Looking at Milwaukee National Register listed buildings from the 1890s with a focus on Milwaukee’s famous beer barons & the mark they left on the city.
Highland Boulevard Historic District
W Highland Blvd 29th to 33rd Streets (photo view west)
String of mansions & large houses... on large lots facing the landscaped esplanade down Highland Boulevard. Architecture styles were selected to display to society the new owner’s good taste and prosperity. Four examples following.

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We’ve been exploring the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the nation’s historic properties worthy of preservation. We’ve looked at the earliest buildings up through the 1880s. Now onto the 1890s: a time of architectural blossoming in Milwaukee:
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I wanted to clarify 2 practices of Architecture Milwaukee:

1. DATES of buildings: Following the practice of architectural historians I studied under, I choose to use DATE OF COMPLETION... but always knowing that it may also be labeled with the date construction began.
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For example here: the Federal Building, I would use the 1899 date of completion (if I don't specify the date range).

2. NAMES of buildings: Same idea - following those historians:
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