1209-1219 N. Water St.

Building Info

• Address:
  1213 N. Water St.
• Taxkeys:
  3922139000, 3922138000, 3922137000, 3922140000, 3612311000
• Assessed Value (Land):
  $542,300
• Assessed Value (Improvements):
  $1,761,200
• Assessed Value (Total):
  $2,303,500
• Assesment Year:
  2025
• Year Built:

Large bar complex that was expanded in 2020.

On paper, several properties were merged together at the time of the 2020 expansion. Milwaukee Moulding & Frame, 1215 N. Water St., closed in December 2018 after over six decades in the 4,420-square-foot building. The brothers behind the name Brothers, doing business as Fortney, Fortney & Fortney LP, acquired the building and adjacent parking lot for $1 million in October 2019.

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Downtown Bar Gets 20-Day Suspension

City cites 5 altercations and a Water Street 'melee' at longtime Brother's Bar.

Jun 4th, 2025 by Sophie Bolich

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May 20th, 2025 by Sophie Bolich

Now Serving

Third Ward Restaurant Dandan Reopens

Plus: downtown coffee shop goes Scandinavian. And Crafty Cow's ghost kitchen.

Oct 12th, 2020 by Michael Holloway

Eyes on Milwaukee

Brothers Bar Expansion Takes Shape

Water Street bar will soon span three buildings, each a century old.

Jul 30th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene

Building data on this page, including assessment information, was last updated on March 1, 2026

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