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1609 N PROSPECT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1609 N PROSPECT

Architecture and History Inventory
1609 N PROSPECT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:1609 Prospect Apartments
Contributing:
Reference Number:104984
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1609 N PROSPECT
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1939
Additions:
Survey Date:
Historic Use:apartment/condominium
Architectural Style:International Style
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Russell B. Williamson
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:East Side Construction was the builder.

This structure is an excellent example of apartment buildings which were influenced by the International Style.

Previously surveyed in 1986 with map code 33/8. Map name was LUQS 359.

Not resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research. Loss of integrity--loss of unique original fenestration.

2010: This nine-story, brick apartment building has a cross-shaped plan and displays restrained elements of the International Style. The first story features a square-cut. limestone veneer and a rounded, glass-block entrance with a flat hood. The primary architectural elements on the upper floors are corner windows and prow-like windows bays. Windows are modern replacement, single-pane, casement examples.

Constructed in 1939-1940, the subject apartment building was designed by Russel B. Williamson and East Side Construction was the builder. Its distinctive, original, multiple-paned fenestration was replaced sometime after 1986.
Bibliographic References:Tax Program. Permit. http://www.1609prospectapts.com/contactus.aspx
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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