National or State Registers Record
Roughly 1st and 2nd Sts. between North and Center Sts.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | North First Street Historic District |
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| Reference Number: | 84003731 |
| Location (Address): | Roughly 1st and 2nd Sts. between North and Center Sts. |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City/Village: | Milwaukee |
| Township: |
| Built between 1885 and 1930, this eight-block residential area contains 200 large-scale homes designed by well-known German-American architects in Queen Anne, Arts & Crafts, Flemish Renaissance Revival, and Colonial Revival styles originally inhabited by a core community of German-American businessmen and professionals. |
| Period of Significance: | 1885-1930 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Area of Significance: | Ethnic Heritage/European |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
| Architectural Style: | Late Victorian |
| Architectural Style: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 08/02/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 197 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Buildings: | 4 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |