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300 W JUNEAU AVE (FORMERLY 306-308 W JUNEAU AVE) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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300 W JUNEAU AVE (FORMERLY 306-308 W JUNEAU AVE)

Architecture and History Inventory
300 W JUNEAU AVE (FORMERLY 306-308 W JUNEAU AVE) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Herman and Mariner Building
Other Name:Sydney Hih Building
Contributing:
Reference Number:16344
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):300 W JUNEAU AVE (FORMERLY 306-308 W JUNEAU AVE)
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1895
Additions:
Survey Date:2000
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Crane and Barkhausen
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:Rising three stories and situated in between a pair of five-story structures, this brick building is topped with a flat roof.
The structure's storefront has been altered to include a pair of plate glass windows; modern signage indicates the
previous first-floor occupant. The remaining two floors feature three bays of paired fenestration; the central bay of
which features cut-stone heads, while the outside bays are without ornamentation. Windows are one-over-one-light
sashes. A corrugated metal-covered passageway between the flanking buildings is situated atop the rear (north end)
of the roof.

Building permit information indicates that this structure was erected in 1895 at a cost of $4,000 and was designed
by the Milwaukee firm of Crane & Barkhausen. Although the permit lists Herman & Mariner as the property's owner,
city directory information for the years both prior and after 1895 do not list any businesses under the combined name
of Herman & Mariner. A John Mariner is noted in real estate in 1896; however, none of the Herman names are in any
way associated with real estate or the like. A variety of tenants occupied this structure over the last one hundred
years, the last of which was a restaurant named Chicago's.
Bibliographic References:Building Permit.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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