Insurance Building close three quarter view
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- Created Date
- 1869
- Description
View of six story stone office building. The mansard roof has been replaced. Arched entrance and windows, some with peaked moulding or Tuscan columns. Decorative stone carvings between fifth and sixth floors. View of street.
Insurance Bulding. Later it was known as the Free Press Building. Northwest corner of N. Broadway Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue. Built in 1868. It was orginally the sixth home office of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. In 1940 it was cut down to a two story level and finally demolished in 1965. This site is now occupied by the 19 story First Federal Plaza.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Subjects
- Insurance Building
Free Press Building
Northwestern Mutal Life Insurance Company Home Office
Stone buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Office buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Commercial facilities -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Stores and shops -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Downtown -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Windows -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Decoration and ornament -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Automobiles -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sidewalks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
North Broadway (Milwaukee, Wis.) - Location
- 405 Broadway
707 N Broadway - Type
- image
- Format
- Black and white photograph
- Language
- English
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- Insurance Building close three quarter view. 1869. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/384. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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