Property Record
2844 S 29TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Heil Factory |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232558 |
| Location (Address): | 2844 S 29TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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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 - The c.1940 Heil Co. factory is a production shed with a two-story tower with central loading bay door and roofline monitor and sawtooth roof on either side. The brick walls feature Moderne concrete accents on corner pilasters, and the building retains original metal safety glass windows in long bands throughout. |
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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 |