Remember When...society entertained at the Deutscher Club?
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- 191?
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The magnificent Mitchell home at 183 9th St. (now 900 W. Wisconsin Ave.) has long been a center of Milwaukee social life. Mitchell, an early Milwaukee industrial and financial giant, built his original home on the site in 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state. The mansion pictured was built in 1870 and was designed for Mitchell by architect E. Townsend Mix. It became a center for whatever was splendidly formal in Milwaukee social life. After Mitchell's death in 1887, the home stood vacant for a time. Then a social and literary club, the Deutscher Club, acquired the home in 1898 and used it as a permanent clubhouse. The club built a ballroom where the palm house and conservatory had been and, with such a fine facility, began to take a more active part in Milwaukee's social affairs. Shortly after buying the home, the club sponsored the first "Bachelor's Ball." Many prominent people visiting the city were entertained at the Deutscher Club - Prince Heinrich of Prussia, Presidents
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CBH Mfg Co
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Milwaukee Public Library
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- Milwaukee Journal
- Subjects
- Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Deutscher Club (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Wisconsin Club (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Tenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Mitchell, Alexander, 1817-1887
Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee - Type
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- Postcard
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- English
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- CBH Mfg Co. Remember When...society entertained at the Deutscher Club?. 191?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/110. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- CBH Mfg Co, (191?) Remember When...society entertained at the Deutscher Club?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/110
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