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

Wisconsin Fab Labs students to design protocol gift for top state officials

Nov 8th, 2018 by Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

New design competition provides a global showcase for items created by students

“Ruth M. Simos Great Room” Dedicated in Ceremony at Humboldt Park Pavilion

Oct 10th, 2018 by Sup. Jason Haas

"Ruth Simos was a tireless advocate for Humboldt Park..."

Sky High Celebrates 30

Sep 14th, 2018 by Press Release

Please Join us for the Sky High 30th Anniversary party on September 29that Mad Planet.

Neighborhood Buildings

• 2501 S. Delaware Ave.

  

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

• 2726 S. California St.

  

  Owned by Frank Wickert.

• 2730 S. California St.

  

  Owned by Frank Wickert.

• 2800-2802 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Long-time home of Frank's Power Plant tavern.

• 2860 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  The longtime home of the George Washington Bay View American Legion Post 180.

• 2900-2902 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Long-time home of The White House Tavern.

• 3001 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  3001-3003 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

• Alterra – Bay View

  

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

• Avalon Theater

  

• Beulah Brinton House

  

• Boulevard Theatre

  

• Brickyard Building

  

• Dover Street School

  

• 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.).

• King Building

  

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

• 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.

• 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 1

  

  $100 million proposal by Michels Corp. for a four-parcel in the northwest corner of Bay View.

• St. Lucas Lutheran Church

  

  St. Lucas is a Lutheran church in Bay View.

• Stitchweld

  

  Switchweld is 288-unit apartment building complex under construction in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood

• Vue Apartments

  

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