Property Record
411 E MASON ST (A.K.A. 732-748 N MILWAUKEE ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN W. MARINER BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | Hotel Metro / Heritage Trust Company |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41181 |
| Location (Address): | 411 E MASON ST (A.K.A. 732-748 N MILWAUKEE ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1937 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | ESCHWEILER AND ESCHWEILER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | East Side Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/23/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Built by Mrs. Mariner in memory of her husband. The John Mariner Building (732 North Milwaukee Street, a.k.a. 409 East Mason Street) illustrates 1930s commercial architecture. Created by Eschweiler and Eschweiler in 1937, the six-story structure is clad with smooth Bedford limestone blocks incised with vertical ribs and low-relief carvings. These features, along with the rounded corner and characteristic banded windows, are characteristic of this decade. This is an excellent example of an Art Moderne style office building, and the first fully air conditioned building to be erected in Milwaukee. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: JUNEAUTOWN, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. Milwaukee Daily Reporter 9/2/1998. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |