Property Record
2433-35 W VLIET ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred W. Miller Funeral Home |
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| Other Name: | Swiss Club |
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| Reference Number: | 230571 |
| Location (Address): | 2433-35 W VLIET ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Additions: | 1928 1943 |
| Survey Date: | 20152022 |
| Historic Use: | funeral home |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Permits suggest that this building was constructed in 1889 by undertaker Fred W. Mueller. Mueller’s son Earl took over the family business and in 1928 added a second story and brick veneer to the building. The younger Mueller operated a funeral home at this location until the late 1930s. The Swiss Club remodeled the building into its clubhouse in 1943. The club organized in Milwaukee in 1873 and was the first organization of Swiss settlers in Milwaukee. The club would remain in the subject building into the late 1960s, after which time it housed a series of short-tenured nightclubs. 2015- "Sheathed with brick, this two-and-one-half-story former funeral home most recently operated as a tavern and displays aspects of the Period Tudor Revival style. The roof carries on the main (north) facade a prominent, wooden shingle-clad dormer pierced by a Palladian window. The building's three entrances are located within round-arched openings trimmed with stone. The main facade's first floor features a set of four leaded-glass casement windows protected by a cloth awning. Additional leaded-glass casement windows are located on the upper level. A modern, shed-roof block on the west facade is tucked underneath a second-floor canted bay which, in turn, is topped with a projecting gabled dormer. Both the bay and dormer are covered with stucco. A balcony suppmied by heavy carved wooden brackets and protected by a modern railing is located to the left of the canted bay. Several flat-roof, astylistic brick additions are attached to the eastern and southern fa9ades and are of a size equal to the original building. Permits suggest that this building was constructed in 1889 by undetiaker Fred W. Mueller. Mueller's son Earl took over the family business and in 1928 added a second story and brick veneer to the building. The younger Mueller operated a funeral home at this location until the late 1930s. The Swiss Club remodeled the building into its clubhouse in 1943. The club organized in Milwaukee in 1873 and was the first organization of Swiss settlers in Milwaukee. The club would remain in the subject building into the late 1960s, after which time it housed a series of short-tenured nightclubs." -"W Vliet St, N 27th St (west) to N 12th St (east)", WISDot 2984-00-03, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Brian J. Faltinson & Traci E. Schnell), 2015. *2022 - Resurvey by HRL for WisDOT project. Little or no change since 2015. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permits, city directories, Sanborn Maps |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |