Milwaukee's Early Architecture

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Architectural & Industrial, Architecture, Architectural Photography
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Author: Megan E. Daniels ISBN: 9781439641040
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: July 19, 2010
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Megan E. Daniels
ISBN: 9781439641040
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: July 19, 2010
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Initially dominated by simple renditions of East Coast architecture, Milwaukee developed from three pioneer 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 and Baroque designs paid homage to Milwaukee�s overwhelming German population. At the turn of the century, Milwaukee�s proximity to Chicago influenced the streetscape with classicized civic structures and skyscrapers designed by Chicago architects. World War I and the ensuing anti-German sentiment, as well as Prohibition, inevitably had adverse effects on �Brew City.� By the 1920s, Milwaukee�s architecture had assimilated to the national aesthetic, suburban development was on the rise, and architectural growth would soon be stunted by the Great Depression.
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Initially dominated by simple renditions of East Coast architecture, Milwaukee developed from three pioneer 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 and Baroque designs paid homage to Milwaukee�s overwhelming German population. At the turn of the century, Milwaukee�s proximity to Chicago influenced the streetscape with classicized civic structures and skyscrapers designed by Chicago architects. World War I and the ensuing anti-German sentiment, as well as Prohibition, inevitably had adverse effects on �Brew City.� By the 1920s, Milwaukee�s architecture had assimilated to the national aesthetic, suburban development was on the rise, and architectural growth would soon be stunted by the Great Depression.

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