1020 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST

Historic Name:
Schuster's Department Store

Other Name:
GIMBEL'S

Reference Number:
63292

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Property Location

Location (Address)	1020 W HISTORIC MITCHELL ST
County	Milwaukee
City/Village	Milwaukee
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built	1914
Additions	1920, 1924, 1941, 1948
Survey Date	1980,2017
Historic Use	large retail building
Architectural Style	Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System
Wall Material	Brick
Architect	Brust Philipp & Heimerl (1914),Brust & Philipp (1920),Brust & Brust (1941, 1948)
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished	No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments	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. Tax certified district. F.W. Schuster & Co. hired in 1912 the architectural firm of Brust, Philip & Heimerl to design this department store. Brust & Philip designed the 1920 addition. Schuster’s originally opened in 1884 at N. 3rd and Garfield streets and in 1894 opened a second store on Milwaukee’s north side. The subject store was the company’s third location. Schuster’s operated in major neighborhood shopping districts and did not have a downtown location. For most of its existence, it was considered to be one of Milwaukee’s most prominent department stores. Gimbels took over Schuster’s in 1962 and continued to operate the Mitchell Street location into the 1980s. The building has since been converted into condominiums.
Bibliographic References	Permits.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name	West Mitchell Street Commercial District
National Register Listing Date	Nov 09, 2018
State Register Listing Date	May 18, 2018
Contributing	Yes

large retail building Twentieth Century Commercial

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1910-1919
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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