On Milwaukee Avenue west of Day Court, on the right when traveling west.
Built by Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day, this residence is believed to have been designed in 1874 by prominent Milwaukee architect James Douglas. Once called “Wauwatosa’s most prominent citizen,” Dr. Day was a physician for the County Hospital, . . . — — Map (db m51007) HM
On Charles Hart Parkway at Ludington Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Charles Hart Parkway.
Site of the homestead of Charles Hart, founder of Wauwatosa, who arrived here in May, 1835. He built a log cabin in what is now the village and with his brother, Thomas, operated saw and grist mills. In the early 1840s Charles Hart built a large . . . — — Map (db m37507) HM
On Church Street at North Menomonee River Parkway, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
This block of Church Street extending south from Milwaukee Avenue was platted as Wauwatosa’s first residential street in 1853. The Congregational Church built that year was the earliest religious structure in the community then known as Harts Mills. . . . — — Map (db m50839) HM
On Underwood Avenue at West State Street, on the right when traveling south on Underwood Avenue.
The Dittmar-Robertson building is the oldest remaining structure of the five-point intersection of Wauwatosa’s historic village center. Erected in 1897 by a pioneer blacksmith, John F. Dittmar, it was first occupied by a hardware, plumbing and . . . — — Map (db m50840) HM
On Hillcrest Drive at North 75th Street, on the right when traveling east on Hillcrest Drive.
This Victorian Gothic church was constructed in 1887-88 as the second home of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA. In 1906-07, it was rededicated as the ENOCH D. UNDERWOOD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH to honor Enoch D. Underwood, pastor from 1849 to . . . — — Map (db m51462) HM
On Church Street north of North Menomonee River Parkway, on the right when traveling south.
The Congregationalists were the first to organize a church in Wauwatosa. In 1853 they purchased this lot for $50 and erected a small wooden church. The present structure, designed by architect Edwin O. Kuenzli, was begun in 1919 and enlarged in . . . — — Map (db m50838) HM
On North Glenview Avenue (State Highway 181) 0.1 miles south of West Bluemound Road (U.S. 18), on the right when traveling south.
In 1870 Harrison Ludington, three-term Milwaukee mayor and governor of Wisconsin, purchased 100 acres here and established an exemplary farm where he worked to improve the quality of the state’s livestock. In 1881 he built this large “Gentleman’s . . . — — Map (db m50834) HM
On Harwood Avenue east of Dewey Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The Founding Fathers of Wauwatosa were brothers Charles and Thomas Benjamin Hart from New England. In 1835 Charles Hart settled where an old Indian trail forded the Menomonee River. About 1838 the brothers built a water powered sawmill across the . . . — — Map (db m47823) HM
On Hillcrest Drive at North 74th Street, on the right when traveling west on Hillcrest Drive.
The history of the Kneeland-Walker House and Carriage House on this beautifully landscaped 1.5 acre site is the story of two remarkable men. The house was built in 1889-90 by Norman L. Kneeland who was involved in early Wauwatosa government. In 1917 . . . — — Map (db m51459) HM
On Wauwatosa Avenue (State Highway 181) at Rogers Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Wauwatosa Avenue.
In 1844, Oliver Damon, wheelwright and cabinet-maker, migrated from New Hampshire to what is now Wauwatosa. He and his son-in-law, Jonathan Warren, built this house using oak and black walnut from land he purchased in 1841. In 1846 Damon’s son, . . . — — Map (db m93500) HM
Near North 87th Street, 0.5 miles north of West Watertown Plank Road, on the right when traveling north.
The ground before you contains the mortal remains of approximately 200 souls who died at the Milwaukee County Asylum / Hospital for the Insane. These burial grounds were open from March 1880 – November 1914. Patients without financial means or . . . — — Map (db m51465) HM
On North 87th Street, 0.2 miles north of West Watertown Plank Road, on the left when traveling north.
This site, also known as Potter’s Field was originally a pasture on the Milwaukee County Farm. Between 1872 and 1974, this four acre field became the final resting place for 4000 of the estimated 7500 children and adults buried on the Milwaukee . . . — — Map (db m51464) HM
Near Currie Golf Course Road, 0.2 miles west of North Mayfair Road, on the right when traveling south.
One of the earliest publicly–owned airports in the United State was established here on July 3, 1919, by the Milwaukee County Park Commission.
The nation’s first commercial air transport, the Lawson Airliner, took off from this field on August . . . — — Map (db m236877) HM
On West Capitol Drive at U.S. 45, on the right when traveling west on West Capitol Drive.
This acre was purchased from Mr. Clarke Brookins by the Oak Hill Burying Ground Assoc. Burials began in 1839. Civil War vets Johann Bahler and Dr. Levi Halsted are buried here with other Wauwatosa pioneers. — — Map (db m46668) HM
Patriot James Morgan was born April 5, 1748, in Frederick County, Virginia. At the age of 30, Morgan enlisted in the Revolution for a three-month tour in Colonel John Evan’s Virginia Regiment. He served with General McIntosh’s campaign in the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m31763) HM
On Church Street south of Milwaukee Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Thomas B. Hart, with his brother, Charles, operated the saw and grist mills in the settlement of Hart’s Mills, now known as Wauwatosa. From 1874 to 1885 this was his residence. It is the oldest house on the city’s earliest residential street. The . . . — — Map (db m50837) HM
On Wauwatosa Avenue at Kenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Wauwatosa Avenue.
The Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District includes seventy-seven houses on Wauwatosa Avenue, Warren Avenue, Hillcrest Drive and adjoining streets. The District is characterized by large, well-maintained examples of the architecture of the . . . — — Map (db m33125) HM
