1441 E RUSSELL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1441 E RUSSELL AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1441 E RUSSELL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:G. Groppi Food Market
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:27656
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1441 E RUSSELL AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1900
Additions: 1923
Survey Date:1990
Historic Use:duplex/two-flat
Architectural Style:One Story Cube
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Bay View Historic District
National Register Listing Date:8/23/1982
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE MILWAUKEE IRON CO. AS A DOUBLE WORKER'S COTTAGE WHICH IS STILL VISIBLE IN THE REAR. BRICK FRONT WAS ADDED IN 1923. Italian immigrants Giocando and Georgina Groppi founded Groppi's Grocery in 1913. Over the years their twelve children were also involved in the business. Tom Groppi, the last of the line of Groppi children to own the store, closed the doors in February 2003. The store was reopened in November 2003 by John Nerhing and Anne Finch-Nehring, owners of several groceries throughout the Milwaukee area. Groppi's is the only Italian grocery store on Milwaukee's south side.

CONSTRUCTION DATE - NOT ON PERMIT. ALTERATIONS - 1924.
20X40 ADDITION BUILT IN 1924.
Bibliographic References:PERMIT. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS DRIVING TOUR OF BAY VIEW. http://www.groppis.com/ https://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/groppinew.html
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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