through the 1860s 53 Herman Uihlein House December 22, 1983 5270 N. Lake Dr.
43°06′44″N 87°53′37″W / 43.112222°N 87.893611°WWhitefish Bay 54 Fred W. Ullius Jr. House January 7, 1987 5775 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
43°07′20″N 87°54′25″W / 43.122222°N 87.906944°WWhitefish Bay 55 William Van Altena House September 12, 1985 1916 E. Glendale
43°06′00″N 87°53′07″W / 43.1°N 87.885278°WWhitefish Bay 56 G. B. Van Devan House September 12, 1985 4601 N. Murray Ave.
43°05′59″N 87°53′06″W / 43.099722°N 87.885°WWhitefish Bay 57 Wadham's Gas Station August 11, 2004 1647 S. 76th St.
43°00′43″N 88°00′27″W / 43.011944°N 88.0075°WWest Allis One of Wadham's signature Japanese pagoda-style gas stations, designed by Alexander Eschweiler 58 Washington Highlands Historic District December 18, 1989 Bounded by N. 68th St., W. Lloyd St., N. 60th St., and Milwaukee Ave.
43°03′14″N 87°59′33″W / 43.053889°N 87.9925°WWauwatosa 1910's planned subdivision 59 Wauwatosa Arcade Building March 21, 1997 7210-26 W. North Ave.
43°03′39″N 88°00′08″W / 43.060833°N 88.002222°WWauwatosa 60 Wauwatosa Woman's Club Clubhouse July 1, 1998 1626 Wauwatosa Ave.
43°03′08″N 88°00′24″W / 43.052222°N 88.006667°WWauwatosa 1924 social center for women in Wauwatosa 61 West Allis Post Office February 23, 2001 7440 W. Greenfield Ave.
43°01′01″N 88°00′19″W / 43.016944°N 88.005278°WWest Allis 62 Frank J. Williams House September 12, 1985 912 E. Lexington Blvd.
43°06′49″N 87°53′59″W / 43.113611°N 87.899722°WWhitefish Bay Former listings
[2] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary 1 Whitefish Bay National Guard Armory Listed June 6, 2002
Removed April 6, 20111225 E. Henry Clay St.
43°6′37″N 87°53′43″W / 43.11028°N 87.89528°WWhitefish Bay Fortress-like 1929 National Guard training site (demolished) See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
References
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
- ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
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