Property Record
7500 MILWAUKEE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wauwatosa High School |
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| Other Name: | Wauwatosa East High School |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 9023 |
| Location (Address): | 7500 MILWAUKEE AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Additions: | 1937 1975 1973 |
| Survey Date: | 199520162018 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Works Progress Administration; Myron Chester Nutting-1934 murals |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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. Nutting was a former art director at the Layton School of Art. The murals were hung in March, 1934 and were authorized the previous year by the Wauwatosa superintendent of schools, William T. Darling. The project was assigned by Charlotte Partridge, the director of the Layton School of Art and the Wisconsin director of the WPA's Federal Art Program. SLIGHTLY PROJECTING ENTRANCE TOWER W/BUTTRESSED CORNER. ART DECO CARVED DETAIL AT ENTRY AND ALONG TOWER PARAPET. BRICK PILASTERS W/ART DECO CARVED CAPS. The Wauwatosa High School was constructed in 1931. The school incorporated the existing building of the old Longfellow Junior High School, constructed in 1928. The Art Deco style school was expanded with a large addition in 1937 and a gymnasium addition in 1939. In 1961, the Wauwatosa School district expanded significantly in the recently annexed western half of the city with a new West Side School, and the Wauwatosa High School was renamed the Wauwatosa East High School. From 1973 to 1975, the school was further altered with extensive renovations, the removal of the prominent tower, window replacement and removal, and a large classroom and athletic addition on the east side of the building. The school presently has 1,173 students. Resurveyed 2018: no changes. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Appleton Post Crescent 6/19/2002. West Bend Daily News 6/17/2002. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/17/2002. Wauwatosa News Times 5/16/2002. Wauwatosa News Times 2/5/2004. Charlotte Partridge papers at UW-Milwaukee archives. Wauwatosa News Times 3/7/1934. Wauwatosa School District website. <www.edlinesites.net/pages/Wauwatosa_School_District> accessed January 1, 2017 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |