City Hall Study
Milwaukee City Hall Study oil on wood, 8″ x 5.5″, 2015 I made this painting from the offices of onmilwaukee.com. Their offices are located in the old First National Bank Building overlooking Water Street. From this vantage, I was also able to take photos with a telephoto lens, and I was surprised and delighted by […]
Walnut Street School
Walnut Street School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Herman P. Schnetzky, architect, built in 1888, closed in 1977. This school burned down in 1978. It was a twin to the larger 5th Street School. The architectural renderings are housed in the Milwaukee Public Library Special Collections, and the library rules prohibited me from […]
The Jefferson School
The Jefferson School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″ 2015 901 W. Juneau AvenueArchitect unknownBuilt in 1858, closed in 1889. The school was bought by the Pabst Brewery and altered (likely by Pabst’s preferred architect, Otto Strack) to match the crenellated, fortress-like Gothic architectural style of the surrounding brewery complex. It currently houses a tavern […]
Maryland Avenue Montessori School
Maryland Avenue Montessori School oil on wood panel, 6” x 8”, 2015 Located at 2418 N. Maryland Avenue, Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1887, with an 1893 addition by Schnetzy and Liebert. This is an open and active school on the east side of Milwaukee. It disappears into its surroundings because the landscape is […]
La Escuela Fratney
La Escuela Fratney oil on wood panel, 6” x 8”, 2015 Located at 3255 N. Fratney Street, Henry Lotter, architect, built in 1903. This is an open and active school in my Riverwest neighborhood that I painted from a friend’s porch across the street. This school is well loved in the community and is a […]
Garfield Avenue School
Garfield Avenue School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 2215 N. 4th Street, Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1887, closed in 2005. This school is sold and it is being redeveloped as part of the Bronzeville neighborhood redevelopment initiative. A once proud elementary school designed by Milwaukee favorite Henry C. Koch, it fell […]
Emanuel Philipp School
Emanuel Philipp School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Located at 4310 N. 16th Street, Eschweiler and Eschweiler, architects, built in 1932, closed in 2006. This school has rightfully been described as a “gem.” When I went to elementary school back in the ‘70s, the school I attended was built in the previous decade. […]
Albert E Kagel School
Albert E Kagel School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Located at 1210 W. Mineral Street in Milwaukee, WI. Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1891. This is an open and active, well-maintained public school. Designed by Henry C. Koch, this building is a twin to the Golda Meir School on Martin Luther King […]
5th Street School
5th Street School oil on wood, 8″ x 10″, 2015 Located at 2770 N. 5th Street, Herman P. Schnetzky, architect, built in 1888, closed in 1978. After closing as a school, 5th Street later served as the Isaac Coggs School and then the MLK Heritage Health Center until the Center moved to a new facility […]