Oneida Street Station
- Architect
- Herman J. Esser
- Year
- 1900
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
- Collection
- neoclassical
Oneida Street Station is a power station in downtown Milwaukee completed in 1900 and designed by architect Herman J. Esser in the Neoclassical style. The building is a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places, is separately National Register listed, and is also listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
the building
The station building. Built in 1900, the Neoclassical facade signals the era when power stations were designed with the civic dignity of public buildings rather than purely industrial sheds.
the style
Esser designed the station in the Neoclassical style, lending an industrial power plant the formal, columned dignity more often reserved for civic buildings of the period.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Herman J. Esser is the documented architect of the station; no further biographical details are recorded here.
significance
Oneida Street Station is a National Register of Historic Places contributing property, is separately listed on the National Register, and is listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Pabst Theater
- Associated Bank River Center
- Milwaukee City Hall
- Germania Building
- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
- Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building