Humphrey Desmond (1858-1932), a Milwaukee Irishman and local historian, as well as a lawyer and the owner and editor of the Catholic Citizen, a forerunner of today’s Catholic Herald Citizen.

Content referencing Humphrey Desmond

City Streets: Yes, Tory Hill Is a Street
City Streets

Yes, Tory Hill Is a Street

It was named to commemorate the old Irish neighborhood obliterated by a freeway.