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

We have your back, Colectivo workers

Sep 22nd, 2020 by Milwaukee Common Council

Statement from members of the Milwaukee Common Council – Alderman Cavalier Johnson, Alderman Nik Kovac, Alderman Robert J. Bauman, Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa, Alderwoman Chantia Lewis, Alderman Michael J. Murphy, Alderman Mark A. Borkowski, Alderman Scott Spiker and Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic

Lowlands Group Announces Return of Summer Live Music Series

Aug 11th, 2020 by Lowlands Group

Milwaukeeans are invited to enjoy great food, drinks and free live music outdoors at their local neighborhood cafés

Two Milwaukee Artists Painting Murals in Menomonee Falls Downtown

Aug 7th, 2020 by Wallpapered City LLC

The Downtown BID is installing a corridor of 8 murals

Neighborhood Buildings

• 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

• 187 E. Becher St.

  

• 2018 S. 1st St.

  

  Known as the Lincoln Warehouse

• 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.

  

• 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

• 2252 S. 1st St.

  

• 2301 S. Howell Ave.

  

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

• 2349 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Future home of Sushi Yuki.

• 2352-2354 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2433 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2501 S. Delaware Ave.

  

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

• 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.

• 2664-2668 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 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.

  

  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.

• 2895-2899 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

• 2900-2902 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  Long-time home of The White House Tavern.

• 3001 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

  

  3001-3003 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

• Avalon Theater

  

• Beulah Brinton House

  

• Boulevard Theatre

  

• Brickyard Building

  

• BV+

  

  Site of under construction 18-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.).

• 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.

• 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 One

  

  $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 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.