Property Record
1020 W. Cleveland Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Cleveland Avenue Fieldhouse |
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| Other Name: | Modrzejewski Fieldhouse |
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| Reference Number: | 244912 |
| Location (Address): | 1020 W. Cleveland Ave |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1926 |
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| Additions: | C. 1937 |
| Survey Date: | 2022 |
| Historic Use: | park shelter/building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Charles E. Malig |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The Modrzejewski Fieldhouse was constructed circa 1926 according to the designs of city architect, Charles E. Malig. As it stands, the fieldhouse is a one-story building that exhibits characteristics of the Neoclassical and Colonial Revival style. The roof is a hip with cross gables and the plan is cruciform consisting of a central rectangular volume, an entrance foyer extending from the north elevation, and an enclosed porch extending from the south elevation. As it was constructed, the fieldhouse was T-shaped in plan consisted of the central hipped roof rectangular volume and an open-air colonnaded temple front porch extending from the south elevation. Based on comparative fieldhouses, architectural drawings, and MKE REC building inventory files, the entrance foyer was constructed, and the colonnaded porch was enclosed between 1937 and 1945. In 1979, most original windows were replaced or bricked and all original doors were replaced with hollow metal doors. The foundation below the central volume and the entrance foyer is cast concrete; the walls are constructed of red brick laid in common bond with raised brick quoins at each of the corners. The enclosed porch stands on a raised concrete slab that is approximately one foot above grade; the enclosed porch is wood framed between four cast stone columns. The eaves are boxed with wood soffit and fascia, the north gable end of the entrance foyer features eave returns, and the south gable end of the enclosed porch features an enclosed pediment faced with cement plaster. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles; a brick chimney rises from the west roof slope of the central hipped roof. The enclosed porch features unfluted cast stone columns, entablature, and the closed pediment characteristic of the Neoclassical style. The window openings feature cast stone sills and flat arch headers with cast stone keystones. The restroom entrances in the east and west elevations feature round arches with cast stone keystones around rounded transom openings that have since been removed. The entrance in the entrance foyer addition also features a flat arch with cast keystone. The original windows are one-over-one hung wood sash windows with applied muntins creating the allusion of six-over-six windows and four-over-four windows and rectangular. The original doors were wood stile and rail doors; however, all have been replaced with flush hollow metal doors. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architectural drawings on file at the Department of Department of Recreation and Community Services (MKE REC), a department of Milwaukee Public Schools. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |