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2751 S LENOX ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2751 S LENOX ST

Architecture and History Inventory
2751 S LENOX ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:BAY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Other Name:BAY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Contributing:
Reference Number:27765
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2751 S LENOX ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1915
Additions: 1918 1974
Survey Date:19902019
Historic Use:school – elem/middle/jr high/high
Architectural Style:Late Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Van Ryn And Degelleke; Brust-zimmerman
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. BUILDING WAS DESIGNED IN 1915 BY VAN RYNE AND DEGELLEKE; 1974 ADDITION WAS DESIGNED BY BRUST-ZIMMERMAN. WAS BAY VIEW'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL.

Original cost $800,000. Stage alteration 1925 $7081. Alt. to assemb. hall and study hall 1958 $190,000.

1974 gym addition $4,575,000.

Earlier house 2751 S. Lenox and school barracks on site buit 1915.

Collegiate Gothic school design in dark red tapestry face brick trimmed with buff Bedford limestone.
Bibliographic References:WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECHTS. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS DRIVING TOUR OF BAY VIEW. Perrin, Milwaukee Landmarks, p. 44. Milwaukee Public Schools Facilities Planning. American Architect January-June 1919.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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