1646 S 4TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1646 S 4TH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1646 S 4TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:PUBLIC NATATORIUM
Other Name:South Side Natatorium
Contributing:
Reference Number:16281
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1646 S 4TH ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1894
Additions:
Survey Date:1988
Historic Use:swimming pool
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: SCHNETZKY AND LIEBERT
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
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:The Public Natatorium was designed by architects Schnrizky and Liebert and built in 1894. [A, B]. Designed to house both public baths and an indoor swimming pool this was the city's second facility of this kind.

Another map code is 308/37.

"Designed to house both public baths and an indoor swimming pool, the South 4th Street natatorium was the city's second facility of this kind and is today the oldest of the five natatoria still serving Milwaukeeans." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969.
Bibliographic References:A. INSCRIPTION. B. BUILDING PERMIT. C. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 106. Pagel, p. 18. D. Wisconsin Inventory Form ( for a complete summery of historical significance) Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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