Property Record
1012 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 1012 N 3RD ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Metropolitan Block |
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| Reference Number: | 108668 |
| Location (Address): | 1012 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 1012 N 3RD ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Edward V. Koch and Charles Fisk |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1977 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This five story brick Victorian commercial structure of 1890 has central and corner pavilions. The windows and membraneous spandrels are set within multistory arcades. Original owner was E.A.A. von Cotzhausen, a prominent local attorney and in the 1870s a member of the state senate. "Several 19th-century commercial blocks, illustrating a variety of once-fashionable architectural styles, still stand on North Third Street--among them the Metropolitan Building and Steinmeyer's (No. 9), both variations on the Richardsonian Romanesque theme. Frederick van Cotzhausen, counsel for the Chicago and North Western Railway in the late 1890's and Democratic state senator, was the original owner of the Metropolitan Building. Construction was completed in time for the building to serve as temporary quarters for several municipal offices while the City Hall was under construction. The Von Cotzhausen motto--Labor Omnia Vincit--is still fitting today, for many labor unions have their offices here." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A Palmer, University Extension The University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Kilbourntown Walking Tour, 1967. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A Palmer, University Extension The University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Kilbourntown Walking Tour, 1967. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |