Property Record
1322-1324 W VLIET ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Peter Hirt Apartment Building |
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| Reference Number: | 230733 |
| Location (Address): | 1322-1324 W VLIET ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 20152022 |
| Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
| Architect: | Frank W. Andree (architect); Peter Hirt (masonry) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Peter Hirt hired in 1929 architect Frank W. Andree to design this building with one storefront and eight apartments. Hirt owned a concrete brick manufacturing business and completed the masonry work. The Wyle Hat Shop occupied the building in 1931, which soon gave way to the Milwaukee Fruit Market. It was a furniture and appliance store in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, it appears to operate entirely as an apartment building. 2015- "Faced with concrete block, this three-story apartment building has a storefront covered with metal siding pierced with downsized casement windows and a pair of doors. The upper floors each contain two tripmiite sets of one-over-one, double-hung sashes. Rectangular tile mosaic panels lay above the second-floor windows, while two additional panels are situated underneath raised segmental arches above the third-level windows. Each arch displays a heavy raised scrollwork pendant. Other ornamentation includes three raised vertical bands and a horizontal row of ornamental concrete block underneath the building's plain cornice. The sidewalls are built with common brick. In 1929, Peter Hirt hired architect Frank W. Andree to design this building with one storefront and eight apartments. Hirt owned a concrete brick manufacturing business and completed the masonry work. The Wyle Hat Shop occupied the building in 1931, which soon gave way to the Milwaukee Fruit Market. A furniture and appliance store occupied the building in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, it appears to operate entirely as an apartment building." -"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: | Directories, Building Permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |