Property Record
3359 N Downer Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | UW-Milwaukee, Heating Plant |
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Other Name: | UW-Milwaukee, Heating Plant, MIL 1915 |
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Reference Number: | 220240 |
Location (Address): | 3359 N Downer Ave |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City: | Milwaukee |
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Year Built: | 1969 |
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Survey Date: | 2011 |
Historic Use: | public utility/power plant/sewage/water |
Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
Structural System: | Steel Frame |
Wall Material: | Brick |
Architect: | Wisconsin State Bureau of Engineering (Madison) |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | This is the most architecturally distinguished of all of the UW-System campus's central heating plant buildings. It is highly intact and uses a Mies Van Der Rohe design vocabulary with great success. |
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Bibliographic References: | http://www4.uwm,edu/map/buildings/vt-hp-prof.cfm (2011) Blueprints. UW-System Administration, Capital Planning & Budget Office, Madison. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |