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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1500 E RIVERSIDE PL |
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| County | Milwaukee |
| City/Village | Milwaukee |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1890 |
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| Survey Date | 1980,2016 |
| Historic Use | park |
| Architectural Style | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Architect | Frederick Law Olmsted |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
24 acres originally acquired from the Cream City Land Co. for $60,000. Frederick Law Olmsted designed River Park and Lake Park, linked by Newberry Boulevard. Resurveyed 2016 by UWM-CRM as part of Milwaukee Bublr bikeshare project. 2016- "Riverside Park, originally known as River Park, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1890 along with Lake Park and Newberry Boulevard (both NRHP-listed). Olmsted is recognized as one of the foremost American landscape architects; his best-known design is for Central Park in New York City. Riverside Park is bounded roughly by Oakland Avenue on the east, Riverside University High School on the north, the Milwaukee River on the west, and Park Place on the south. The area of the park along Oakland Ave is heavily landscape with mature trees. The park is located within the APE for proposed station site #62 - Riverside Park." -"Mult. Locations, Milwaukee, 7.5 series", WisDOT #2190-06-01, Prepared by Kelly Noack and Justin Miller, UWM-CRM (2016). |
| Bibliographic References | Milwaukee Board of Park Census (sp?) Annual Report, V. 1, 1891-1892, pp. 14-16. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Not Listed |
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