National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin facts for kids

Location of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin

This list comprises buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in Milwaukee County, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 276 NRHP sites listed in Milwaukee County, including 204 in the City of Milwaukee included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 72 outside of the city, listed below. Seven previously listed sites (outside of Milwaukee) have been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 24, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Albert and Edith Adelman House		August 26, 2005 (#05000951)	7111 N. Barnett Ln. 43°08′45″N 87°53′57″W	Fox Point	1948 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence
2	Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church		December 19, 1974 (#74000100)	9400 W. Congress St. 43°05′51″N 88°01′48″W	Wauwatosa	1956 Frank Lloyd Wright design
3	APPOMATTOX (shipwreck)		January 20, 2005 (#04001547)	Off Atwater Beach Boundary increase (listed September 15, 2011): 150 yrds. off Atwater Beach 43°05′37″N 87°51′58″W	Shorewood	Wooden steamship, among the largest ever built. Ran aground in 1905. Part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS; boundary enlarged November 16, 2015.
4	Rufus Arndt House		September 12, 1985 (#85002016)	4524 N. Cramer St. 43°05′55″N 87°53′09″W	Whitefish Bay
5	Barfield-Staples House		September 12, 1985 (#85002017)	5461-5463 Danbury Rd. 43°06′57″N 87°54′04″W	Whitefish Bay
6	Thomas Bossert House		September 12, 1985 (#85002018)	2614 E. Menlo Blvd. 43°05′03″N 87°52′36″W	Shorewood
7	Brown Deer School		December 10, 1993 (#93001427)	4800 W. Green Brook Dr. 43°10′56″N 87°58′18″W	Brown Deer	1884 Schoolhouse
8	Church Street Historic District		August 10, 1989 (#89001099)	1448-1630 Church St. and 7758 W. Menomonee River Pkwy. 43°03′05″N 88°00′36″W	Wauwatosa
9	Benjamin Church House		February 23, 1972 (#72000059)	Parkway Dr., Eastabrook Park 43°05′29″N 87°53′53″W	Shorewood	1844 home of Benjamin Church and family. Originally at 501 4th St., Milwaukee.
10	Erwin Cords House		September 12, 1985 (#85002019)	1913 E. Olive St. 43°05′36″N 87°53′09″W	Shorewood
11	Cudahy Chicago and North Western Railway Depot		September 18, 2013 (#13000750)	4647 South Kinnickinnic Avenue 42°57′36″N 87°51′52″W	Cudahy
12	Jeremiah Curtin House		November 7, 1972 (#72000060)	8685 W. Grange Ave. 42°56′40″N 88°01′19″W	Greendale	Boyhood home of Jeremiah Curtin
13	Lowell Damon House		February 23, 1972 (#72000061)	2107 N. Wauwatosa Ave. 43°03′22″N 88°00′28″W	Wauwatosa	Wauwatosa's oldest residence, 1844
14	H. R. Davis House		September 12, 1985 (#85002020)	6839 Cedar St. 43°02′26″N 87°59′48″W	Wauwatosa
15	Elderwood		December 4, 1980 (#80000165)	6789 N. Elm Tree Rd. 43°08′24″N 87°55′10″W	Glendale
16	EMBA Shipwreck (Self-Unloading Barge)		July 3, 2013 (#13000468)	5 miles East of North Point in Lake Michigan 43°03′54″N 87°44′59″W	Lake Michigan
17	J. H. Fiebing House		September 12, 1985 (#85002021)	7707 Stickney 43°03′31″N 88°00′37″W	Wauwatosa	1925 house, designed by Ernest Flagg
18	George Gabel House		September 12, 1985 (#85002023)	4600 N. Cramer St. 43°05′59″N 87°53′10″W	Whitefish Bay
19	Warren B. George House		September 12, 1985 (#85002024)	7105 Grand Pkwy. 43°02′15″N 88°00′03″W	Wauwatosa
20	Paul S. Grant House		September 12, 1985 (#85002025)	984 E. Circle Dr. 43°06′55″N 87°53′55″W	Whitefish Bay
21	Greendale Historic District		July 29, 2005 (#05000763)	Roughly bounded by W. Grange Ave. and Catalpa St. 42°56′29″N 87°59′45″W	Greendale	New Deal planned community; National Historic Landmark designation October 16, 2012
22	Greenfield School		March 29, 2006 (#06000207)	8405 W. National Ave. 43°00′41″N 88°01′03″W	West Allis
23	Harrison Hardie House		September 12, 1985 (#85002026)	4540 N. Cramer St. 43°05′58″N 87°53′10″W	Whitefish Bay
24	Thomas B. Hart House		October 10, 1985 (#85003135)	1609 Church St. 43°03′07″N 88°00′37″W	Wauwatosa	1858 Gothic Revival house, later, home to prominent businessman.
25	Horace W. Hatch House		September 12, 1985 (#85002027)	739 E. Beaumont 43°07′09″N 87°54′01″W	Whitefish Bay
26	Seneca W. & Bertha Hatch House		September 12, 1985 (#85002028)	3821 N. Prospect Ave. 43°05′12″N 87°52′48″W	Shorewood
27	Henni Hall		July 24, 1974 (#74000103)	3257 S. Lake Dr. 42°58′56″N 87°52′19″W	St. Francis	1855 Roman Catholic seminary
28	Honey Creek Parkway		July 8, 2010 (#10000458)	Located between STH 181 at I-94 and N. 72nd St. 43°01′58″N 88°00′52″W	Wauwatosa
29	Willis Hopkins House		September 12, 1985 (#85002030)	325 Glenview 43°02′03″N 88°01′01″W	Wauwatosa
30	W. Ben Hunt Cabin		February 13, 2008 (#08000028)	5885 S. 116th St. 42°56′15″N 88°03′33″W	Hales Corners	1925 Rustic style handmade cabin housing Native American crafts
31	Halbert D. Jenkins House		September 12, 1985 (#85002031)	1028 E. Lexington Blvd. 43°06′49″N 87°53′53″W	Whitefish Bay
32	Juneau Highlands Residential Historic District		March 21, 2011 (#11000116)	6600-6734 W. Grant St., 2109-2180 S. Livingston Terrace, 6608-6656 W. Revere Pl., and 6627-29 W. Revere Pl. 43°00′20″N 87°59′44″W	West Allis
33	Kegel's Inn		October 12, 2010 (#10000823)	5901-5905 W. National Ave. 43°01′04″N 87°59′10″W	West Allis
34	Kneeland-Walker House		January 19, 1989 (#88003212)	7406 Hillcrest Dr. 43°03′19″N 88°00′15″W	Wauwatosa	1889 Queen Anne-style home of early Wauwatosa politician, Norman Kneeland.
35	Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile Company		September 3, 2001 (#01000964)	909 Menomonee Ave. 42°54′19″N 87°51′36″W	South Milwaukee	Designer of the first commercial passenger airplanes in the U.S.
36	LUMBERMAN shipwreck (schooner)		January 14, 2009 (#08001331)	10 miles (16 km) north of Wind Point 42°52′10″N 87°45′25″W	Oak Creek	126-foot schooner, built in 1862, capsized in 1893
37	John F. McEwens House		September 12, 1985 (#85002032)	829 E. Lake Forest 43°07′00″N 87°54′00″W	Whitefish Bay
38	Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House		October 8, 2010 (#10000816)	1508 S. 80th St. 43°00′53″N 88°00′43″W	West Allis
39	Henry A. Meyer House		September 12, 1985 (#85002033)	3559 N. Summit Ave. 43°05′01″N 87°52′30″W	Shorewood
40	Starke Meyer House		September 12, 1985 (#85002034)	7896 N. Club Circle 43°09′38″N 87°53′46″W	Fox Point
41	Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children-Administriation Building		January 7, 1999 (#98001587)	9508 Watertown Plank Rd. 43°02′46″N 88°01′53″W	Wauwatosa
42	Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy Historic District		March 19, 1998 (#98000258)	9722 Watertown Plank Rd. 43°03′00″N 88°02′09″W	Wauwatosa	Early technical school, opened 1912. Campus designed by Alexander Eschweiler.
43	Milwaukee Pierhead Light		November 21, 2012 (#12000971)	Milwaukee Harbor entry N. pier, SE. corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park 43°01′34″N 87°53′43″W	Milwaukee vicinity
44	Milwaukee (steam screw) Shipwreck		July 27, 2015 (#15000479)	3 mi. E. of Fox Point 43°08′11″N 87°49′56″W	Fox Point vicinity
45	George E. Morgan House		September 12, 1985 (#85002035)	4448 N. Maryland Ave. 43°05′49″N 87°52′55″W	Shorewood
46	Mary L. Nohl Art Environment		October 3, 2005 (#05001109)	7328 N. Beach Rd. 43°09′01″N 87°53′31″W	Fox Point	Embellished home and sculpture garden of folk artist
47	Pearl C. Norton House		September 12, 1985 (#85002036)	2021 Church St. 43°03′25″N 88°00′36″W	Wauwatosa
48	Oak Creek Parkway		June 27, 2011 (#11000416)	Between Grant Park at Hawthorne Ave. & Rawson Ave. 42°54′48″N 87°51′05″W	South Milwaukee	Milwaukee County Parkway System MPS
49	Painesville Chapel		November 7, 1977 (#77000039)	2740 W. Ryan Rd. 42°52′23″N 87°57′08″W	Franklin	1852 Greek Revival meeting hall of the Free Christian Congregation.
50	Range Line Road Bridge		July 7, 2015 (#15000405)	Range Line Rd. over Milwaukee R. 43°10′14″N 87°56′41″W	River Hills
51	Root River Parkway		January 29, 2013 (#12001253)	Between W. Layton Ave. & S. 76th St. 42°56′36″N 88°00′49″W	Greendale vicinity
52	Shorewood Village Hall		September 7, 1984 (#84003739)	3930 N. Murray Ave. 43°05′18″N 87°53′05″W	Shorewood	1908 school, became village hall in 1915
53	South Milwaukee Passenger Station		August 3, 1978 (#78000119)	Milwaukee Ave. 42°54′35″N 87°51′47″W	South Milwaukee	1893 Romanesque brick railway station.
54	South Milwaukee Post Office		October 24, 2000 (#00001251)	2210 Tenth Ave. 42°54′33″N 87°51′40″W	South Milwaukee	1931 Classical revival post office
55	Frederick Sperling House		September 12, 1985 (#85002037)	1016 E. Lexington Blvd. 43°06′49″N 87°53′54″W	Whitefish Bay
56	Sunnyhill Home		September 25, 1997 (#97001268)	8000 W. Milwaukee Ave. 43°03′11″N 88°00′46″W	Wauwatosa	Home of physician and amateur geologist, Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day
57	Town of Milwaukee Town Hall		October 9, 1986 (#86002852)	5909 N. Milwaukee River Pkwy. 43°07′33″N 87°55′48″W	Glendale	Town Hall from 1872 to 1962
58	Trimborn Farm		July 31, 1980 (#80000170)	8801 W. Grange Ave. 42°56′39″N 88°01′26″W	Greendale	Lime kilns and farm buildings dating to the 1840s through the 1860s
59	Herman Uihlein House		December 22, 1983 (#83004313)	5270 N. Lake Dr. 43°06′44″N 87°53′37″W	Whitefish Bay
60	Fred W. Ullius Jr. House		January 7, 1987 (#86003658)	5775 N. Santa Monica Blvd. 43°07′20″N 87°54′25″W	Whitefish Bay
61	William Van Altena House		September 12, 1985 (#85002038)	1916 E. Glendale 43°06′00″N 87°53′07″W	Whitefish Bay
62	G. B. Van Devan House		September 12, 1985 (#85002039)	4601 N. Murray Ave. 43°05′59″N 87°53′06″W	Whitefish Bay
63	Wadham's Gas Station		August 11, 2004 (#04000849)	1647 S. 76th St. 43°00′43″N 88°00′27″W	West Allis	One of Wadham's signature Japanese pagoda-style gas stations, designed by Alexander Eschweiler
64	Washington Highlands Historic District		December 18, 1989 (#89002121)	Bounded by N. 68th St., W. Lloyd St., N. 60th St., and Milwaukee Ave. 43°03′14″N 87°59′33″W	Wauwatosa	1910's planned subdivision
65	Wauwatosa Arcade Building		March 21, 1997 (#97000270)	7210-26 W. North Ave. 43°03′39″N 88°00′08″W	Wauwatosa
66	Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District		June 20, 2012 (#12000354)	1809-1845 (odd only) & 1907 to 2242 Wauwatosa, & 7606 & 7624 Stickney Aves. 43°03′31″N 88°00′27″W	Wauwatosa
67	Wauwatosa Woman's Club Clubhouse		July 1, 1998 (#98000828)	1626 Wauwatosa Ave. 43°03′08″N 88°00′24″W	Wauwatosa	1924 social center for women in Wauwatosa
68	West Allis Post Office		February 23, 2001 (#01000174)	7440 W. Greenfield Ave. 43°01′01″N 88°00′19″W	West Allis
69	Frank J. Williams House		September 12, 1985 (#85002040)	912 E. Lexington Blvd. 43°06′49″N 87°53′59″W	Whitefish Bay

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Clark Row House		January 16, 1986 (#86000102)	April 27, 1989	2103-2109 W. Kilbourn Ave.	Milwaukee
2	Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children School		December 17, 1998 (#98001535)	September 6, 2002	9658 Watertown Plank Road	Wauwatosa
3	Elizabeth Plankinton House		April 1, 1976 (#76002287)	Unknown	1492 W. Wisconsin Ave.	Milwaukee
4	Old Coast Guard Station		August 7, 1989 (#89001047)	July 1, 2009	1600 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive	Milwaukee
5	Old St. Peter's Church		July 25, 1974 (#74002338)	Unknown	3257 S. Lake Dr.	St. Francis
6	Whitefish Bay National Guard Armory		June 6, 2002 (#02000650)	April 6, 2011	1225 E. Henry Clay St. 43°06′37″N 87°53′43″W	Whitefish Bay	Fortress-like 1929 National Guard training site (demolished in 2004).
7	William G. Spence House		September 13, 1991 (#91001393)	July 3, 1996	1741 N Farwell Ave.	Milwaukee