Property Record
751 N PLANKINTON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milwaukee Daily News Building |
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| Reference Number: | 111383 |
| Location (Address): | 751 N PLANKINTON AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | F.B. Marshall |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Mason was Duke and Turner Co. Originally owned by M.A. Hoyt and F.W. Parks. Demolition permit applied for 10/1983. Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission declined to designate 10/17/1983. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Small brick commercial building with arcaded facade by stone trim and decorative brickwork. This building and its counterpart at 753-55 N. Plankinton were the last remaining buildings of their scale and style in the 700 block of N. Plankinton. A 1903 drawing (in PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MILWAUKEE. 1903, not published) shows the bulding with its original first floor facade; a large window dominated the ground story with a doulbe door at the south end. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This building was constructed for the Milwaukee Daily News, published from March 3, 1887 to Oct. 15, 1918 (title varies: Daily News, 1887-1889). The founders and editors of the daily were William A. Hoyt (1889-1918) and F.W. Parks. The paper was published at this address until 1918, when it merged with Evening Wisconsin. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City directories. Building Permit. Milwaukee City Directories, 1898-1920. PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MILWAUKEE. 1903. not published. Oehlerts, Donald E., GUIDE TO WISCONSIN NEWSPAPERS. Madison, State Historical Society, 1958. p. 166. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |