Property Record
1301-1307 E BRADY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | GATEAUX PATISSERIE (resturant/retail) |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 51103 |
| Location (Address): | 1301-1307 E BRADY ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1882 |
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| Additions: | 1900 |
| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | East Brady Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/9/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/1/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. The site file is named 1301-1307 E. Brady Street. 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. Another map code is 282/26. Was Whiz Bang - Mary's Bar in 1979. These properties at 1301-07 were constructed in 1882 as income properties for Rudolph Wiese, a successful Milwaukee pharmacist. The one-story infill building was constructed before the turn of the century. The original buildings are two-story, frame, front-gabled structures. The storefronts of these buildings feature fluted, wooden corner pilasters. A Queen Anne-style, bracketed, wood and sheet metal cornice separates the first and second floors. Original fenestration is found on the second floors and consists of double-hung wood sash windows. Quatrefoil windows pierce the gable ends of the building. The two-story buildings are clapboard clad. Vernacular frame commercial architecture, a pair of two-story front-gabled blocks built in 1882. Of clapboard siding, consisting of window store fronts, the original placement and design, the two buildings are 22' x 45' with an infill building constructed around 1900 of 13' x 38'. There is a 2 bedroom apartment over each of the gabled buildings. The interior of the stores have been rebuilt several times, most recently used as a guitar shop and the other a restaurant. All windows and their placement are original. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax Program |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |