The Pfister Hotel
- Architect
- Henry C. Koch
- Year
- 1893
- Style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
The Pfister Hotel is a Richardsonian Romanesque hotel in downtown Milwaukee, completed in 1893 and designed by Henry C. Koch, one of Milwaukee's major architects. It stands as an exceptional specimen of the style, its heavy Romanesque massing and ornament still legible from the sidewalk today.
the building
Romanesque massing. The building's Richardsonian Romanesque massing and ornament are prominent and clearly visible from the street, marking it as an exceptional example of the style in downtown Milwaukee.
the style
The Pfister is cited as an exceptional specimen of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, completed in 1893, a period when the style was in wide use for substantial civic and commercial buildings.
More on Richardsonian Romanesquethe architect
Henry C. Koch designed the Pfister Hotel; he is identified as a major Milwaukee architect.