Property Record
224 N BROADWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Breslauer & Co. |
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| Other Name: | Kolmar Labs |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 110920 |
| Location (Address): | 224 N BROADWAY |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Henry C. Koch & Son |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Historic Third Ward District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/8/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | See HAER Form. 220-228 N. Broadway is a complex of three buildings constructed over a 20-year period for Breslauer. The northern building, originally only five stories in height, was built in 1894 with a granite and brick front, terra cotta trim and Corinthian columns on the first floor. The original fist floor display windows are now bricked in. The elaborate cornice was removed with the addition of the sixth floor. Thre BRESLAUER inscription was replicated on the additon. Small round windows forming a round arch over the door were flanked by display windows which are now filled with glass block. The 1913 fire-proof reinforced concrete addition was desigend by Schnetzky and Son. These buildings are architecturally significant for their fine neo-classical details, interpreted in three different building campaigns. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE: Breslauer & Co. was a wine and liquor importing and distilling buisiness, est. 1883. Moe-Bridges Co., glassware jobbers and manufacturers of electric lighting fixtures moved into the southern building in 1927, and installed a glass melting furnace on the third floor. After 1921, the center building was used by Fein Bros., clothing manufacutrers and the oldest building was occupied by Lindsay McMillan Co., an oil products business. By 1945, Kolmar Laboratories had moved into all three buildings, including the larger warehouse to the north. The company has branches nationwide. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Milwaukee, A Half Century of Progress, 1896, p. 160. B. Building facade. C. Building permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |