Property Record
7610 HARWOOD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WAUWATOSA |
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| Other Name: | LE REVE PATISSERIE & CAFE |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 233141 |
| Location (Address): | 7610 HARWOOD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Additions: | 1935 |
| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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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: | The First National Bank of Wauwatosa initially occupied the Greenwood Block, located at 7600 Harwood Avenue, in 1907 as the first bank in the City of Wauwatosa. The first president of the bank was Emerson Hoyt, who also served as the first mayor of the city. In 1911, the bank purchased a lot and constructed a new Neoclassical Revival Bank building. A rear addition was added in 1919 and the main façade completely remodeled in 1935. The bank left the Harwood Avenue location in 1955 for a new building on State Street. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa Public Library general history files. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1926-1992, on file at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. Wauwatosa Historical Society. Wauwatosa, Images of America. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |