Magnificent Milwaukee: Architectural Treasures 1850-1920, by Zimmermann, H. Russell
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Magnificent Milwaukee: Architectural Treasures 1850-1920, by Zimmermann, H. Russell. Milwaukee Public Museum: n.p., 1987. Edition: First edition (no earlier editions stated). ISBN: 0893261505. Hardcover, 9.25 by 11.25 inches, 270, [1 photo credits] pages. Oatmeal colored cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine; pictorial end papers. Well illustrated with black and white and color photographs. Includes Bibliography and Index.

Condition: Very good, no jacket. Small, barely discernable redish stain along top front margin, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Contents: From the Foreword:

In Magnificent Milwaukee, H. Russell Zimmermann has produced a major work about a major city. In an entertaining writing style he tells the stories of numerous buildings, their architects and their occupants. Both as a guide and a local architectural primer, Magnificent Milwaukee provides the most comprehensive history to date of the buildings featured in this book.

Milwaukee is unique among Wisconsin's communities for the variety of its historic architecture and the opulence of its historic mansions. Its rich ethnic and industrial history gives the Lake Michigan city much of its visual character and sense of community.

The book includes historic photographs of each home:

And, where possible, more up-to-date pictures

As well as interior details whenever the houses were still available to photograph