Property Record
7515 HARWOOD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wauwatosa Electric Company |
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| Other Name: | Wauwatosa Electric Sales and Light Co. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 77335 |
| Location (Address): | 7515 HARWOOD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 19952016 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| 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: | The Wauwatosa Electric Company constructed a Twentieth Century Commercial style building in 1915. The Electric Company, and co-tenant Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, occupied the building until 1936. The building has had many tenants since, most notably a women’s clothing store until 1955. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building and Planning Permit Records, on file at the Wauwatosa Planning Department, Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1926-1992, on file at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |