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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 6400 W BURLEIGH ST |
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| County | Milwaukee |
| City/Village | Milwaukee |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1955 |
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| Additions | 1975 |
| Survey Date | 1975,2024 |
| Historic Use | cemetery building/monument |
| Architectural Style | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material | Stone Veneer |
| Architect | Reddemann-domann |
| Other Buildings On Site | Y |
| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments | 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. 2024: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery was established in 1894 as Wanderers' Rest Cemetery (AHI 246379). The present cemetery is a 75.58-acre parcel bounded to the west by W. Appleton Avenue, W. Burleigh Street to the south, and N. 60th Street to the east. The cemetery features curvilinear, lobed roadways that encircle and provide access to the 16 sections marked by large rocks engraved with the section number or letter. The built environment consists of an outdoor chapel (AHI 118693), an office-indoor chapel building (AHI 118692), a utility building (AHI 246382), a mausoleum (AHI 246380), and a memorial (AHI 246381). According to the original survey card, the newer chapel (AHI 118692) was originally constructed as a shop building and was adapted in 1975 for use as an office and indoor chapel according to the designs of Reddermann–Dohmann. . Based on aerial imagery, the shop building was constructed prior to 1955. As it stands, the office building is one-story tall and rectangular in plan with a flat roof. The building consists of the original shop building, delineated by a stepped parapet along the south elevation, and a rectangular addition along the east elevation. The building is constructed of concrete block with a fieldstone veneered east elevation. The public entrance is in the south elevation of the east addition consisting of double plate glass doors sheltered below a semi-circular metal canopy. The original window and fenestration pattern in the original south elevation has been altered; however, two 12-lite steel sash windows remain intact. The stone veneered east elevation features two banks of windows each consisting of four vertical windows openings with raised mullions constructed of concrete pavers and cast-concrete sills. The windows are glass blocks arranged 4-units wide and 12-units tall. Since the building was originally constructed and surveyed in 1975, a brick wall extending perpendicular from the south elevation, defining the public entrance to the indoor chapel, has been removed. Additionally, a low integrated brick planter was removed from below the window banks in the east elevation. |
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National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Not Listed |
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