Property Record
823 N 2ND ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | C.W. Fischer, Hartman, Klode Furniture Companies |
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| Other Name: | Chalet on the River |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 108549 |
| Location (Address): | 823 N 2ND ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Additions: | 1919 1913 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Chicago Commercial Style |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | H.W. Buemming |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Plankinton--Wells--Water Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/13/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| 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. Photo re-take 4/24, 4/32. 4/33. Nine-story steel framed commercial style building faced with Cream City brick and a red brown brick facade. Rehabilitated in 1979 for office space and apartments. Site of one of the oldest furniture dealers in Milwaukee, the C.W. Fischer Furniture Company. THe business was established c. 1860 by Charles W. Fischer (b. Silesia, Prussia; arrived in Milwaukee in 1838). He began as a manufacturer and dealer of furniture just north of the present building, and by 1876 had built a two story brick building at this address. The expanding firm was later known as C.W. Fischer and Son; Gustav A. Fischer operated the business after his father's death in 1895. In 1908 the present structure was erected; subsequent owners and occupants were also furniture dealers, until the recent coversion of the structure to new uses. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permit Records. Milwaukee City Directories. Western History Pub. Co., History of Milwaukee (Chicago, 1881), p. 1520. Rascher's Insurance Map, 1876. Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1888, 1910. National Register Nomination Form. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |