Property Record
5611, 5623, 5629 N LAKE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Whitefish Bay Pharmacy Building |
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| Reference Number: | 183982 |
| Location (Address): | 5611, 5623, 5629 N LAKE DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Whitefish Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1950 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Fitzhugh Scott Jr. & Sr. Architects; Selzer-Ornst Company (Builder) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The Whitefish Bay Pharmacy was established by pharmacists M. Druschke and Mr. Thompson with business manager Allan J. Roberts in 1924. It was originally located in a non-extant two-story building on the 700 Block of Silver Spring Drive. After several years, Druschke and Thompson seperated to start their own individual drug stores. Roberts hired pharmacist Dan Fitzgerald, and the business continued to prosper. After World War II, Roberts’ daughter, Roberta Klotsche, took over management of the store and moved the store to a new location in 1950. The new building was designed by architect Fitzhugh Scott Jr. and was constructed by the Selzer-Ornst Company for a cost of $80,000. It featured the new technology of air conditioning and a four-sided clock tower atop the building’s roof. The pharmacy contained a soda fountain in its L-shaped quarters, one of the building’s three storefronts. By 1952, a portion of the building’s 2,500 square feet of second-floor office space was home to the building’s architect. Shortly before the new pharmacy building was constructed, Fitzgerald left after purchasing the former Ott’s Drugstore. Throughout its history, a wide variety of retail businesses and office have been located in the in the building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permit records on file at Whitefish Bay Village Hall. Whitefish Bay Historical Research Project. Volume 13. Mimi Bird Collection, Whitefish Bay: Whitefish Bay Public Library |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |