Milwaukee's Early Architecture

Initially dominated by simple renditions of East Coast architecture, Milwaukee developed from three settlements, those of Solomon Juneau, Byron Kilbourn, and George Walker-three hubs from which three villages radiated outward into one city. Following the Civil War, Milwaukee's growth at the onset of the Industrial Era afforded the city a fanciful array of Victorian streetscapes. The 1890s followed with an era of ethnic architecture in which bold interpretations of German Renaissance Revival...