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618-624 N BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

618-624 N BROADWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
618-624 N BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Kovack Fabric Center/Brandy's on Broadway
Contributing: No
Reference Number:41164
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):618-624 N BROADWAY
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1889
Additions: 1935
Survey Date:19842010
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Art/Streamline Moderne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Concrete Block
Architect: Howland Russel
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: East Side Commercial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:9/23/1986
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Locally designated 11-17-1987.

1935 - New store front by Eschweiler and Eschweiler.

Resurveyed for Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey, SHPO#10-0983, Prepared by Heritage Research (2010).
Bibliographic References:MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: JUNEAUTOWN, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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