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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE:
Owned by Ernst von Baumbach, the son of a distinguished German immigrant, this building was first occupied by Cohen Bros., a men's clothing manufacturing and wholesale firm, established 30 years earlier by newly-arrived Germans. The firm employed 150 people and specialized in lumberjack's and miner's outfits. By 1916, the adjacent Phoenix Knitting Co. used the builidng for stock rooms, a dining room and knitwear production. By 1940, warehousing uses dominated. In 1946, Midwest Lamp & Novelty Co. (successor to Cream City Lamp & Shade, est. 1922), remodeled the building and has since used it for plating, shade manufacture, assembly and storage operations. An office and storage building was added to the north in 1957, but was demolished in 1983. The fifth floor skylight has been covered and the first floor display windows are blocked up, but the arched upper windows and terra cotta ornamentation make this one of the more distinctive buildings in the Third Ward. The building is currently undergoing renovation to shops and housing.
This building is also a contributing resource of the Historic Third Ward Historic District (listed: 3/8/84).
a.k.a. 310 E. Buffalo St.???
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