Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Building the Second Courthouse, 1870s

The courthouse was built in 1872 where Cathedral Square now stands, but only after sticky legal situation was finessed.

By - Nov 26th, 2014 12:13 pm

The courthouse was built in 1872 where Cathedral Square now stands, but only after sticky legal situation was finessed. Back to the full article.

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Categories: Real Estate, Yesterday's Milwaukee

3 thoughts on “Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Building the Second Courthouse, 1870s”

  1. David says:
    November 26, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    Great article – I love those old pictures! Speaking of Cathedral Square, I seem to remember a proposal floated by Gary Grunua about fixing up the park and making it really nice. What happened? Is that idea still alive?

  2. Dave Reid says:
    November 26, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    @David That proposal has since been dropped. And I’ll just say I felt that proposal was pretty pedestrian, so I’m glad it has been dropped.

  3. Gary says:
    November 29, 2014 at 4:46 pm

    “… I felt that proposal was pretty pedestrian …”

    “Make no little plans …’
    Build a basketball stadium on that site with a retractable roof for the summer concert season 😉

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