The Newberry Boulevard Historic District is an architecturally and historically significant residential area that includes houses on both sides of East Newberry Boulevard, in the East Side district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
History Newberry Boulevard was the first in what was meant to be a series of boulevards that would connect the city's parks, a project that was never completed. However, the early history of the street lacked uniformity in planning. The parts of four subdivisions, platted between 1888 and 1894, make up the boulevard. Caspar, Donohue, and Hoff's subdivision, which included two blocks at the western end of the boulevard, from Oakland Avenue to Murray Avenue, with the plat map recorded on August 7, 1888, including what was then Newberry Street. The Maryland Park subdivision, which included the two-block stretch from Murray to Maryland Avenue, was platted in 1889. The Prospect Hill subdivision, which included the four blocks from Downer Avenue to Lake Drive, was recorded on February 3, 1893. Edmund Cummings's Newberry Boulevard Addition, from Maryland to Downer, was the last section to be platted, on July 31, 1894.
Selected houses + Street Address Year built Original Owner Architect Architectural Style Material Notes 1812–1814 E. Newberry Blvd. Unknown Hugo Miller ? English Revival Clapboard 1915 E. Newberry Blvd. Unknown F. W. Andree Colonial RevivalGeorgian Revival Clapboard 2015 E. Newberry Blvd. James Maitland R. Messmer and Brothers Bungalow Brick 2028–2030 E. Newberry Blvd. Unknown R. Messmer and Brothers Bungalow Stucco 2126–2128 E. Newberry Blvd. J. Herbert Green John Rohr Colonial RevivalQueen Anne Brick 2773 N. Maryland Ave. (1918, 1924) William Henry Halsey Ferry and Clas Georgian Revival Brick 2228 E. Newberry Blvd. Charles Boltz Fred Graf English Revival Brownstone 2229 E. Newberry Blvd. Fred D. Doepke Leenhouts and Guthrie Colonial RevivalGeorgian Revival Brick 2316 E. Newberry Blvd. Dr. Charles Zimmermann Unknown Mediterranean Revival Brick 2415 E. Newberry Blvd. Guido Wiggenhorn Van Ryn and De Gelleke English Revival Brick 2422 E. Newberry Blvd. Howland Russell Howland Russell Arts and Crafts Stucco 2423 E. Newberry Blvd. Joseph Meisenheimer Buemming and Dick American Foursquare Brick 2430 E. Newberry Blvd. Dr. Thomas Robinson Bours Russell Barr Williamson Prairie School Brick 2508 E. Newberry Blvd. Edward H. Williams Fred Wilk Prairie School Brick 2530 E. Newberry Blvd. John G. Wolleager Wesley S. Hess English Revival Brick 2761 N. Downer Ave. Pauline and Frank N. Treis Unknown English Revival Brick 2620 E. Newberry Blvd. Charles O. Chapline George Schley and Sons Colonial RevivalGeorgian Revival Brick 2628 E. Newberry Blvd. Herman A. Wagner V. W. Coddington German Renaissance Revival Brick 2716 E. Newberry Blvd. August J. Luedke Buemming and Guth Colonial Revival Brick 2726 E. Newberry Blvd. Frederick J. Schroeder Herman W. Buemming Prairie School Stucco 2727 E. Newberry Blvd. Benjamin M. Goldberg John A. MollerGeorge C. Ehlers French Revival Brick 2824 E. Newberry Blvd. (1911) John A. Smith H. J. Rotier Arts and Crafts Brick 2825 E. Newberry Blvd. Walter Harnischfeger Herman W. Buemming English Revival Limestone 2808 N. Shepard Ave. Edith M. Smith Richard Philipp Colonial Revival Limestone 2909 E. Newberry Blvd. Carl A. Miller Charles Valentine Neoclassical Limestone 2914 E. Newberry Blvd. Dr. Curtis A. Evans Fitzhugh Scott English Revival Brick 2924 E. Newberry Blvd. Ira B. Smith Ferry and Clas Colonial Revival Brick 2927 E. Newberry Blvd. (or 1910) Charles J. Reilly Alexander C. Eschweiler Jacobean Revival Brick 2773 N. Lake Dr. Philip A. Koehring Herman W. Buemming English Revival Limestone 3000 E. Newberry Blvd. Albert F. Gallun Brust and Philipp Tudor Style Limestone
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee
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External links American Planning Association page A Great Street Named Newberry, Urban Milwaukee Downer-Newberry Area All About Architecture, Urban Milwaukee