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1. Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Elks (Fraternal order). Milwaukee Lodge No. 46 (Wis.); Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee 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...
2. Remember When...old world gardens adorned Convent Hill? Remember When...old world gardens adorned Convent Hill? School Sisters of Notre Dame (Milwaukee, Wis.); Convents -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fountains -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Clocks and watches -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee King Louis I of Bavaria was among those who lent financial support to the Notre Dame Sisters so they could build a castlelike convent complex in 1851 on Milwaukee's lower east side. The "Convent on the...
3. Remember When...the Eagles Club building was new? Remember When...the Eagles Club building was new? 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 (Milwaukee, Wis.); Automobiles 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,...
4. Remember When...the Natatorium was a bath house? Remember When...the Natatorium was a bath house? Greenbush Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public baths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Swimming pools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Natatorium (Milwaukee, Wis.) The establishment of public baths in Milwaukee was endorsed in the 1880s "to encourage healthful swimming and cleanliness facilities for those not fortunate enough to have their own baths." In those days,...
5. Remember When...6th and State looked like this? Remember When...6th and State looked like this? Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); State Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Milwaukeeans who pass this corner daily in rush hour traffic would hardly recognize it as it appeared in 1911. Then the northwest corner of N. 6th and W. State sts., where now stands the large red brick...
6. Remember When...Civil War veterans lived at Soldiers' Home? Remember When...Civil War veterans lived at Soldiers' Home? National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Northwestern Branch; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center; United States -- Veterans Administration -- Wisconsin -- Wood; Soldiers' homes -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Veterans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County These residents of the National Soldiers' Home, at least some of them veterans of the Civil War, posed for a picture outside the library in the early 1900s. The home - known today as the Veterans Administration...
7. Remember When...Red Arrow park had a 'natural' wading pool? Remember When...Red Arrow park had a 'natural' wading pool? Kneeland's Grove (Milwaukee, Wis.); Red Arrow Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eleventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Swimming pools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Originally known as Kneeland's Grove, the area which came to be called Red Arrow park once featured a natural lagoon, the exclusive domain of swans and ducks. Then, after the land was taken over by the...
8. Remember When...Milwaukee had octagon houses? Remember When...Milwaukee had octagon houses? Dewey, Linus; Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Buildings, Octagonal -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Octagonal houses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This charming little house was the Linus Dewey home, which once stood at 1631 N. 4th St. It appears that there were only three such octagon shaped dwellings ever built in Milwaukee. But at one time, before...
9. Remember When...people went to the 'nat'? Remember When...people went to the 'nat'? Swimming pools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; South Side Natatorium (Milwaukee, Wis.); Greenbush Natatorium (Milwaukee, Wis.); South Fourth Street Natatorium (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Greenbush Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Originally intended to promote cleanliness and public health (few homes had bathtubs then) natatoria (from the Latin verb "nature," which means "to swim") evolved to mean recreational swimming, water safety...
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