714 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 714 N 3RD ST (AKA 720 N OLD WORLD THIRD ST)) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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714 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 714 N 3RD ST (AKA 720 N OLD WORLD THIRD ST))

Architecture and History Inventory
714 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 714 N 3RD ST (AKA 720 N OLD WORLD THIRD ST)) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Hotel Wisconsin
Other Name:Hotel Wisconsin
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:41854
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):714 N Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Dr (AKA 714 N 3RD ST (AKA 720 N OLD WORLD THIRD ST))
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1913
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:hotel/motel
Architectural Style:German Renaissance Revival
Structural System:Steel Frame
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: HOLABIRD AND ROCHE
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: West Side Commercial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:12/22/2000
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. One of a few remaining hotels of its vintage in downtown Milwaukee; also part of a body of work by the well known Chicago architectural firm of Holabird and Roche. An unusual composition of patterned brickwork with terra cotta mouldings, topped with a tiled cross-gable at the northwest corner. The building permit records contain "a typical floor plan of the Hotel Wisconsin" signed by Holabird and Roche. Julius Hauboldt was the masonry contractor.
Bibliographic References:MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: KILBOURNTOWN, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL 11/1/2003. Building Permit. Milwaukee City Directories, 1913-1914.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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