Property Record
223 N WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Ziegler & Co. - Candy Manufacturing |
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| Other Name: | Miller-Armstrong Costume Service - Mais Costume Ser. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 98264 |
| Location (Address): | 223 N WATER ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Herman Paul Schnetzky |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Historic Third Ward District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/8/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Associated Event: First company in Wisconsin to produce marshmallows in 1895. Five story orange brick with terra cotta trim, three round arches at top, Romanesque capitals in interlace and acanthus designs, old wrought iron fire platforms with decorative brackets, altered first floor. In 1861, 16 years after immigrating from Bavaria, Geo. Ziegler left his job with a Milwaukee shoe factory and joined his two brothers in law in the candy making business. Ziegler took full control in 1874 and by 1880 he employed 68 persons in the manufacture of mint lozenges, gum drops, rock candy and chocolate cream drops. The firm moved to this location in 1882 and built this structure in 1890, of which a portion has been demolished. A 25 hp engine powered the machinery that made over 6 tons of candy daily. In 1895, this firm became the first in the state to make marshmallows. By the early 1900s the firm was said to be the largest of tis kind west of Philadelphia. Three years after Geo. Ziegler's death in 1904, his sons relocated to a large newly constructed factory several blocks to the south. Since then, this building has housed clothing, plastics, and medicine factories, an bottling and coffee roasting shops. Today the building is occupied by a costume shop. The words "Geo. Ziegler's Most Delicious Chocolates" can still be seen on its facade. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic Third Ward Historic Walking Tour, Historic Third Ward Association, 2009. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |