1500 W ST PAUL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1500 W ST PAUL AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1500 W ST PAUL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:GEUDER, PAESCHKE AND FREY FACTORY
Other Name:General Press & Fabricating Company
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:79339
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1500 W ST PAUL AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1917
Additions:
Survey Date:200020162020
Historic Use:industrial building
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/12/2018
State Register Listing Date:12/1/2017
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:2001 Architecture/History Survey for compliance case - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps indicate that the building footprints on the city block have changed significantly over the past 100 years. In 1894,the block contained multiple frame and brick buildings owned by the Milwaukee Furniture Company. Sixteen years later, the are featured larger, frame buildings with brick veneer. The structures were owned by the Gueder, Paeschke & Frey Company and were utilized by the company's pickling department, for its tinware manufacturing, and for general storage. A 1910 Sanborn map with revisions made in 1943 and 1951 reveals a singular, large structure occupying the city block; the map denotes the building as a factory owned by Geuder, Paeschke & Frey. 2016 - Two-story block with pilasters and stone sills, and downsized windows in original openings; a one story block connects to adjacent building and runs under viaduct.

**2020 - Resurveyed for I-94 Project 1060-27-04 by HRL: No apparent changes since at least 2017.
Bibliographic References:Sanborn Maps.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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