Property Record
7677 W STATE ST & 7707 HARWOOD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HEMSING BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | ZIMMERMAN DESIGN / CAFE HOLLANDER |
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| Reference Number: | 8980 |
| Location (Address): | 7677 W STATE ST & 7707 HARWOOD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 19952016 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DRASTICALLY ALTERED Henry Hemsing constructed a Colonial Revival style three-story commercial block building in 1910. The building had many early tenants including the Hawks Nursery Company from 1910 to 1949, several drug stores during the same period, the Wauwatosa State Bank in the 1920s, and the Town of Wauwatosa Works Progress Administration Offices from 1936 to 1940. A fire destroyed the upper floor of the building in 1949, and it was replaced with a pitched roof with dormer windows. The building has undergone a series of significant renovations since. |
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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 |