Historic Garfield Apartments

Historic Garfield Apartments is a school building in , , which is located on North Vel R. Phillips Avenue. Historic Garfield Apartments is situated nearby to the community center , as well as near .
  • Type: School building
  • Also known as: “Public School No. 27”
  • Address: 2215 North Vel R. Phillips Avenue, Milwaukee, 53212

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Museum
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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.

Fire station
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The , also known as Chemical Engine House No. 1, is a historic fire station built in 1876, two miles north of 's central business district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. is situated 1,000 feet west of Historic Garfield Apartments.

Historic site
Photo: Freekee, Public domain.
The is a somewhat intact business district on the near north side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a wide range of surviving buildings dating back to 1854. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Historic Garfield Apartments.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borchert Field and Downtown Milwaukee.

Quarter
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, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in , . 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.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , Wisconsin. The economic and symbolic center of the city and the , it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of the region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including , and the .

Suburb
The is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of to the village of , bordered by the to the west and to the east.

Historic Garfield Apartments

Latitude
43.05948° or 43° 3′ 34″ north
Longitude
-87.9161° or 87° 54′ 58″ west
Inception
1887
Levels
3
Open location code
86MJ335M+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 382900181
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­school
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
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