Property Record
108 E WELLS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND LIGHT CO. |
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| Other Name: | ONEIDA STREET POWER PLANT, Milwaukee Rep |
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| Reference Number: | 16648 |
| Location (Address): | 108 E WELLS ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Additions: | 1914 1919 1985 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | public utility/power plant/sewage/water |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | HERMAN J. ESSER; BECKLEY/MYERS ARCHITECTS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Oneida Street Station |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/6/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | BUILDING ALSO SURVEYED AND LISTED WITH THIS PROPERTY ON 815-23 N EDISON STREET, AHI# IS 0031127. This building is known by another address: 816 N. Edison Street. This building is also a contributing resource of the Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic District (listed: 6/13/86). Articles of incorporation were filed in 1888 by Herman Rudolph, Robert Nunnemacher, Charles Pfister, and H.N. Benjamin to form the Edison Illuminating and Power Co. Failing to produce an active company, articles were refiled in 1889 by Charles F. Ilsley, Charles Ray, and D.M. Benjamin. It was here in 1919 that the first pulverized coal burning power plant was put into action. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: JUNEAUTOWN, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. INSCRIPTION. Milwaukee Daily Reporter 9/14/1998. Building permit. Milwaukee Sentinel, 10/5/1888, 3/2. Milwaukee Sentinel, 8/21/1889, 3/2. Milwaukee Sentinel, 5/8/1890, 5/1. Milwaukee Sentinel, 6/14/1890, 3/3. Milwaukee Sentinel, 7/15/1890, 3/4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |