Property Record
200 N JEFFERSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sheldon Segel and Associates Building |
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| Other Name: | Johnson Controls Systems Eng. & Const. Div. |
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| Reference Number: | 113516 |
| Location (Address): | 200 N JEFFERSON ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1966 |
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| Survey Date: | 198420212025 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Miesian |
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| Wall Material: | Glass |
| Architect: | Sheldon Segal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Stevens Construction Corp. was the builder. The Modernist small office building was designed by the architectural firm of Sheldon Segel & Associates and was completed in January 1967. The building contained the Segel architectural offices as well as rentable office space. The building is clad in panelized reddish-yellow brick and dark-tinted glass. A row of thin steel columns encircles the outside perimeter of the building, reflecting the influence of Segel’s education at the Illinois Institute of Technology under Mies van der Rohe. A small one-story addition on the north originally contained an open-air patio that was enclosed at an unknown date. 2025; The two-story Miesian-style Sheldon Segel and Associates Building was constructed in 1966. The squared footprint has a brick exterior that is interrupted at the north and south elevations by wrap-around, tinted glass curtain walls. The flat roof contains a wide chimney stack towards the center. Wide, boxed parapet overhangs are cantilevered on all sides of both floors and are connected by a series of metal posts that cage the exterior perimeter. The entry doors and windows are vertically aligned by floor-to-ceiling tinted glazing systems. A small one-story addition on the north elevation originally contained an open-air patio that was enclosed with brick and tinted glass curtain walls at an unknown date. |
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| Bibliographic References: | White, Oliver. “Steel Fingers Support Office Building.” Milwaukee Journal, September 1, 1968; part 7 page 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |