Property Record
3001 N 41ST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sherman Park and Pavilion |
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| Reference Number: | 117920 |
| Location (Address): | 3001 N 41ST ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Additions: | 1920 |
| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | park shelter/building |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1990 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1891 and later - Park. 1920s - Pavillion. Milwaukee Board of Park Commissioners was the builder. Stucco and wood park pavilion suggestive of "English Tudor". Replaced an earlier pavilion erected about 1900. Twenty three acre park, originally called the "Perrigo Tract" and then "North Park", which was purchased in 1891 by the newly formed Milwaukee Board of Park Commissioners. Renamed Sherman Park in 1900, it lay outside the city limits in the township of Wauwatosa. At that time the parkland was half covered with timber. The park has no formal landscape architecture features; it was intended as an open space and recreational amenity for the surrounding area, preceding its suburban development by a few years. Demolished in 1990, Mary Ryan Boys and Girls Club opened on it's location in 1991. "Sherman Park, the anchor park for the neighborhood, was purchased in 1893, at the same time as Washington Park. Originally it was called the Perrigo Tract after the family from which it was purchased. Eventually the park was named after General William Tecumseh Sherman. The park was the first small "neighborhood" park purchased by the Parks Commissioners, although when first purchased, it was far from any established or new housing; the streetcar didn't even reach there. The Park Commissioners used it for a nursery to grow the trees and shrubs for the rest of the fledgling park system. The boulevard that bears the same name was built as a link between Washington Park and Sherman Park. The Park Commissioners envisioned a grand set of boulevards that would have linked all of the parks around the city. The boulevards were never completed as intended. A large pavilion was built in the 1910s. The half-timbered pavilion was razed in 1990 to make way for the new Mary Ryan Boys and Girls Club which opened in 1991. The Boys and Girls Club now is the focal point of the park. A small shelter which once stood on the southwest corner of the park was demolished in the 1950s. Sherman Park was first used as a picnic site and later became the center for recreational activities. Sounds of softball games on a warm summer night still reverberate in the air today." Historic Milwaukee Inc., Sherman Park Pride in Craftsmanship 13th Annual Spaces & Traces Tour Saturday, May 14, 1994, Souvenir Booklet. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Milwaukee Board of Park Commissioners; ANNUAL REPORT, v. 1 (1891/92), 20, 31. Legislative Reference Bureau (Milw. City Hall), Clipping file on parks. Wahl, Christian, "Public Park System of the City", in Conard, Hist. of Milw., 1896. Milewaukee County Park Commission. Historic Milwaukee Inc., Sherman Park Pride in Craftsmanship 13th Annual Spaces & Traces Tour Saturday, May 14, 1994, Souvenir Booklet. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |