Property Record
600 W WALNUT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Central City Plaza |
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| Other Name: | Masonic Center |
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| Reference Number: | 132951 |
| Location (Address): | 600 W WALNUT ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1973 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | New Formalism |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete |
| Architect: | Alonzo Robinson |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Designed by Wisconsin's first African American architect, Alonzo Robinson. "Developed by the Central City Development Corporation (CCDC) which was a Black development group organized by some of Milwaukee's most prominent Civil Rights leaders... The project was to become the state's first Black developed, owned and operated commercial complex, with intentions of reclaiming the city's African American commercial hearth last achieved during the Bronzeville era." -"Beyond Cream City Brick Part Two: Sensitive, Contextual, Modern: Examining Works by Alonzo Robinson, Wisconsin's First Black Architect" |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permit. "Beyond Cream City Brick Part Two: Sensitive, Contextual, Modern: Examining Works by Alonzo Robinson, Wisconsin's First Black Architect" |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |