Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Milwaukee, United States

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 9 km
Ascend 161 m
Descend 191 m

Explore Milwaukee in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in MilwaukeeIndividual Sights in Milwaukee

Sight 1: The Irish Cultural and Heritage Center

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The Grand Avenue Congregational Church is a historic Romanesque Revival church built in 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Wikipedia: Grand Avenue Congregational Church (EN), Website, Heritage Website

1041 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Jacques Marquette

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Pere Marquette or Jacques Marquette (1637–1675) was a French Jesuit missionary and namesake of Marquette University.

Wikipedia: Jacques Marquette (sculpture) (EN)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Ex Stasis

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Ex Stasis is a public art work created by American artist Richard Lippold and located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The abstract sculpture is a series of angular metallic planes set on a concrete pedestal. It is located near Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art, but used to be the centerpiece of the west courtyard of the Alumni Memorial Union.

Wikipedia: Ex Stasis (sculpture) (EN)

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Johnston Hall

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Johnston Hall

Robert A. Johnston Hall is a Gothic-ornamented building in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The hall houses the J. William & Mary Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. It was designed by Milwaukee architect Charles D. Crane, completed in 1907 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Wikipedia: Johnston Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Church of the Gesu

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Gesu Church is a Jesuit parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1975.

Wikipedia: Gesu Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

482 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Kappa Sigma Xi-Xi Fraternity

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Kappa Sigma Xi-Xi Fraternity

The Kilbourn Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was constructed in 1911 as a meeting hall for Kilbourn Lodge #3, a local Masonic lodge which was one of the first three organized in Wisconsin in 1843. The Masons no longer meet in the building). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. When it celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011, the temple was automatically deemed a landmark in the city of Milwaukee. The temple used to serve as a fraternity house for the Kappa Sigma chapter at Marquette University but is now rented as living space for residents/students.

Wikipedia: Kilbourn Masonic Temple (EN), Heritage Website

978 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: Hilton Milwaukee City Center

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The Hilton Milwaukee City Center is a historic Art Deco-style hotel opened in 1928 and located in the Westown neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is owned by the Marcus Corporation, which also owns the Pfister Hotel and the Saint Kate Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee.

Wikipedia: Hilton Milwaukee City Center (EN), Website

486 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Family

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Family is a public artwork by American artist Helaine Blumenfeld located on the Henry Reuss Federal Plaza, which is in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The sculpture is made from Norwegian blue granite. It consists of five forms, with the largest form measuring approximately 89 x 58 x 27 inches. Family was installed in the Henry Reuss Federal Plaza in 1983.

Wikipedia: Family (Blumenfeld) (EN)

391 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Dancing Through Life

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Dancing Through Life is a public art work by artist Schomer Lichtner. It is installed on the Riverwalk in Pere Marquette Park in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Dancing Through Life (sculpture) (EN)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Letter Carriers' Monument

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The Letter Carriers' Monument is a piece of public art by American artist Elliot Offner, located on a triangular plot formed by North 2nd Street, North Plankinton Avenue and West Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. Created in 1989, the monument depicts three letter carriers and was commissioned in celebration of the centennial of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC).

Wikipedia: Letter Carriers' Monument (EN)

698 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Immigrant Mother

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Immigrant Mother is a public artwork by Croatian artist Ivan Meštrović located in Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The bronze sculpture sits on a red granite base and depicts a mother with her children.

Wikipedia: Immigrant Mother (EN)

421 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse

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Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse

The U.S. Courthouse & Federal Office Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a post office, Federal office, and courthouse building located at Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Federal Building (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Mackie Building

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The Mackie Building is a grand commercial building designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1879 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which housed Milwaukee's Grain Exchange Room, and the original trading pit. In 1973 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Mackie Building (EN), Website, Heritage Website

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Iron Block Building

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The Iron Block Building is a five-story commercial structure with a cast-iron exterior built in 1860 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places - the only surviving building in Milwaukee with a cast iron skin - a common technique from 1850 to 1870.

Wikipedia: Iron Block Building (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Heritage Website

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Gertie the Duck

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Gertie the Duck is an icon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin history and the subject of a 4-foot-tall (1.2 m) bronze sculpture by American artist Gwendolyn Gillen. It was installed on the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in September 1997.

Wikipedia: Gertie the Duck (EN)

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Gimbels Parking Pavilion

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Gimbels Parking Pavilion

The Gimbels Parking Pavilion is an Art Moderne-style parking ramp built by Gimbels Department Store for its customers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1947. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Wikipedia: Gimbels Parking Pavilion (EN), Heritage Website

446 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Pritzlaff Building

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Pritzlaff Building

The John Pritzlaff Hardware Company is a complex of Italianate-styled buildings built from 1875 to 1919, a remnant of what was for years the largest wholesale hardware business in Milwaukee and the region. In 2013 the buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: John Pritzlaff Hardware Company (EN), Website, Heritage Website

712 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 18: Historic Third Ward District

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The Historic Third Ward is a historic warehouse district located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This Milwaukee neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the Third Ward is home to over 450 businesses and maintains a strong position within the retail and professional service community in Milwaukee as a showcase of a mixed-use district. The neighborhood's renaissance is anchored by many specialty shops, restaurants, art galleries and theatre groups, creative businesses and condos. It is home to the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), and the Broadway Theatre Center. The Ward is adjacent to the Henry Maier Festival Park, home to Summerfest. The neighborhood is bounded by the Milwaukee River to the west and south, E. Clybourn Street to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Wikipedia: Historic Third Ward (Milwaukee) (EN), Heritage Website

1203 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 19: Florida and Third Industrial Historic District

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Florida and Third Industrial Historic District

The Florida and Third Industrial Historic District is a group of multistory industrial lofts built from 1891 to 1928 near the Soo Line rail-yard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Wikipedia: Florida and Third Industrial Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

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