Property Record
10707 W CAPITOL DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOLDEN CHICKEN RESTAURANT |
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| Other Name: | PARADISE GARDENS RESTAURANT, VCY CHRISTIAN BOOKS |
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| Reference Number: | 227465 |
| Location (Address): | 10707 W CAPITOL DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Survey Date: | 20142016 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
| Architect: | Tannebaum & Koehnen (Architect) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This building was designed in 1960 by the architecture firm Tannebaum & Koehnen as the Golden Chicken restaurant. Giles Svehick owned both the building and business. Golden Chicken was open for three months when an explosion on 25 December 1960 damaged the kitchen and blew out all the windows. Albert Wong soon reopened the building as the Paradise Gardens Restaurant, which operated at least into the late 1970s. The Golden Chicken Restaurant on West Capitol Drive was constructed in 1960 and designed by the architects Tannenbaum and Koehnen. Golden Chicken was a popular chain restaurant and diner in the suburbs of Milwaukee during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A few of their restaurant buildings were known for their modern architectural design. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permits; City Directories; ); “Probe Starts in $100,000 Tosa Blast,” Milwaukee Journal, 27 December 1960. Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1926-1992, on file at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |