3270 N MARIETTA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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3270 N MARIETTA AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
3270 N MARIETTA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Armin A. Schlesinger House
Other Name:UW-MILWAUKEE HEFTER CONFERENCE CENTER, MIL 1990
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:111219
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3270 N MARIETTA AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1911
Additions:
Survey Date:1980
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Fitzhugh Scott
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Kenwood Park - Prospect Hill Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/7/2002
State Register Listing Date:7/20/2001
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information: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. Builder was Foster Construction Co. Mansion designed in a restrained Elizabethan mode; constructed of brown brick with stone trim. See sources 1,2, and 5 for discussions of the house. Built for Schlesinger and later acquired by the Brumder family, from whom the mansion was purchased in 1946 by the Milwaukee State Teacher's College. It was used as a cooperative women's dormitory unitl 1970; since that time, several university offices have been located there.
Bibliographic References:Architectural Record, v. 36, pp. 342-358, 10/1914. Western Architect, v. 20, no. 8 August 1914 92-94. Permit. Woods, Donald A. UWM Buildings (UWM Library, 2nd ed., 1977), p. 27. Zimmerman, H.R., Milwaukee Journal (Feb. 11, 1964).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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