Iron Block
Under construction
205 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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 SurveyNational 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
- January 31, 2018: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- September 20, 2013: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Status and Added Photos
Related landmarks
- East Side Commercial Historic District (Parent district)
Sources
- HABS WI-251 - Iron Block
- J.R. Manning - Lugnuts969 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- National Register database - Reference number 74000105
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