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1320-1324 W WISCONSIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1320-1324 W WISCONSIN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1320-1324 W WISCONSIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Varsity Theater
Other Name:Varsity Theater-Marquette University
Contributing:
Reference Number:113848
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1320-1324 W WISCONSIN AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1936
Additions:
Survey Date:2004
Historic Use:theater/opera house/concert hall
Architectural Style:Art/Streamline Moderne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Grassold & Johnson
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Varsity Realty Co. was the builder.

Renamed Holthusen Hall in 1985 in honor of Henry Holthusen, founder of the Milwaukee Manufacturing Corporation.

Previously surveyed in 1983 with map code 99/3. Map name was 390.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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