Property Record
600 E Keefe Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ben Hur Manufacturing Co |
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| Reference Number: | 232391 |
| Location (Address): | 600 E Keefe Ave |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1935 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - One-story office Contemporary brick office facing south onto E. Keefe. Industrial space features multiple one-and-two-story factory space with saw tooth and gable roofs. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Fanny S. Stone, ed., Racine, Belle City of the Lakes, and Racine County, Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement, Organizations, Progress and Achievement, vol. 1 (Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1916), 334, https://archive.org/stream/racinebellecity02ston#page/333/mode/2up. “Army Trailer Order for Lavine Gear Co.,” The Milwaukee Journal, November 10, 1939. “‘E’ Flag Unfurled at Ben-Hur Plant,” The Milwaukee Journal, May 1, 1943. Carroll Gantz, Refrigeration: A History (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2015), 177, https://books.google.com/books?id=0UgjCgAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s. “Henry Holt Uihelin Sr.,” JSOline Legacy, n.d., http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?pid=153421274. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |