Property Record
4143 N 27TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Evinrude Motors |
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| Reference Number: | 232370 |
| Location (Address): | 4143 N 27TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - Complex consists of a conglomeration of large one-story factory buildings with continuous window walls, some monitors on flat roofs, and a square brick central smokestack. The east facade is covered with corrugated metal siding. A detached two-story brick office is located at the south side of complex. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Milwaukee 1910-Dec. 1951 vol. 13, 1929-July 1951, Sheet 1304 Kenneth E. Hendrickson III, The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), 310. Kenneth Bjork, “Ole Evinrude and the Outboard Motor,” Norwegian-American Studies 12 (1941): 177. Milwaukee City Directory, 1930 (Wright Directory Co., 1930), 567, 1309. Rick Barrett, “BRP Shows off Sturtevant Evinrude Plant,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 21, 2012. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |