Walking tours of Milwaukee
The name that recurs most in the Milwaukee records is E. Townsend Mix, on 12 listings. The 1890s account for more of that work than any other decade.
4 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, one follows a single style, two follow one kind of building and one follows a single decade. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Milwaukee → · 217 in all
The routes
- StyleNeoclassical architecture in Milwaukee11 stops · 2.3 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Neoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Milwaukee examples on this route went up between 1847 and 1929.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Milwaukee10 stops · 1.8 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1875 and 1914. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Building typeChurches and temples in Milwaukee10 stops · 2.3 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links churches built between 1846 and 1911. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- Decade builtMilwaukee in the 1890s10 stops · 2.0 miles · stops last changed Oct 1, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1890s. Gothic Revival is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Local history books for Milwaukee
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Wisconsin
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.