3253 N DOWNER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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3253 N DOWNER AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
3253 N DOWNER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Vogel Hall - Milwaukee-Downer Seminary
Other Name:UW-Milwaukee, Vogel Hall, MIL 1963
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:115328
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3253 N DOWNER AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1936
Additions:
Survey Date:19792011
Historic Use:university or college building
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Eschweiler & Eschweiler
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Milwaukee-Downer
National Register Listing Date:1/17/1974
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Red-brown brick college building designed in the English Tudor mode.


HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Part of the Milwaukee-Downer Seminary complex. (See also 2501 and 2513 E. Hartford Ave. (Pearse Hall and Garland Hall)).

Construction date, 1936. (1)

Milwaukee-Downer Seminary, 1936-61. (1)

UWM, 1961-present. (1)
Bibliographic References:1. Woods, Donald A., UWM Buildings (UWM Library, 2nd ed., 1977), p. 36. http://www4.uwm,edu/map/buildings/vt-vog-prof.cfm (2011)
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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