This event takes place at 6:30pm in the Rare Book Room (2nd floor) at the Milwaukee Public Library's Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, 53233. Free and open to the public.
Initially dominated by simple renditions of East Coast architecture, Milwaukee developed from three pioneer settlements, those of Solomon Juneau, Byron Kilbourn, and George Walker-three hubs from which three villages radiated outward into one city. Following the Civil War, Milwaukee's growth at the onset of the Industrial Era afforded the city a fanciful array of Victorian streetscapes.

By the 1920s, Milwaukee's architecture had assimilated to the national aesthetic, suburban development was on the rise, and architectural growth would soon be stunted by the Great Depression.
Images from Milwaukee's Historic Preservation Commission and the Milwaukee Public Library were selected by author Megan Daniels to illustrate Milwaukee's architectural history as it responded to the city's development and events.
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