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Excellent example of large cream brick store. Retains integrity of form and original details. Modern store front.
The John and Charlotte Lipps Building is probably the city's best surviving example of a highly ornamented Gothic Revival style commercial building. This block is especially impressive for its east (Third Street) façade, clad with dressed Amherst sandstone and trimmed with carved sandstone belt courses, hood moldings, and corner piers. The corbeled sandstone cornice is one of Milwaukee’s best examples. Built in 1878 for the German-immigrant owners of a millinery business, the Lipps Building was designed by Charles Gombert. Building constructed in 1878 by John Lipps who had a millinery business on Broadway. Occupied in November of that year until 1896 by Espenhain & Bartels Dry Goods Co. They were a large establishment with 85 employees in 1892 and branches in Belleville, Ill. and Terre Haute, Ind. In 1896, the building was occupied by a C.A. Rohde, stationery and books.
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1107 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 1107 N 3RD ST)
108683
Located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
322 E MICHIGAN ST (N MILWAUKEE)
16312
Located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
