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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
297historic places
—earliest paper
1834formed
939,489pop. 2020
47cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 297 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 10 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Whitefish Bay.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Milwaukee titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

209 of 297 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

297 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
100 East BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2025
16th Street ViaductMilwaukeeStructure2019
20th Street SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2020
27th and Wells Streets Commercial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2016
37th Street SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2020
A.O. Smith Corporation HeadquartersMilwaukeeDistrict2022
APPOMATTOX (Shipwreck)ShorewoodSite2005
APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) (Boundary Increase II and Additional Documentation)ShorewoodSite2015
APPOMATTOX (shipwreck) Boundary IncreaseShorewoodSite2011
Abbot RowMilwaukeeBuilding1983
Abresch, Charles, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Adelman, Albert and Edith, HouseFox PointBuilding2005
Adler, Emanuel D., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1991
All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral ComplexMilwaukeeBuilding1974
Allis, Charles, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1975
American System Built Homes-Burnham Street DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1985
Annunciation Greek Orthodox ChurchWauwatosaBuilding1974
Arndt, Rufus, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Astor on the LakeMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Baasen House-German YMCAMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Barbee, Lloyd A., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding2019
Barfield-Staples HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Baumbach BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1983
Bay View Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1982
Blatz Brewery ComplexMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Blatz, Valentin, Brewing Company Office BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1983
Blommer Ice Cream CompanyMilwaukeeBuilding2017
Bogk, Frederick C., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1972
Bossert, Thomas, HouseShorewoodBuilding1985
Brewers Hill Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1984
Brewers Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)MilwaukeeDistrict1995
Brown Deer SchoolBrown DeerBuilding1993
Buemming, Herman W., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1990
Burnham, J. L., BlockMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Calkins, Elias A., DoublehouseMilwaukeeBuilding1990
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Carleton District #3 SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2025
Carpenter, Michael, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Cass-Juneau Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1988
Cass-Wells Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1986
Central LibraryMilwaukeeBuilding1974
Century BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2017
Chief Lippert Fire StationMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Christ Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1987
Church Street Historic DistrictWauwatosaDistrict1989
Church, Benjamin, HouseShorewoodBuilding1972
Coakley Brothers WarehouseMilwaukeeBuilding2018
Commerce Street Power PlantMilwaukeeBuilding1999
Concordia Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1985
Congregation Beth Israel SynagogueMilwaukeeBuilding1992
Cook, Thomas, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Cords, Erwin, HouseShorewoodBuilding1985
Cudahy Chicago and North Western Railway DepotCudahyBuilding2013
Curtin, Jeremiah, HouseGreendaleBuilding1972
Dahinden, Edward J., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Damon, Lowell, HouseWauwatosaBuilding1972
Davis, H. R., HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House NHLWauwatosaBuilding1997
Desmond-Farnham-Hustis HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1990
Dover Street School and Social CenterMilwaukeeBuilding2016
EMBA (self-unloading barge) ShipwreckMilwaukeeSite2013
Eagle Knitting MillsMilwaukeeBuilding2020
Eagles ClubMilwaukeeBuilding1986
East Brady Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1990
East Oregon and South Barclay Industrial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2014
East Side Commercial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1986
East Village Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2004
ElderwoodGlendaleBuilding1980
Esbenshade, Abraham H., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Exton Apartments BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1997
Federal BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Fiebing, J. H., HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
Fiebing, Otto F., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1985
Fifteenth District SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2021
Fifth Street SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2018
First Church of Christ, ScientistMilwaukeeDistrict1989
First Unitarian ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1974
First Ward Triangle Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1987
Florida and Third Industrial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2008
Forest Home Cemetery and ChapelMilwaukeeBuilding1980
Foth, Christian, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Fourth Street School NHLMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Friedmann RowMilwaukeeBuilding1996
GRACE A. CHANNON (canaller) ShipwreckOak CreekSite2017
Gabel, George, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Gallun Tannery Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1984
Garden Homes Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1990
George, Warren B., HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
German-English AcademyMilwaukeeBuilding1977
Germania BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1983
Gesu ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Gimbels Parking PavilionMilwaukeeBuilding2001
Goodwill Industries BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2004
Graham RowMilwaukeeBuilding1979
Grand Avenue Congregational ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Grand Avenue Elementary SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2018
Greendale Historic District NHLGreendaleDistrict2005
Greene, Thomas A., Memorial Museum NHLMilwaukeeBuilding1993
Greenfield SchoolWest AllisBuilding2006
Hardie, Harrison, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Factory No. 7MilwaukeeBuilding2020
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1994
Hart, Thomas B., HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
Hatch, Horace W., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Hatch, Seneca W. & Bertha, HouseShorewoodBuilding1985
Henni HallSt. FrancisBuilding1974
Highland Avenue Methodist ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Highland Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1985
Historic Third Ward DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1984
Hoelz, Alfred M., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1985
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church ComplexCudahyBuilding2021
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1972
Home Office, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Honey Creek ParkwayWautwatosaDistrict2010
Hopkins, Willis, HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
Hotel SchroederMilwaukeeBuilding2024
Howie, David W., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Hunt, W. Ben, CabinHales CornersBuilding2008
Immanuel Presbyterian ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1974
Iron BlockMilwaukeeBuilding1974
Jenkins, Halbert D., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Johnston HallMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Jones-Hill HouseMilwaukeeBuilding2021
Joseph Schiltz Company Brewery ComplexMilwaukeeBuilding1999
Juneau Highlands Residential Historic DistrictWest AllisDistrict2011
Kalvelage, Joseph B., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1978
Kane, Sanford R., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1991
Kegel's InnWest AllisBuilding2010
Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2002
Ketter, Frederick, WarehouseMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1986
Kilbourn Masonic TempleMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Kinnickinnic River ParkwayMilwaukeeDistrict2011
Knapp-Astor HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1980
Kneeland-Walker HouseWauwatosaBuilding1989
Knickerbocker HotelMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Koeffler-Baumgarten Double HouseMilwaukeeBuilding2020
Koelsch Funeral HomeWest AllisBuilding2010
Kopperud Park Residential Historic DistrictWest AllisDistrict2017
LIGHT VESSEL No. 57 (Shipwreck)MilwaukeeSite1991
LUMBERMAN shipwreck (schooner)Oak CreekSite2009
Lake ParkMilwaukeeDistrict1993
Lakeview HospitalMilwaukeeBuilding2024
Lawson Airplane Company-Continental Faience and Tile CompanySouth MilwaukeeBuilding2001
Lincoln Creek ParkwayMilwaukeeDistrict2021
Lindsay-Bostrom BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2002
Lohman Funeral Home and Livery StableMilwaukeeBuilding1988
MILWAUKEE (steam screw) ShipwreckFox PointSite2015
Machek, Robert, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1977
Mackie BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Mansfield, George C., Company BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2016
Marshall & Ilsley BankMilwaukeeBuilding2021
Mayer Boot and Shoe Company BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1984
McCullough and Dixon Steam Laundry and Soap CompanyMilwaukeeBuilding2022
McEwens, John F., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
McIntosh-Goodrich MansionMilwaukeeBuilding2000
McKinley Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1985
McMicken, Alexander Herschel and Pauline G., HouseWest AllisBuilding2010
Meyer, Henry A., HouseShorewoodBuilding1985
Meyer, Starke, HouseFox PointBuilding1985
Milwaukee Athletic ClubMilwaukeeBuilding2019
Milwaukee Breakwater LightMilwaukeeStructure2011
Milwaukee City Hall NHLMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Milwaukee County CourthouseMilwaukeeBuilding1982
Milwaukee County Dispensary and Emergency HospitalMilwaukeeBuilding1985
Milwaukee County Historical CenterMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Milwaukee County Home for Dependent Children-Administriation BuildingWauwatosaBuilding1999
Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy Historic DistrictWauwatosaDistrict1998
Milwaukee HospitalMilwaukeeBuilding2006
Milwaukee Jewish Home for the AgedMilwaukeeBuilding2024
Milwaukee Journal ComplexMilwaukeeBuilding2021
Milwaukee News Building and Milwaukee Abstract Association BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1982
Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Milwaukee Paper Box CompanyMilwaukeeBuilding2013
Milwaukee Pierhead LightMilwaukeeStructure2012
Milwaukee Protestant Home for the AgedMilwaukeeBuilding2023
Milwaukee River ParkwayMilwaukeeDistrict2012
Milwaukee-Downer "Quad"MilwaukeeBuilding1974
Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1992
Mitchell BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Mitchell, Alexander, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding2012
Morgan, George E., HouseShorewoodBuilding1985
Mount Hope Evangelical Lutheran ChurchWest AllisBuilding2025
Muirdale Tuberculosis SanatoriumWauwatosaBuilding2018
New Coeln HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Newberry Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1994
Nohl, Mary L., Art EnvironmentFox PointSite2005
North 47th Street Bungalow Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2017
North First Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1984
North Grant Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1995
North Milwaukee High SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2023
North Point LighthouseMilwaukeeBuilding1984
North Point North Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2000
North Point South Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1979
North Point Water TowerMilwaukeeStructure1973
North Sherman Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2004
North Third Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1984
Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District NHLMilwaukeeDistrict2005
Norton, Pearl C., HouseWauwatosaBuilding1985
Nunn-Bush Shoe Company FactoryMilwaukeeBuilding2017
Oak Creek ParkwaySouth MilwaukeeDistrict2011
Old St. Mary's ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1973
Old World Third Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1987
Oliver, Joseph B., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1990
Oneida Street StationMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Oriental TheatreMilwaukeeBuilding2023
Pabst Brewery SaloonMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Pabst Brewing Company ComplexMilwaukeeBuilding2003
Pabst Theater NHLMilwaukeeBuilding1972
Pabst, Frederick and Maria, House (Additional Documentation)MilwaukeeBuilding1975
Pabst, Frederick, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1975
Painesville ChapelFranklinBuilding1977
Peck, George W., Row HouseMilwaukeeBuilding2016
Peckham Junior High SchoolMilwaukeeBuilding2012
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel PlantMilwaukeeBuilding2009
Plankinton-Wells-Water Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1986
Pritzlaff, John, Hardware CompanyMilwaukeeBuilding2013
Prospect Avenue Apartment Buildings Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1990
Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1990
Prospect Hill Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2005
Public School No. 27MilwaukeeBuilding1984
Public Sevice BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1998
Pythian Castle LodgeMilwaukeeBuilding1988
Quarles, Charles, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1979
Range Line Road BridgeRiver HillsStructure2015
Root River ParkwayGreendaleDistrict2013
Saint Anthony HospitalMilwaukeeBuilding2017
Saint George Melkite Catholic ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Saint James Court ApartmentsMilwaukeeBuilding2008
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1987
Saint Vincent's Infant AsylumMilwaukeeBuilding1987
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church ComplexMilwaukeeDistrict1991
Salem Evangelical ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1987
Schlitz, Joseph, Brewing Company SaloonMilwaukeeBuilding1977
Schlitz, Victor, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Schoonmaker Reef NHLMilwaukeeSite1997
Schramka Funeral HomeMilwaukeeBuilding2023
Schuster, George, House and Carriage ShedMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Second Church of Christ ScientistMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Sheridan Apartment BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2020
Shorecrest HotelMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Shorewood Village HallShorewoodBuilding1984
Sivyer, Fred, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Sixth Church of Christ, ScientistMilwaukeeBuilding1980
Smith, Lloyd R., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1974
Soldiers' Home Reef NHLMilwaukeeSite1993
South Branch LibraryMilwaukeeBuilding1988
South First and Second Street Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1987
South Layton Boulevard Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1996
South Milwaukee Passenger StationSouth MilwaukeeBuilding1978
South Milwaukee Post OfficeSouth MilwaukeeBuilding2000
Spencerian Business CollegeMilwaukeeBuilding2008
Sperling, Frederick, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Spring Grove SiteMilwaukeeSite1979
Square D Company-Industrial Controller DivisionMilwaukeeBuilding2014
St. James Episcopal ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1979
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church ComplexMilwaukeeDistrict1992
St. John's Roman Catholic CathedralMilwaukeeBuilding1974
St. Josaphat BasilicaMilwaukeeBuilding1973
St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1987
St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding2019
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1974
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1974
State Bank of WisconsinMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Steinmeyer, William, HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1984
Sunnyhill HomeWauwatosaBuilding1980
TOPS Club IncMilwaukeeBuilding2022
TRANSFER (self-unloading barge) ShipwreckMilwaukeeSite2021
Town of Milwaukee Town HallGlendaleBuilding1986
Trimborn FarmGreendaleBuilding1980
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMilwaukeeBuilding1979
Tripoli TempleMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Turner Hall NHLMilwaukeeBuilding1977
Uihlein, Herman, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1983
Ullius, Fred W., Jr., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1987
Underwriters Exchange BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2023
Van Altena, William, HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Van Devan, G. B., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Wadhams Gas StationWest AllisBuilding2004
Walker's Point Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1978
Walker, Harry B., HouseMilwaukeeBuilding1986
Ward Memorial HallWoodBuilding1984
Washington Highlands Historic DistrictWauwatosaDistrict1989
Wauwatosa Arcade BuildingWauwatosaBuilding1997
Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic DistrictWauwatosaDistrict2012
Wauwatosa Cemetery ChapelWauwatosaBuilding2023
Wauwatosa Woman's Club ClubhouseWauwatosaBuilding1998
West Allis Post OfficeWest AllisBuilding2001
West Center-North 32nd Industrial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2020
West Mitchell Street Commercial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2018
West Side Commercial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2000
West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict2018
West Washington-North Hi-Mount Boulevards Historic DistrictMilwaukeeDistrict1994
Williams, Frank J., HouseWhitefish BayBuilding1985
Wisconsin Consistory BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding1994
Wisconsin Leather Company BuildingMilwaukeeBuilding2005
Woman's Club of WisconsinMilwaukeeBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Milwaukee was formed in 1834 (1834-09-06) from Brown, Iowa.

MILWAUKEE created by Michigan Territory in present Wisconsin from BROWN and IOWA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Milwaukee County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.1M530k5,6051840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,60562,518138,537330,017539,449766,885871,0471,036,041964,988940,164939,489

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

47 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 47 of 47 listed
NameLatLon
Agudas Achim Cemetery42.93081-87.85699
Arlington Park Cemetery42.97121-87.95308
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery43.03104-87.98324
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum43.03417-87.98185
Fairview Mausoleum43.03167-87.99175
Forest Hill Memorial Park42.89156-87.86997
Forest Home Cemetery43.0016-87.94117
Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot42.99787-87.94549
Glen Oaks Cemetery43.09943-87.92608
Glen Oaks Cemetery43.09943-87.92608
Good Hope Cemetery42.96862-87.97036
Graceland Cemetery43.13697-87.96997
Green Tree Meadows Cemetery43.14055-87.96694
Greenwood Cemetery42.99479-87.9429
Holy Cross Cemetery43.08004-88.00104
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery42.93239-87.85254
Holy Trinity Cemetery42.9789-87.92647
Honey Creek Cemetery43.00856-88.01742
Independent Cemetery42.85776-87.94969
Lavise Cemetery42.96288-88.00753
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery43.07887-87.99075
Mount Olivet Cemetery42.97873-87.96167
Oak Creek Cemetery42.90219-87.93084
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery42.99977-87.95438
Pinelawn Memorial Park43.09366-88.04525
Resthaven Cemetery43.13612-88.0537
Saint Adalberts Cemetery42.97603-87.92213
Saint Francis Seminary Woods Cemetery42.9786-87.87057
Saint James Cemetery42.91436-87.94918
Saint Johns Cemetery42.94244-87.91002
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.92841-87.9089
Saint Matthews Cemetery42.87523-87.86426
Saint Michaels Cemetery43.15613-87.96587
Saint Paul Cemetery42.92965-87.97613
Saint Peters Cemetery42.92087-87.99945
Saint Peters Cemetery43.19024-87.9536
Saint Stephens Cemetery42.9339-87.90924
Second Home Cemetery42.97754-87.96939
Spring Hill Cemetery43.02923-87.98373
Temple Menorah Ever - Rest Cemetery42.98513-88.03222
Union Cemetery43.07786-87.93472
Union Cemetery43.12529-87.91221
Valhalla Memorial Park43.11802-88.02049
Wauwatosa Cemetery43.06362-88.0098
West Granville Cemetery43.14165-88.04629
Wood National Cemetery43.02788-87.98052
Woodlawn Cemetery42.97537-87.90133

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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