Property Record
1560 N 2ND ST (AKA 1610 N 2ND ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Schlitz Bottle House |
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| Other Name: | Schlitz #6 Staff Operation Office |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 31737 |
| Location (Address): | 1560 N 2ND ST (AKA 1610 N 2ND ST) |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1899 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | brewery/distillery/winery |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Joseph Schlitz Company Brewery Complex |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/30/1999 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/16/1999 |
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| 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. G.H. Stoewe was the builder. Architectural statement: Description: The Schlitz Staff Operations Offices is a three story cream colored brick building with a rusticated limestone foundation. It is a rectangular building with the west front elevation divided into 15 bays by vertical pilasters. The center five bays and the end bays are treated differently than the intermediate four bays on each side. The latter have three small rectangular openings on the ground floor, a single large segmental arch opening with three windows on the second floor, and three smaller round arch openings on the third floor. The five center bays incorporate similar openings but are more embellished on the third floor having round arch openings with cut stone trim. The center opening on the third floor is three windows wide and has a semi-circular fan-light above. The center five bays have a higher parapet also, incorporating bands of decorative brickwork and polychromed terra cotta. The center bay extends higher incorporating a fourth floor and creating a short tower. It has three double hung, windows topped by a stepped gable with terra cotta coping. Three panels of polychromed terra cotta decorate the gable, the center one being the Schlitz belted globe emblem. (1982 photo - 34/29). Significance: The building is significant architecturally because visually it is one of the pivotal structures of the Schlitz complex. It has a well designed west facade incorporating elements of German Renaissance and Richardsonian Romanesque styles, similar to several of the other buildings. The stepped gable with polychromed terra cotta details is especially handsome. Historical Statement: According to the 1910 Sanborn Insurance Map, this building was used originally as a bottling works. The floors were used as: basement - bottle storage; first floor - filling and labeling; second floor - box storage. The building was constructed in 1902 by Milwaukee masonry contractor G.H.Stuewe; the architect was Louis Lehle of Chicago. Cost of the construction was $100,000. More recently, the building was used as the Staff Operations Offices. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE ETHNIC COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS TOUR, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, SEPTEMBER 1994. Insurance maps of Milwaukee V-3 Sanborn 1910. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |