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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQ8_first-baptist-church_Wauwatosa-WI.html
This Victorian Gothic church was constructed in 1887-88 as the second home of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA. In 1906-07, it was rededicated as the ENOCH D. UNDERWOOD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH to honor Enoch D. Underwood, pastor from 1849 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQ6_kneeland-walker-house_Wauwatosa-WI.html
The history of the Kneeland-Walker House and Carriage House on this beautifully landscaped 1.5 acre site is the story of two remarkable men. The house was built in 1889-90 by Norman L. Kneeland who was involved in early Wauwatosa government. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYF6_sunnyhill-home_Wauwatosa-WI.html
Built by Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day, this residence is believed to have been designed in 1874 by prominent Milwaukee architect James Douglas. Once called "Wauwatosa's most prominent citizen," Dr. Day was a physician for the County Hospital, the Poor Fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAX_dittmar-robertson-building_Wauwatosa-WI.html
The Dittmar-Robertson building is the oldest remaining structure of the five-point intersection of Wauwatosa's historic village center. Erected in 1897 by a pioneer blacksmith, John F. Dittmar, it was first occupied by a hardware, plumbing and hea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAW_church-street-historic-district_Wauwatosa-WI.html
This block of Church Street extending south from Milwaukee Avenue was platted as Wauwatosa's first residential street in 1853. The Congregational Church built that year was the earliest religious structure in the community then known as Harts Mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAV_first-congregational-church_Wauwatosa-WI.html
The Congregationalists were the first to organize a church in Wauwatosa. In 1853 they purchased this lot for $50 and erected a small wooden church. The present structure, designed by architect Edwin O. Kuenzli, was begun in 1919 and enlarged in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAU_thomas-benjamin-hart-house_Wauwatosa-WI.html
Thomas B. Hart, with his brother, Charles, operated the saw and grist mills in the settlement of Hart's Mills, now known as Wauwatosa. From 1874 to 1885 this was his residence. It is the oldest house on the city's earliest residential street. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAS_harrison-ludington-farm_Wauwatosa-WI.html
In 1870 Harrison Ludington, three-term Milwaukee mayor and governor of Wisconsin, purchased 100 acres here and established an exemplary farm where he worked to improve the quality of the state's livestock. In 1881 he built this large "Gentleman's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW7Z_harts-mills_Wauwatosa-WI.html
The Founding Fathers of Wauwatosa were brothers Charles and Thomas Benjamin Hart from New England. In 1835 Charles Hart settled where an old Indian trail forded the Menomonee River. About 1838 the brothers built a water powered sawmill across the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3P_wauwatosa-avenue-historic-district_Wauwatosa-WI.html
The Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District includes seventy-seven houses on Wauwatosa Avenue, Warren Avenue, Hillcrest Drive and adjoining streets. The District is characterized by large, well-maintained examples of the architecture of the late ninete…
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