National or State Registers Record
712, 718, and 724 E. Wells St. and 801, 809, 815, 819, and 823 N. Cass St.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Cass - Wells Street Historic District |
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| Reference Number: | 86001325 |
| Location (Address): | 712, 718, and 724 E. Wells St. and 801, 809, 815, 819, and 823 N. Cass St. |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City/Village: | Milwaukee |
| Township: |
| Seven residential scale buildings built between 1870 and 1914 at the corner of North Cass and East Wells streets significant in their combined impact as the last intact grouping of high quality middle class houses surviving from the Yankee Hill neighborhood, once one of the city's most exclusive residential districts and displaying a wide range of architectural styles. |
| Period of Significance: | 1870-1914 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Ferry & Clas |
| Architect: | et al. |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 06/13/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 7 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |