3280 S CLEMENT AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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3280 S CLEMENT AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
3280 S CLEMENT AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Nash/LaFayette Automotive Plant
Other Name:Ottoway Motor Parts/Chrysler/Mopar Distribution Center
Contributing:
Reference Number:232587
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3280 S CLEMENT AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1921
Additions: 1922 1923
Survey Date:2016
Historic Use:industrial building
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:2016 - Complex includes three c.1920 blocks connected by c.1960 additions, with c.1965 addition at rear (east). Southern 2-story and central 3-story blocks are brick with pilasters, concrete accents, coping, and sills; decorative brickwork below cornice line, low peaked parapets. One-story north block has concrete block walls; north and south blocks have sawtooth roofs. Original metal windows remain in most openings, four large bays have been infilled on west facade. A railroad corridor runs along south side of parcel.
Bibliographic References:“Milwaukee Plant of Nash Motors Co. Model of Its Kind,” Milwaukee 1, no. 5 (January 1922): 21. “Nash Increases Floor Space” Milwaukee, vol. 1, no. 11 (July 1922): 18. “Nash Enlarging Plants for Production of 300 Cars a Day,” Motor Age 52, no. 2 (July 13, 1922): 32. “Nash Factory Has Shipped Over $20,000,000 Products,” Motor Age 52, no. 20 (November 16, 1922): 35. Charles K. Hyde, Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2009), 47-51. “Main Plant of La Fayette Motors Corporation to Milwaukee,” Milwaukee 2, no. 4 (January 1922): 5. “Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1910-Revised 1951, Volume 6” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1951), Sheet 614. “Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1910-Revised 1937, Volume 6” (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1937), Sheet 614.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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