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Iron Block

Under construction
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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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

Tags 

19th Century (36,712)
Badger's Architectural Iron Works (1)
Brick (42,459)
Built 1860 (420)
Built during 1860s (3,637)
George H. Johnson (2)
Have Street View (40,660)
Limestone (8,192)
Meeting hall (1,484)
 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (309)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (163)
Private owner (54,396)
Renaissance (1,331)
Sandstone (4,862)
Stone (26,162)
Victorian (19,696)
Wisconsin (2,527)

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 

Sources 

  • HABS WI-251 - Iron Block
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • National Register database - Reference number 74000105

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