Property Record
2773-2776 S 29TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milwaukee Hay Tool, Milwaukee Malleable & Grey Iron Works |
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| Other Name: | Milwaukee Malleable and Milwaukee Tool Company |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232556 |
| Location (Address): | 2773-2776 S 29TH 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: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - The complex consists of the facilities of the Milwaukee Hay Tool Company on the west side of S. 29th Street and the Milwaukee Malleable and Grey Iron Company on the east side of the street, laid out along the railroad corridor. Milwaukee Malleable and Milwaukee Tool Company's c.1930 office faces east, and the central entrance has brick walls and a monogrammed door with glass block surround. The large manufacturing complex extends at rear, and has drop siding, roofline monitors, brick firewalls with stepped parapets, and multi-light original windows. The foundry complex on the east side has brick walls and a mixture of original and replacement sash. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Milwaukee, 1910- Revised 1951, Vol. 17, Sheet 1722 “Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1910, Volume 6” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1910). Ellis Baker Usher, Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913 (Lewis publishing Company, 1914), 1449–50. “Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1910, Volume 6,” Sheet 570. Harold M. Cobb, The History of Stainless Steel (ASM International, 2010), 281. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |