Property Record
1534 N FARWELL
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Paul Weise Building |
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| Other Name: | Paul Weise Co. |
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| Reference Number: | 106571 |
| Location (Address): | 1534 N FARWELL |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Additions: | 1903 1911 |
| Survey Date: | 20042010 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | A.C. Eschweiler (1911); Leenhouts and Guthrie; Harvey Riley |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This structure is an excellent example of small commercial buildings. Its design is influenced with classical elements but the form is determined by the structural members. Paul Weise operated a combination furniture store, upholstery and rug cleaners in the building. Surveyed in 1986 with map code 260/9. Map name was LUQS 359. 2010: This is a three-story, Neoclassical Revival-style brick building with commercial space on the lower floor. The building has a corbelled brick cornice and features modest limestone decoration, which includes beltcourses over the first and third stories. The first story has large windows with multiple-light, leaded glass transoms and sidelights framing the entrance. Six-over-one, wooden sash windows are found on the south elevation. Upper stories feature one-over-one, double-hung sash windows resting on limestone sills. Designed by A.C. Eschweiler for owner Paul Weise, the subject building was constructed in 1903. Eschweiler later designed a third story, which was added in 1910. An unspecified addition designed by Leenhouts & Guthrie was constructed in 1922. Paul Weise operated a combination furniture store, upholstery and rug cleaners in the building. The company remained in the Weise family into at least the 1990s and it remains a landmark business on Milwaukee's East Side. Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research. DOE completed by Heritage Research (2011). (WHS compliance # 10-0983, name: Milwaukee Downtown Connector) 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax Program. City Building Permit File. City of Milwaukee Intensive Survey Form--1534 N. Farwell Avenue |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |