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751 N PLANKINTON AVE

Historic Name:
Milwaukee Daily News Building

Other Name:

Reference Number:
111383

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Property Location

Location (Address)

751 N PLANKINTON AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1898

Additions

Survey Date

1980

Historic Use

small office building

Architectural Style

Romanesque Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

F.b. Marshall

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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.

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.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

small office building Romanesque Revival

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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