E SIDE OF N PORT WASHINGTON RD AT MILWAUKEE RIVER | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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E SIDE OF N PORT WASHINGTON RD AT MILWAUKEE RIVER

Architecture and History Inventory
E SIDE OF N PORT WASHINGTON RD AT MILWAUKEE RIVER | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Federal Munitions Factory Gateway
Other Name:
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Reference Number:232984
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):E SIDE OF N PORT WASHINGTON RD AT MILWAUKEE RIVER
County:Milwaukee
City:Glendale
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1935
Additions:
Survey Date:19982019
Historic Use:other
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
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:1998- "This free-standing post stands just southeast of the bridge. It is of masonry consturction finished with red brick in common bond. The post is trimmed with stone or concrete and includes: a ase and a cap with a classical profile' raised and recessed stone panels on the post's west face (overlooking North Port Washington Road); and a brick panel with stone corner blocks. According to Glendale city manager Richard Maslowski, this post was one of a pair that formed the gateway to a small munitions factory that the U.S. War Department (no the Federal Department of Defense) operated just south of the bridge during the late 1930s and the early 1940s. Originally, there was a guard post nearby. The post is the only surviving remnant associated with the federal munitions factory."
-"Milwaukee, 7.5'", WisDOT 2570-07-00/70, Prepared by Elizabeth L. Miller. (2000).

2019 - Not extant (Heritage Research, Ltd.).
Bibliographic References:Architecture/History Survey of I-43 from Capitol Drive (south) to a point 2100' north of Hampton Avenue (north) in Milwaukee & Glendale, Milwaukee County, WI, July 1, 2019. WHS Project #19-1461, prepared by John N. Vogel.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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