Property Record
1640 W BRUCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Northwestern Malleable Iron Co. |
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| Other Name: | Morris Miller Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 99049 |
| Location (Address): | 1640 W BRUCE ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 198520162020 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016 - Classical entry portico with pediment, corner tower windows with trefoil tracery, round arch third-story windows with stone keys. Stone belt course above raised brick foundation. Entrance reads "Morris Miller Building." Replacement windows preserve original openings. |
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| Bibliographic References: | D.M. Avey, “Milwaukee Foundries Serve All Industry,” The Iron Trade Review 63, no. 14 (October 3, 1918): 112. City of Milwaukee Department of City Development, South Side Neighborhood Historic Resources Survey: Final Report, 37–38. “Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Milwaukee, 1910, Volume 4,” Sheet 385. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |