Milwaukee Industrial Properties Intensive Survey Prepared for Wisconsin Historical Society Prepared by www.meadhunt.com October 2016 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Table of Contents Table of Contents Page Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 3 A. Introduction and objectives ................................................................................................. 3 B. Methods and research design ............................................................................................. 3 (1) Research ................................................................................................................ 3 (2) Preliminary identification of industrial properties ................................................... 3 C. Survey and documentation ................................................................................................. 4 2. Historic Context ............................................................................................................................. 5 A. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5 B. Milwaukee industries ........................................................................................................... 8 (1) Brewing and bottling .............................................................................................. 8 (2) Textile and clothing production ............................................................................ 10 (3) Food industries..................................................................................................... 12 (4) Lumber milling and wood products ...................................................................... 14 (5) Storage and transportation .................................................................................. 15 (6) Machinery and manufacturing .............................................................................. 17 (7) Tanning and leather products .............................................................................. 24 (8) Metal production................................................................................................... 26 (9) Power generation and transfer ............................................................................. 27 (10) Carriages, wagons, automobiles, and motor bikes .............................................. 28 (11) Chemicals ............................................................................................................ 31 (12) Masonry, stone, and cement ................................................................................ 32 C. Architecture ....................................................................................................................... 34 (1) Introduction and general characteristics .............................................................. 34 (2) Industrial buildings, 1840-1940 ............................................................................ 36 (a) Building types .......................................................................................... 36 (b) Facility layout .......................................................................................... 42 (c) Materials .................................................................................................. 44 (3) Industrial buildings, 1940-1976 ............................................................................ 51 3. Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 55 A. Individual Properties.......................................................................................................... 55 A.D. Meiselbach Manufacturing Company ....................................................................... 55 A.O. Smith Corporation ..................................................................................................... 57 Allen-Bradley Company .................................................................................................... 59 Ben-Hur Manufacturing Company .................................................................................... 61 Briggs & Stratton, West Plant ........................................................................................... 62 C.B. Cottrell & Sons, Claybourn Division .......................................................................... 63 Cleaver-Brooks Company ................................................................................................. 64 \\corp.meadhunt.com\sharedfolders\entp\2324900\150700.01\TECH\final\161013A.docx i Table of Contents Dairy Distributors, Inc. ....................................................................................................... 65 E.C. Kropp Company Building .......................................................................................... 66 E.R. Wagner Company ..................................................................................................... 67 Eagle Knitting Mills ............................................................................................................ 68 Evinrude Division, Outboard Motor Company .................................................................. 69 F. Kuehn Boot & Shoe Company ...................................................................................... 70 Filer & Stowell ................................................................................................................... 71 Globe-Union, Inc. .............................................................................................................. 73 Hummel & Downing Paper Company ............................................................................... 74 Johnson Service Company Building ................................................................................. 75 The Louis Allis Company .................................................................................................. 76 Logemann Bros. Office ..................................................................................................... 77 Luick Ice Cream Company ................................................................................................ 78 Miller Brewery Complex .................................................................................................... 79 Milwaukee Bridge Company ............................................................................................. 81 Milwaukee Electric Tool Company .................................................................................... 82 Milwaukee Gas Light Company, West Side Works .......................................................... 83 Nash/LaFayette Automotive Plant .................................................................................... 84 Northwestern Malleable Iron Company............................................................................. 86 Perlick Corporation............................................................................................................ 87 Pfister & Vogel, Bay View Tannery ................................................................................... 88 R. Perlick Brass Company/Perlick Company, Inc. ............................................................ 90 Slocum Straw Works/Northwestern Straw Works ............................................................. 92 Sperry Candy Company .................................................................................................... 93 Vilter Manufacturing Corporation ...................................................................................... 94 Wadhams Oil Company Headquarters ............................................................................. 96 We Energies South Service Center .................................................................................. 97 Western Leather Company ............................................................................................... 98 William P. Froehlich Paper Warehouse .......................................................................... 100 Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company ................................................................................. 101 Wisconsin Cold Storage Warehouse .............................................................................. 102 Wisconsin Gun Company ............................................................................................... 103 Blatz Brewery Complex ................................................................................................... 104 B. Historic districts ............................................................................................................... 111 District: Layton Park Industrial Historic District ............................................................... 111 District: West St. Paul Avenue Industrial Historic District ............................................... 117 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................ 123 \\corp.meadhunt.com\sharedfolders\entp\2324900\150700.01\TECH\final\161013A.docx