Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Milwaukee, United States

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 9.8 km
Ascend 201 m
Descend 197 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: First Flight

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First Flight is a public art work by artist Richard Taylor. It is located in front of the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center north of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin near 3rd and Walnut Streets. The sculpture is made of aluminum sheets cut and welded and painted white. The work was commissioned by First Stage to commemorate its 25th anniversary.

Wikipedia: First Flight (sculpture) (EN)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Golda Meir Lower Campus

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The Golda Meir School for gifted and talented students is a Milwaukee Public Schools district elementary, middle, and high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school offers classes for students in grades three through twelve.

Wikipedia: Golda Meir School (EN), Heritage Website

1203 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: King Gambrinus

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King Gambrinus is a public artwork by American artist Carl Kuehns, which depicts Gambrinus, and which is located in the courtyard of the Best Place tavern and hall at the former site of the Pabst Brewing Company Former Corporate Office Building, that is near downtown Milwaukee, WI, United States.

Wikipedia: King Gambrinus (sculpture) (EN)

1218 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Laureate

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Laureate is a public art work by American artist Seymour Lipton, located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The abstract artwork was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street.

Wikipedia: Laureate (Lipton) (EN)

448 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Grohmann Museum

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The Grohmann Museum, at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is next to the German-English Academy Building.

Wikipedia: Grohmann Museum (EN), Website

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: German-English Academy Building

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The German-English Academy Building is a school built in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1891 for the German-English Academy, which later became the University School of Milwaukee. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now owned by the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Since 2012, it has been leased to the company Direct Supply as a technology center. It is beside the Grohmann Museum.

Wikipedia: German-English Academy Building (EN), Heritage Website

960 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: Solomon Juneau Monument

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Solomon Juneau Monument

The Juneau Monument is a public artwork by American artist Richard Henry Park located on the grounds of Juneau Park, which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The base of the statue is made of limestone. On top of the base is a bronze statue of Solomon Juneau. On each side of the base are bronze reliefs. The statue is 5 feet (1.5 m) wide by 15 feet (4.6 m) high.

Wikipedia: Juneau Monument (EN)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Immanuel Presbyterian Church

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Immanuel Presbyterian Church is a High Victorian Gothic-styled church built 1873–75 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, it was designated a landmark by the Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in 1969.

Wikipedia: Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: The Knickerbocker on the Lake

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The Knickerbocker on the Lake is a historic hotel opened in 1929, located in the Yankee Hill neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built as an eight-story residential apartment hotel. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee

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The First Unitarian Church is a historic Gothic Revival-styled church built in 1891–92 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Wikipedia: First Unitarian Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Website, Heritage Website

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Eclipse

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Jill Sebastian's Eclipse is located at Lake Bluff Terrace, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2000. with stairs leading to it off the lakefront. It is a collaborative piece made out of vitreous glass and stone mosaic over concrete, bronze. The dimensions are 10’ x 10'. Made in 2003, this sculpture is still in very good condition.

Wikipedia: Eclipse (Sebastian) (EN)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Jewish Museum Milwaukee

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Jewish Museum Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The Jewish Museum Milwaukee's mission is to preserve and present the Jewish experience through the lens of Greater Milwaukee, and to celebrate the continuum of Jewish heritage and culture. The archives, exhibitions, programs and publications inspire public appreciation for the diversity of Jewish life in a local and global historic context.

Wikipedia: Jewish Museum Milwaukee (EN), Facebook, Website

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Holocaust Memorial

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Holocaust Memorial is a public artwork by American artist Claire Lieberman located on the Jewish Museum Milwaukee lawn, which is near downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at 1360 North Prospect Ave. This piece is 10 ft x 24 ft x 20 ft. The materials used are Corten steel, black granite, and brick. The Holocaust Memorial was created in 1983.

Wikipedia: Holocaust Memorial (Lieberman) (EN)

207 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: 1451 Renaissance Place

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1451 Renaissance Place

The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1907, is an historic Christian Science church edifice located at 1443–1451 North Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by noted Chicago architect Solon Spencer Beman, who designed at least a dozen other Christian Science churches across the country. On March 8, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is occupied by 1451 Renaissance Place and is the venue for weddings and other social events as well as corporate events.

Wikipedia: First Church of Christ, Scientist (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (EN), Website, Facebook, Heritage Website

712 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 15: East Brady Street Historic District

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The East Brady Street Historic District is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Wikipedia: East Brady Street Historic District (EN), Heritage Website

547 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Emanuel D. Adler House

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Emanuel D. Adler House

The Emanuel D. Adler House is a historic 1888 residence built in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1888. It was designed by Milkwaukee architect Alfred Charles Clas. Clas partnered with George Bowman Ferry in 1890 and they formed Ferry & Clas. The partnership continued until Ferry's death.

Wikipedia: Emanuel D. Adler House (EN), Heritage Website

1267 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 17: Hermes

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Hermes

Hermes is a public artwork located at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum at 2200 North Terrace Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Hermes (sculpture) (EN)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Frederick C. Bogk House

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The Frederick C. Bogk House is a single-family residential project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Bogk was an alderman and secretary-treasurer of the Ricketson Paint Works. This house embodies Wright's prairie style elements into a solid-looking structure that appears impregnable.

Wikipedia: Frederick C. Bogk House (EN), Heritage Website

748 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 19: Eight Stone Lions

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Eight Stone Lions

Eight Stone Lions is a set of Bedford limestone or sandstone sculptures by Paul Kupper (?-1908) located in Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Wikipedia: Eight Stone Lions (EN)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott

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Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott

Erastus Bradley Wolcott was an American physician, surgeon, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was surgeon general of Wisconsin during the American Civil War, serving nearly 20 years, from 1861 until his death in 1880. He was also known for being the first physician to excise a Human kidney. In contemporaneous documents, his name was often abbreviated as E. B. Wolcott.

Wikipedia: Erastus B. Wolcott (EN)

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