Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Deutscher Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Tenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mitchell, Alexander, 1817-1887; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin --...
The magnificent Mitchell home at 183 9th St. (now 900 W. Wisconsin Ave.) has long been a center of Milwaukee social life. Mitchell, an early Milwaukee industrial and financial giant, built his original home on the site in 1848, the year Wisconsin...
Phoenix Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The Phoenix Club was on the east side of N. Jefferson St. between E. Mason and E. Wells Sts. The social organization was founded in 1885 and this clubhouse was built in 1889. The club remained at the location until 1903. The building was...
Millioki Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; First Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wright Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Knights of Pythias
In the late 1800s and early part of the 20th century hundreds of associations, societies, and clubs of various kinds were being founded all over the city. Singing societies-the Liederkranz, the Arions, the Deutscher Mannerverein-gave Milwaukee...
This 1934 photograph of the grounds of the Wisconsin Club, 900 W. Wisconsin Ave., shows that there once was a windmill in addition to the gazebo and footbridge which still stand. The windmill has since disappeared, but not the mystery of how some...
Milwaukee Yacht Club -- Fire, 1943; Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lincoln Memorial Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Melted trophy cups and scorched wood were all that remained of the Milwaukee Yacht Club on Nov. 23, 1943, after a spectacular fire of undetermined origin destroyed the 49- year-old landmark at 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. The club was founded in...
Eagles Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center (Milwaukee, Wis.); Omnibus (Milwaukee, Wis.); Rave...
The Eagles Club building at 24th St. and Wisconsin Ave., now the Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center, was built for $1.25 million in 1925. Designed by architect Russell Barr Williamson, this imposing steel and stone edifice for...
During the latter part of the 19th century this scene, looking west from what is now, E. Mason st. and N. Broadway, was part of what was known as " Milwaukee's Newspaper Row." On the corner was Adam Roth's Quiet House saloon. The third floor of...
Women's Club of Wisconsin; Athenaeum (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cass Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Biddle Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
When the Athenaeum, home of the Women's Club of Wisconsin, was first built in 1888, it stood on the corner of Cass and Biddle Sts., which were lit by gas lamps. Later it got a new address (813 E. Kilbourn Ave.) when Biddle was renamed Kilbourn. ...
Sidewalk superintendents must have had a field day when the nine story Elks Club building went up in 1924, gracing Milwaukee's lakefront skyline. The fraternal lodge was one of the most spacious in the country at that time with a huge hall on the...
Chicago and North Western Railway Company -- Buildings; Waterfronts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Juneau, Solomon Laurent, 1783-1856 -- Statues; Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The year was 1900, and it was 27 years before the Lincoln Memorial bridge was to change this view drastically. The Chicago and Northwestern railway built its present depot in 1889, to replace an earlier structure. The railway tracks were so close...
Lincoln Memorial Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lincoln Memorial Drive Bridge (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Where the War Memorial Building stands today was once a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. A movement to commemorate the life of the great American statesman began in 1916, and a campaign to raise funds for a fitting memorial was started. World War I...
Gordon Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Skis and skiing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Ski Club
Neither drizzle, nor warm weather, nor a freak thunderstorm could dampen the enthusiasm of the 20,000 spectators drawn to this event - the first annual ski tournament, Feb. 8, 1925, in Gordon Park. Skiing champions from across the nation accepted...
Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eleventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Monuments -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Court of Honor (Milwaukee, Wis.);...
Motorists who pass it every day might find it difficult to believe that this peaceful street is now W. Wisconsin av., between N. 9th and N. 11th sts., Milwaukee's Court of Honor. Lovely trees lined the avenue, known as Grand av. in those days, and...
Mix, Edward Townsend; Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Waverly Place (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The house that a noted architect built for himself is certainly worth recalling. This is the home of Edward Townsend Mix, on the southwest corner of what was later E. Juneau Ave. and N. Waverly Pl. Mix lived there from 1869 to 1889. He was born...
Lincoln Memorial Bridge (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Aerial photographs; Lincoln Memorial Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Streets -- Wisconsin...
Head bowed, the Lincoln statue stood at the grand staircase of Lincoln Memorial bridge. The 10 and a half foot, 3,000 pound bronze statue had been placed there in 1934, after 20 years of fund collecting for its creation. Crowds milled around and...
Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds; Time capsules; Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.)
There's more than one way to break ground. You can turn a spadeful of dirt or you can dig a hole and sink a capsule. The latter was the way the $3.5 million addition to the Central Library building in Downtown Milwaukee was launched on June 10,...
Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Harness racing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse racing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Racetracks (Horseracing) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Washington Park Driving Club (Milwaukee, Wis.)
The 150-acre tract of land which became Washington Park has been acquired piecemeal beginning in 1891. While most Milwaukeeans remember the park - bounded by N. 40th and 47th Sts., W. Lisbon Ave., W. Lloyd and W. Vliet Sts. - as the site of the...
Pabst Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garfield Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Roller coasters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
In the early 1900s, amusement park thrills could be found between 3rd and 5th Sts. south of Burleigh. Capt. Fred Pabst bought the 8-acre parcel from the Milwaukee Shooting Club, which had used it as a range at the turn of the century. He renamed...
Baseball -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Athletic Field (Milwaukee, Wis.); Borchert Field (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chambers Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Baseball fields -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team...
Around the turn of the century, baseball fans turned out in large numbers for the home games at Athletic Field. Later, in 1913 and 1914, the American Association pennant flew at the park as a reminder that the first Milwaukee Brewers were...
Wisconsin State Fair Park; Wisconsin State Fair; Fairs -- Wisconsin
At the turn of the century, State Fair park was really out in the country. In 1892 it was given its permanent quarters at the McFedtridge farm in what is now West Allis. The move was necessary because Milwaukee's westward expansion took over its...
