Property Record
167-173 N BROADWAY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wirth, Hammel & Co. Stables |
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| Other Name: | Eder Manufacturing Co. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 98300 |
| Location (Address): | 167-173 N BROADWAY ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | livery/stable |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Henry C. Koch |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Historic Third Ward District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/8/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Two-story, cream brick with stone lintels and sills, very narrow windows boarded up. Two Germans, Ed Wirth and Henry Hammel, started a horse dealing business in Milwaukee in 1857. By 1890, Wirth, Hammel & Co. had branch stables and resident buyers in several states, handeled at least 2500 head of horses and mules, and claimed to be "the largest sales stables in the United States". After the great fire destroyed their buildings, this new stable, described as "spacious", "ornate" and "elegant", was constructed in 1892 for the firm on the same site and was designed by prominent architect H.C. Koch. The basement and first floor had facilities for 150 head, and the 2nd floor was used for sleeping quarters and storage. In addition to its stock of draft, saddle and carriage horses, Wirth, Hammel & Co. specializing in supplying the leading lumbermen with horses in the fall. By 1916, the business was operating under the name of an established partner, Moses Newald, and within 10 years M.D. Newald's Sons & Co. had made the transition to auto sales and service. A 1921 ad describes Newald's as "dealers in horses and distributors of Stewart Motor Trucks". In 1966, an agent for Kingsbury Breweries Co. opened a beer depot here, followed in the 1960s by assorted warehouse uses. The stable is currently used for storage by Eder Mfg. Co. located next door. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Permit. Historic Third Ward Historic Walking Tour, Historic Third Ward Association, 2009. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |