Houses and mansions in Milwaukee
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Milwaukee register is houses than any other kind of building, 45 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1875 to 1914. 10 stops, 1.8 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
All walking tours in Milwaukee → · Every listing in Milwaukee →
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Thomas Cook House853 N. Seventeenth St.Building · built 1875 · listed 1986start
- 2Frederick Pabst House2000 W. Wisconsin Ave.Building · built 1892 · listed 19750.3 mi from stop 1
- 3Joseph B. Kalvelage House2432 W. Kilbourn Ave.Building · listed 19780.3 mi from stop 2
- 4Fred Sivyer House761 N. Twenty-fifth St.Building · built 1888 · listed 19860.1 mi from stop 3
- 5David W. Howie House3026 W. Wells St.Building · built 1886 · listed 19860.4 mi from stop 4
- 6Abraham H. Esbenshade House3119 W. Wells St.Building · built 1899 · listed 1986323 ft from stop 5
- 7Harry B. Walker House3130 W. Wells St.Building · built 1878 · listed 1986161 ft from stop 6
- 8Schuster, George, House and Carriage Shed3209 W. Wells St.Building · built 1891 · listed 1986185 ft from stop 7
- 9Edward J. Dahinden House3316 W. Wisconsin Ave.Building · built 1914 · listed 1986493 ft from stop 8
- 10Michael Carpenter House1115 Thirty-fifth St.Building · built 1890 · listed 19860.4 mi from stop 9
1.8 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Milwaukee
- Neoclassical architecture in Milwaukee11 stops · 2.3 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Milwaukee examples on this route went up between 1847 and 1929.
- Churches and temples in Milwaukee10 stops · 2.3 milesThe route links churches built between 1846 and 1911. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- Milwaukee in the 1890s10 stops · 2.0 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1890s. Gothic Revival is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
Local history books for Milwaukee
We earn a small commission if you buy through these links. It does not change what we list.
Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Wisconsin
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.