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3367 N DOWNER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

3367 N DOWNER AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
3367 N DOWNER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum
Other Name:UW-MILWAUKEE, Greene Museum, MIL 1918
Contributing:
Reference Number:106283
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3367 N DOWNER AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1905
Additions: 1912
Survey Date:19802011
Historic Use:museum/gallery
Architectural Style:Early Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Alexander C. Eschweiler
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Greene, Thomas A., Memorial Museum
National Register Listing Date:11/8/1993
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NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Is a National Historic Landmark. Building was part of Milwaukee-Downer College. Small red-brown brick museum designed in harmony with neighboring Greene Hall. Museum built to house the natural history collection of Thomas Arnold Greene (1827-1894), who was a Milwaukee druggist and a collector of plants, minerals, and fossils. His family donated the collection of 75,000 to 100,000 specimens to Milwaukee Downer College in 1911. The building continues to operate as a museum under the supervision of the Department of Geological Sciences. One story, red brick museum has a flat roof and round arched entrance with oak leaf decoration on the side pilasters and typanum over the door; it is in the stripped classical style.
Bibliographic References:Woods, Donald A., UWM Buildings (UWM Library, 2nd ed., 1977), p. 21.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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