Property Record
532-534 N WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Blair & Persons Crockery Store |
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| Other Name: | PIP/Kempfer Reporting Co. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 110768 |
| Location (Address): | 532-534 N WATER ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1877 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | East Side Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/23/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Locally designated 11-17-87. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Good example of a Queen Anne style commercial block with integrity of form and appearance but lacking its original cornice and storefront. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Blair and Persons, importers and jobbers in crockery and cutlery was established in 1843 by F.J. Blair. They were the oldest business of this type in the city and distributed throughout the midwest. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1888 Sanborn Atlas. Comm. File- Blair and Persons. Milw. Illustrated 1877, p. 52. 1881 HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, p. 1269. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |