Garden Homes Historic District, Milwaukee

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The Garden Homes Historic District in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Under socialist mayor Daniel Hoan, the City of Milwaukee implemented the country's first public housing project in 1923. This experiment with a municipally-sponsored housing cooperative saw initial success, but was plagued by development and land acquisition problems. The board overseeing the project dissolved the Gardens Home Corporation just two years after construction of the homes was completed. ()

Area: 29 acres (0.0453 mi²)Coordinates: 43°5'37"N, 87°56'45"W

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Garden Homes Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bayshore, Shorewood Village Hall, America's Black Holocaust Museum, Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

2.5 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Bayshore, Glendale
65 min walk • Bayshore is an open-air shopping mall/mixed use complex including retail shops, restaurants, offices and residential units in Glendale, Wisconsin.
3.1 miE
City hall, Tudor Revival architecture
Shorewood Village Hall, Milwaukee
80 min walk • The Shorewood Village Hall is a historic municipal building in Shorewood, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
2.8 miSE
Museum
America's Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee
71 min walk • America's Black Holocaust Museum is dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America. The museum was founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who became well known after surviving a lynching.
3.3 miS
Church
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee
85 min walk • St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Gothic Revival-styled church built in 1889 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by a congregation with German roots. In 1992, the church and associated buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also designated a Milwaukee Landmark.
2.8 miE
Park
Hubbard Park, Milwaukee
72 min walk • Hubbard Park is a Milwaukee County park in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin that received landmark status in 2000. It is located on a nearly five-acre, 1,400 feet long strip of land between the Milwaukee River and the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, now converted into part of the Oak Leaf Trail.
3.3 miSW
Church
Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee
84 min walk • Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran congregation in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee. It is a member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
2.7 miNW
Nature, Forest, Natural attraction
Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
69 min walk • Havenwoods State Forest is a 237-acre property managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources within the city limits of Milwaukee. The forest was created to provide an urban green space and environmental education center. The land includes grasslands, woods, wetlands, Lincoln Creek, an urban arboretum, and education gardens.
3.1 miSE
43°3'38"N • 87°54'12"W
Kilbourn Park, Milwaukee
80 min walk • Park
3.4 miSE
43°2'56"N • 87°54'55"W
Redline Milwaukee, Milwaukee
88 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
2.9 miE
Village, Area
Shorewood, Milwaukee
75 min walk • Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census.
2.4 miE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Benjamin Church House, Milwaukee
62 min walk • The Benjamin Church House, a modestly sized Temple-style Greek Revival home, was built in 1843–1844 by a pioneer carpenter of that name in Kilbourntown, a settlement on the west side of the Milwaukee River.