North Sherman Boulevard Historic District

About this property

The North Sherman Boulevard Historic District is a largely intact neighborhood of stylish homes built from 1907 to 1955 in Sherman Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Before 1890 the land that now contains the district was rural, outside the city limits of Milwaukee, but the city was growing. In that year the Milwaukee Park Commission bought the land that would become Washington Park. In 1891 it bought the 24 acres that would become Sherman Park. In 1899 the city annexed both parcels. By 1901 the name "Sherman Boulevard" was in use and in years that followed, residential subdivisions were laid out in the area. In 1910 the city officially designated the street as a boulevard, meaning that a landscaped median runs between the two roadways. The Dr. Franklin Hambach house at 2134 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 1+1⁄2-story house built in 1911, designed by Theo. F. Schutz in Spanish Colonial Revival style, characterized by the shaped parapets that front the gable ends and the brick arcade that is the front of the porch. The Herman Hummel house at 2411 Sherman Blvd. is a 1+1⁄2-story bungalow designed by Charles Valentine and built in 1912. It is clad in brick and stucco, with a full-width front porch. The Albert & Elizabeth Nortmann house at 2141-43 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 2-story Neoclassical-styled house with a colossal front portico supported by four Ionic columns. It was designed by F.W. Andree and built in 1914. The Arthur F. Milbath duplex at 2401-03 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 2-story Tudor Revival-styled structure, designed by Charles Valentine. The upper story is clad in stucco with half-timbering framing some windows. Milbath was an executive of Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Co. The Rottman and Dapper duplex at 2319-21 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 2-story Prairie style structure designed by Leiser and Holst and built in 1916. Hallmarks of the style are the horizontal emphasis and the banks of windows. The Dr. Phillip Schmitt house at 2124-26 N. Sherman Blvd is a 2+1⁄2-story Queen Anne style house with Craftsman influence. It was designed by F.W. Andree and built in 1909. The Floyd E. Jenkins duplex at 2811-13 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 2-story duplex built in 1922 by Gilbert Steuerwald. The style is Craftsman, its hallmark being the exposed rafter tails below the eaves. The hip roof is also fairly typical of Craftsman, but the large cube-like form is not. The Third Church of Christ Scientist at 2915 N. Sherman Blvd. is a 3-story Neoclassical-styled church designed by Frank Howend and built in 1923. Each side features a colonnade with arched windows between the columns and a low dome rises in the center of the roof.

Location

Categories

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

More in Milwaukee County

Historic places, battles, and census history across Milwaukee County.

More historic places in Wisconsin

Browse all historic places in Wisconsin.

Conflict records

Explore 19,000+ military engagements across American history.

Wisconsin history

Colonial settlement, territorial period, and statehood narrative.