Property Record
1122 N ASTOR ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JAMES S. BROWN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | ZITA INC. COUTURE DESIGNS |
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| Reference Number: | 42453 |
| Location (Address): | 1122 N ASTOR ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1852 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Federal |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. Z in the photo codes is short for Zimmermann. At one time, Henry Clay Payne lived here. He was born in Franklin Co. Massachusetts on 11/23/1843 and came to Milwaukee in 1863. He was a developer of Milwaukee's trolley system. Was president of the Milwaukee Street Railway Co. from 1892-1895. Was president of the Milwaukee and Northern Railway Co. from 1890-1893. Was the Milwaukee Postmaster from 1872-1885. Was a Republican. Appointed Postmaster General of the United States by Theodore Roosevelt. Was a political organizer and lobbyist. He died 10/4/1904. Brown was born in Maine, moved to Cincinnati at age 16, studied law for four years and moved to Milwaukee in 1844. Was Wisconsin's first Attorney General, a member of Congress and Milwaukee's 11th mayor. No main building permit. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TOUR: YANKEE HILL, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, 1994. William W. Wight, Henry Clay Payne: A Life, Milwaukee, 1907. Zimmermann, The Past in Our Present, v. 2, pp. 75-78. Milwaukee Journal, 1/13/1974, Pt. 7, pp. 1-3. History of Milwaukee, 1881, p. 1059. Tax Program. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |