Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant

Architect
Alexander C. Eschweiler
Year
1937
Style
Streamline Moderne
City
Milwaukee, WI
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant
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The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant was built in 1937 to a design by architect Alexander C. Eschweiler in downtown Milwaukee. It is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.

the building

Industrial massing. As an enamel plant building, its form reflects its industrial function, with massing typical of a 1937 manufacturing facility.

the style

The plant was designed in the Streamline Moderne style, characteristic of industrial architecture of the late 1930s.

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the architect

Alexander C. Eschweiler designed the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant, completed in 1937.

significance

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.

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