Property Record
250 E WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Savings Plaza |
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| Other Name: | First Savings Plaza |
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| Reference Number: | 113816 |
| Location (Address): | 250 E WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1971 |
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| Additions: | 1972 1973 |
| Survey Date: | 198420172010 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete |
| Architect: | Perkins & Will |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Klug & Smith Co. was the builder. Resurveyed for Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey, SHPO#10-0983, Prepared by Heritage Research (2010). 2010: This fourteen-story office building sits on top of several levels of auto garage and a streetside, commercial business level. The building is defined by heavy concrete horizontal and vertical framing elements. Each corner carries a prominent corner pier with five additional thinner piers that form six bays. The spaces formed by these concrete elements are filled with plate-glass windows. Meanwhile, the street level is recessed and sunk one-half level below the street. It is sheathed with plate-glass windows while the parking garage section features a series of heavy horizontal concrete bands. The parking garage block continues northward from the tower along N. Broadway Street. This office tower was constructed between 1971 and 1973 as the First Savings Plaza. It was designed by the architectural firm of Perkins & Will. 2017 - This 19-story Contemporary-style office tower was designed by Perkins & Will and completed in 1973. It has a rectilinear footprint with commercial space on the first story, a parking garage on stories two through five, and offices on the upper floors. The storefront level is glass-walled between large concrete columns and the parking garage levels have narrow horizontal wall openings between concrete members. The remainder of the building essentially consists of a regular array of windows, grouped in fours, within a concrete frame. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |