Iron Block

205 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Overview Looking Southeast

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in September 2013

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Coordinates:
+43.03865, -87.90891
43°02'19" N, 87°54'32" W

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Milwaukee

Description

The Iron Block is notable as one of Milwaukee's most prominent early commercial buildings. It is one of a small number of pre-Civil War structures remaining in the central business district and is the city's chief example of the use of cast-iron for a building's facade. The architect, George H. Johnson, was an English-born builder-architect who managed Daniel Badger's Architectural Iron Works company in New York. -- Historic American Buildings Survey

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1974
Reference number: 74000105
Architectural styles: Victorian: Renaissance; Other architectural type; Venetian Renaissance
Area of significance: Architecture
Level of significance: National
Evaluation criteria: C - Design/Construction
Property type: Building
Historic functions: Meeting hall; Business
Current function: Specialty store
Period of significance: 1850-1874
Significant years: 1860; 1861

Update Log

September 20, 2013: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Status and Added Photos

Sources

HABS WI-251 - Iron Block
J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
National Register database - Reference number 74000105