Fifth Street School

Fifth Street School is a school building in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin which is located on North 5th Street. Fifth Street School is situated nearby to North Division High School, as well as near Chief Lippert Fire Station.

Type: School building
Also known as: “Fifth Street School Apartments”
Address: 2770 North 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include America’s Black Holocaust Museum and Chief Lippert Fire Station.

America’s Black Holocaust Museum

Museum

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 in 1930. America’s Black Holocaust Museum is situated 3,200 feet south of Fifth Street School.

Chief Lippert Fire Station

Fire station

Photo: Freekee, Public domain.

The Chief Lippert Fire Station, also known as Chemical Engine House No. 1, is a historic fire station built in 1876, two miles north of Milwaukee's central business district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Chief Lippert Fire Station is situated 3,100 feet south of Fifth Street School.

North Division High School

School

North Division High School is one of the major public high schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of the Milwaukee Public Schools. It began operation in 1906, was abolished in 2006, and was reinstituted in 2011. North Division High School is situated 2,600 feet west of Fifth Street School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borchert Field and East Side.

Borchert Field

Quarter

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Borchert Field, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933.

East Side

Suburb

The East Side is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of Downtown Milwaukee to the village of Shorewood, bordered by the Milwaukee River to the west and Lake Michigan to the east. East Side is situated 1½ miles east of Fifth Street School.

Shorewood

Town

Photo: Freekee, Public domain.

Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census. Shorewood is situated 2 miles northeast of Fifth Street School.

Fifth Street School

Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and education
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.06887° or 43° 4′ 8″ north

Longitude

-87.91662° or 87° 54′ 60″ west

Elevation

679 feet (207 metres)

Inception

1888

Open location code

86MJ339M+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 660812943

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

5252681

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