147 N BROADWAY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

147 N BROADWAY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
147 N BROADWAY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Koehler-Clemens Company / Kalvelage Warehouse
Other Name:New Urban Salon
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:98299
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):147 N BROADWAY ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1911
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:warehouse
Architectural Style:Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Carl F. Ringer
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Historic Third Ward District
National Register Listing Date:3/8/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Four story orange brick with inset stone trim; commercial style, first floor somewhat altered.

This narrow four story warehouse was constructed in 1911 on the southwest corner of Broadway & Menomonee Streets in the busy Third Ward commercial/warehouse district. Designed by Carl Ringer, the 20' x 80' brick building was owned by Clemens H. Kalvelage, whose occupation was not given in the City Directory. By 1921 Koehler-Clemens, a wholesale coffee and tea company, and Forster Label Works were using the warehouse, joined in the 1930s by R.T. Morgenthalen, another wholesale firm, and Printer's Rule Company. By 1958 the first floor had become a tavern and factory. Following a brief occupancy by a table and chair manufacturer, H.F. Auler Co., a wholesale hobbies and crafts business was located in the next block had its office and warehouse here. Upper floors have been converted into loft apartments.
Bibliographic References:Permit. Century Buildings for 2009. Preservation Racine, Inc. newsletter. Summer 2009, Racine, WI.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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