Property Record
133 W OREGON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lindsay-Bostrom Building (A. George Schulz Company) |
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| Other Name: | Bostrom, Division of U.O.P., Inc. |
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| Reference Number: | 113458 |
| Location (Address): | 133 W OREGON ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Additions: | 1920 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Charles D. Crane - 1904 |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Lindsay-Bostrom Building |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/26/2002 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/20/2001 |
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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. Tax credit Part One was denied on 2/24/2000. Second and third photo codes are MVIS. Original cost to build this brick-veneered building of semi-mill construction was $100,000. Lindsay Bros. were dealers in agricultural implements. The Milwaukee Transfer and Storage Co., headed by the owner's son Edmund J. Lindsay, occupied the building from approximately 1906-1920. At this time, A. George Schulz moved his 43 year old paper box and container manufacturing business into the building. He constructed the two story brick and concrete block addition to the west side of the existing building in 1920. He employed over 600 people at this factory and another one on Clyburn St. In 1947, Harold Bostrom transferred his industrial cushion company into the building. Bostrom, a former furniture upholsterer, had been manufacturing cushions since 1937, when he received an order to make seats for Allis Chalmers tractors. He developed and produced the detachable seat pad. 1920 - two story addition (AHI 108620) |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permits. Sanborn maps. City directories. Polly Urich, "Visions of the Apocalypse," New York Times 10/2/1977. John Gregory, History of Milwaukee, Vol. 4, 1931, pp. 32-34. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |