Property Record
1732 E NORTH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Eastsider |
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| Reference Number: | 104295 |
| Location (Address): | 1732 E NORTH AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 200419862020 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Frank Bishop Marshall |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020 - Resurveyed by UWM-CRM as part of the North Avenue Bridge rehabilitation project. This two-story mixed use building is located at the northwest corner of North and Oakland Avenues. The address associated with the legal parcel is 2303-2309 N. Oakland Ave., although the corner tavern in the building also has its own address of 1732 E. North Ave. The building was constructed in 1909, is W-shaped in plan, and contains a first-story tavern space in the southeast corner and several apartment units in the remainder of the building. The building was designed by Frank Bishop Marshall, John Schranka & Company were masons, and Wegner & Kimpel did the carpentry work. The building is clad in red brick with cast stone accents, and has a flat roof with a shaped parapet containing low-relief decorative brickwork patterns. A Tudor-style cast painted metal string course runs along the base of the parapet, and the parapet is capped with cast stone decorative panels and painted metal coping. The tavern storefront consists of three-part fixed windows atop panelized half-walls. Solid panelized transoms are located above the groups of windows. The entry is recessed between two square brick columns and consists of a single-light wood door with transom panel, flanked by narrow windows with half walls and solid transoms. A painted lintel is located above the corner storefront. In the second story, the corner of the building is beveled, and the architectural emphasis on the corner entry is reinforced by a slight arch in the stringcourse along the base of the parapet. The Oakland Avenue frontage of the building contains two entries to the apartment units. Each entry consists of a modern paneled entry door flanked by historic sidelights with decorative mullions. The entries are capped with shallow, flat canopies supported on Beaux Arts-style scrolled brackets. Located above each entry is a one-over-one double hung window indicating the location of a staircase landing inside. The remainder of the elevations contain similar one-over-one double hungs arranged singly and in three-part shallow bay windows. All the windows have cast stone sills and lintels, and the second story windows have small cast stone drops and brick corbelling. Many of the windows appear to be modern replacements, and most of the openings have fixed composite shutters. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |