Central Library
- Architect
- Ferry & Clas
- Year
- 1895
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
Central Library opened in 1895, designed by the notable Milwaukee firm Ferry & Clas in the Beaux-Arts style. Its grand classical facade was built to give the city's public library civic presence, and the building is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
the building
The Beaux-Arts facade. The library's grand Beaux-Arts facade is highly visible from the street, giving the civic building the classical monumentality typical of major American public libraries of its era.
the style
Central Library's Beaux-Arts design gave the civic institution a classical, monumental facade appropriate to its role as one of Milwaukee's prominent public buildings.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Ferry & Clas were a notable Milwaukee architecture firm.
significance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Belvedere
- Wisconsin Club - City Club
- Saint James Court Apartments
- St. James Episcopal Church
- Calvary Presbyterian Church
- Milwaukee County Courthouse