Cass--Wells Street Historic District

Cass--Wells Street Historic District is a historic site in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Cass--Wells Street Historic District is situated nearby to the church Wisconsin Consistory Building, as well as near the community center Woman’s Club of Wisconsin.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and Wisconsin Consistory Building.

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is the episcopal see of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building itself is in German Renaissance Revival style, built in 1847, with changes after several fires. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is situated 390 feet west of Cass--Wells Street Historic District.

Wisconsin Consistory Building

Church

Photo: Freekee, Public domain.

The Wisconsin Consistory Building, also known as the Humpfrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, is a historic structure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that was built as a Romanesque-style Congregational church in 1889, then bought by a Masonic order and remodeled to an Art Moderne style in 1937.

Milwaukee Art Museum

Art gallery

Photo: mulad, CC BY 2.0.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection of nearly 35,000 works of art and gallery spaces totaling 150,000 sq. ft. make it the largest art museum in the state of Wisconsin and one of the largest art museums in the United States. Milwaukee Art Museum is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Cass--Wells Street Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Milwaukee and East Side.

Downtown Milwaukee

Suburb

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Downtown Milwaukee is the central business district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The economic and symbolic center of the city and the Milwaukee metropolitan area, it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of the region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including Milwaukee City Hall, Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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.

Jones Island

Quarter

Jones Island is an industrialized peninsula in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began as a marsh island between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers, and now forms the city's inner harbor design. Jones Island is situated 2 miles south of Cass--Wells Street Historic District.

Cass--Wells Street Historic District

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.04181° or 43° 2′ 31″ north

Longitude

-87.90226° or 87° 54′ 8″ west

Open location code

86MJ23RX+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Woman’s Club of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Downtown BID #21.

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