Property Record
200-208 E WISCONSIN AVE (ALSO 700 N WATER ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bankers Building (WAA) |
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| Other Name: | First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Wisconsin |
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| Reference Number: | 113818 |
| Location (Address): | 200-208 E WISCONSIN AVE (ALSO 700 N WATER ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Additions: | 1983 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Eschweiler & Eschweiler |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION: Originally built in the Art Deco style. All traces of the style have been removed in 1983. Previously surveyed in 1976 and 1980 (Map Name LUQS 392, code 4/35). At that time it was a good example of an Art Deco office building. In 1976 it was described as a tall U-shaped building with fancy Art Deco decoration around the top stories and a new facade on the lower stories. Private. Lower stories remodeled early 1970's. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Hist. File. Wisconsin Architectural Archives. Milw. Writer's Project, p. 433. Richard S. Davis, "50 Years of Architecture," Milwaukee, 1943. See Wisconsin Architect, XLV, No. 3, July 1974, 24-27. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |