Turner Hall
- Architect
- Henry C. Koch
- Year
- 1882
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
- Collection
- romanesque revival
Turner Hall was completed in 1882 in downtown Milwaukee to a design by Henry C. Koch, a notable Milwaukee architect who also designed City Hall, in the Romanesque Revival style. It served the German Turner movement, and its civic prominence and history have earned it recognition as a National Historic Landmark, in addition to listing on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
the building
The Turner movement hall. Built for the German Turner movement, Turner Hall served as a gathering place for the social and physical-culture society, giving the Romanesque Revival civic hall its distinct institutional identity.
the style
Turner Hall's Romanesque Revival design exemplifies the style as used for large civic and fraternal halls of its era.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
Henry C. Koch was a notable Milwaukee architect who also designed Milwaukee City Hall.
significance
Designated a National Historic Landmark, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Journal Square Lofts
- Milwaukee County Historical Center
- Miller High Life Theatre
- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
- MATC Main Building
- Associated Bank River Center