Bay View

Milwaukee neighborhood on the city’s south side. The neighborhood is centered on S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

From the 1981 Landmarks Commission/Department of City Development report…

The Bay View Historic District is a portion of the east side of the original village and includes approximately 495 structures, almost all residential. There is also one small park in the area. Most of the existing structures were built between 1870 and 1915. Few were designed by architects; many are simple cottages and bungalows. Probably the most historically significant structure remaining in the district is the residence at 2590 South Superior Street build about 1870-1870 for Warren Brinton, foundry supervisor at the mill, and wife Beulah Brinton, a cousin of Eber Brock Ward. The Brinton residence played an important role in the community’s development. It housed Bay View’s first lending library and Milwaukee area’s first practical social center, perhaps the first of it’s kind in the United States. Beulah Brinton and her son published the Bay View Weekly Herald in the 1880’s. The small park in the area is named Beulah Brinton Park.

The frame church at 2739 South Superior Street, now owned by the Christian Science Society, was erected in 1873 by the Welsh Congregational Church workers from Wales in 1968. The lot had been owned by Elijah Estes and there is still a stipulation in the deed that it be reserved for religious purposes. The district’s Pryor Avenue spring is another important landmark because it is the only remaining Artesian well in Milwaukee.

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Recent Press Releases Referencing Bay View

Two More Southside Progressive Leaders Endorse Supervisor Jack Eckblad For Re-Election in Supervisory District 4

Jul 11th, 2025 by Sup. Jack Eckblad

Leaders are latest to join the growing coalition of support for Eckblad's re-election.

Doula Co. MKE Opens in Bay View, Bringing Compassionate Postpartum Care to Milwaukee Families

Jul 10th, 2025 by Press Release

 

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Jun 28th, 2025 by No Instructions

 

Neighborhood Buildings

• 1047-1051 E. Potter Ave.

  

• 1100-1102 E. Potter Ave.

  

• 115 W. Oklahoma Ave.

  

• 123 W. Oklahoma Ave.

  

• 123-127 E. Becher St.

  

  Former Chicago & North Western Railway corridor.

• 125 W. Becher St.

  

• 138 E. Becher St.

  

  Home of the Southwind Marine north yard

• 182 E. Lincoln Ave.

  

• 187 E. Becher St.

  

  Redeveloped building that was originally constructed as a machine shop for Filer & Stowell. Opened as Wheel & Sprocket bicycle shop in 2021 with a host of bicycle-related tenants.

• 1909 E. Estes St.

  

• 1913 E. Estes St.

  

• 1943 E. Trowbridge St.

  

  Milwaukee Public Schools building, known today as Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies, designed by Walter A. Holbrook. Built with Cream City brick in the Queen Anne style.

• 207 E. Lincoln Ave.

  

  Sausage factory located in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood.

• 2104 S. Aldrich St.

  

• 2108 S. Aldrich St.

  

  Location 2106 S. Aldrich St. Mailing address 2108 S. Aldrich St.

• 2110 S. Aldrich St.

  

• 2114 S. Aldrich St.

  

• 2118 S. Aldrich St.

  

• 2121 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2133 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2153-2155 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2163-2165 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2168 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Site of Zillman Park (which uses the address of 2180 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.)

• 2201-2203 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2217 S. 1st St.

  

  Home of Staffing Partners.

• 2242-2246 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Tenant History (2242 Space) Makk ‘n’ Cheese (2020 – ) Pizza di Famiglia (2018-2019) Jimmy John’s (2007-2018) List is incomplete

• 2246 S. Aldrich St.

  

• 2252 S. 1st St.

  

• 2266-2268 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2271-2273 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 2301-2305 S. Howell Ave.

  

  A mixed-use building on the intersection of Howell Ave. and Lincoln Ave.

• 2315-2317 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 2321-2327 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2322 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Home of The Highbury Pub. Owned by Joe Katz.

• 2349 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Future home of Sushi Yuki.

• 2352-2354 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2375-2379 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 2376-2378 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 2414 S. St Clair St.

  

• 2419-2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2433 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2442-2444 S. Woodward St.

  

  Parking lot long used by funeral home at 2480-2486 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

• 2474 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2475-2479 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 2480-2486 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2494 S. Wentworth Ave.

  

• 2501 S. Delaware Ave.

  

  2501 S. Delaware Ave. is a building that houses At Random tavern in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood.

• 2501-2507 S. Superior St.

  

  Designed by Charles Lesser for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Long-time home of Club Garibaldi.

• 2504 E. Oklahoma Ave.

  

• 2510 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2530 S. Superior St.

  

• 2547-2549 S. Shore Dr.

  

• 2548-2550 S. Shore Dr.

  

• 2549-2551 S. Logan Ave.

  

  Acquired by developer Ryan Konicek in 2019.

• 2556 S. Shore Dr.

  

  Built in 1872, substantially remodeled and expanded in 1910. Demolished in August 2020.

• 2569-2573 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Acquired by Scott Genke in February 2019.

• 2599 S. Logan Ave.

  

• 2610 E. Texas Ave.

  

• 2627-2633 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2632 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2659 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2664-2668 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2675 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2681 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2689-2691 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2699 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 270 W. Holt Ave.

  

  An Applebee’s restaurant closed in 2020.

• 2701 S. Chase Ave.

  

• 2726 S. California St.

  

  Owned by Frank Wickert.

• 2730 S. California St.

  

  Owned by Frank Wickert.

• 2800-2802 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Two-story commercial building anchored by Patti's Power Plant.

• 2860 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Vacant lot

• 2870 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Mailing address 2866 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Wisconsin Historic Society record for 2866-68-70 S S. Kinnickinnic Ave.  

• 2895-2899 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2900-2902 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Long-time home of The White House Tavern.

• 2941-2943 S. Clement Ave.

  

• 2987-2989 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 3001-3003 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  3001-3003 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

• 3040-3046 S. Delaware Ave.

  

• 3042-3072 S. Chase Ave.

  

• 3072 S. Superior St.

  

  Merged into 3070 S. Superior St.

• 3114-3116 S. Chase Ave.

  

• 3118 S. Chase Ave.

  

• 3143 S. Clement Ave.

  

• 3145 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 3216 S. Howell Ave.

  

• 3280 S. Clement Ave.

  

• 338-340 E. Bay St.

  

• 339-347 E. Stewart St.

  

  Proposed for redevelopment into Brixton's Turn event venue.

• 344 E. Stewart St.

  

• 352-354 E. Stewart St.

  

  Home of Santino's Little Italy restaurant.

• 356-394 E. Stewart St.

  

  Former Milwaukee Road railyard. Known as either Bay View Yard or Stowell Yard.

• 385 E. Stewart St.

  

• 422 E. Lincoln Ave.

  

• 422 E. Stewart St.

  

  Former Milwaukee Road railyard parcel with 356-394 E. Stewart St. Now owned by Canadian Pacific.

• 441 E. Lincoln Ave.

  

• 830 E. Potter Ave.

  

• 939 E. Conway St.

  

• Austin Commons

  

  Proposed affordable housing development by Northernstar Companies for 2300 block of S. Aldrich Street.

• Avalon Theater

  

• Bay View American Legion Building

  

  Long-time home of George Washington Bay View American Legion Post 180. Demolished in 2018 after the post sold the property.

• Bay View High School

  

• Bay View Library

  

• Beulah Brinton House

  

• Boulevard Theatre

  

• Brickyard Building

  

• BV+

  

  Eighteen-unit apartment building by developer Scott Genke.

• Colectivo Coffee – Bay View

  

  Colectivo – Bay View is a coffee shop and cafe in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood.

• Dover Street School

  

  Milwaukee Public Schools building. Home to the Dover Street School. Designed by Walter A. Holbrook for the firm of Edward Townsend Mix.

• Dwell Bay View

  

  Dwell Bay View is an apartment building in Bay View.

• Faust Music Building

  

  Commercial building on S. Kinnickinnic Ave. The building would be demolished under a proposal to build a 69-unit apartment building by Dermond Property Investments (2202 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.).

• Horny Goat Hideaway

  

  2011 S. 1st

• KinetiK

  

  Six-story, 140-unit apartment building in Bay View.

• King Building

  

  Commercial building on Bay View's main street being redeveloped into a mixed-use building by Scott Genke.

• Kinn Guesthouse

  

  Micro-hotel in Bay View. Originally built as the Lake Lodge and Auditorium.

• Lincoln Warehouse

  

  Built in 1928, it was home to the baking operations for the supermarket chain A&P.

• Mechanics National Bank

  

• Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station

  

  Built in 1931 by the City of Milwaukee as a high pressure pumping station to fight fires at nearby factories and warehoures. Demolished in 2018.

• MKE Urban Stables

  

  Empty lot that the city acquired through tax foreclosure in 1981. Formerly the site of a glass factory.

• Mod Lofts

  

  Canceled apartment building for 2254 S. Allis St. in Bay View. The proposal died following a disagreement about parking replacement for the city-owned parking lot the project was to be built upon.

• River One

  

  $100 million complex developed by Michels Corp. for an approximately six-acre site in the northwest corner of Bay View and the southwest corner of the Harbor District..

• St. Lucas Lutheran Church

  

  St. Lucas is a Lutheran church in Bay View.

• Stitchweld

  

  Switchweld is 291-unit apartment building complex in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood

• Vue Apartments

  

  69-unit apartment building at 2202 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View.