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Commission recommends local designation for Edenside Apartments after public hearing
Summary
The commission voted to recommend permanent local historic designation for the building historically known as the Edenside Apartments at 3131 West Wells Street (filed as the Charles Danielson apartment). Neighbors testified about a recent fire and thefts and staff cited architectural and historic-architect significance.
The Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 6 voted to recommend that the Common Council grant permanent local historic designation to the apartment building at 3131 West Wells Street, historically known as the Edenside Apartments.
Staff presented a detailed historic and architectural report that identified the building as a 1924 Colonial Revival–style apartment designed by the firm Rosman and Wierdsma and developed by Charles Danielson. Staff recommended designation under criteria F5 (embodiment of a distinguishing architectural type) and F6 (identification as work of a master architect) and provided historic maps, permit records and comparative context to support its findings.
A public hearing was opened as…
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