Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott
Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott is a memorial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott is situated nearby to Lion Bridge, as well as near the museum North Point Light.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Point Light and Downer Theatre.
North Point Light
Museum
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The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River. North Point Light is situated 350 feet southwest of Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott.
Downer Theatre
Movie theater
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The Downer Theatre is an historic cinema in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, formerly operated by Landmark Theatres. Opened in 1915, it was the oldest continually operating cinema in the city of Milwaukee. Downer Theatre is situated 2,100 feet west of Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott.
Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital
Hospital
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Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and Shorewood.
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.
Shorewood
Town
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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 northwest of Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott.
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 region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including Milwaukee City Hall, Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Downtown Milwaukee is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott.
Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “BRIG. GENERAL E. B. WOLCOTT/SURGEON GENERAL OF WISCONSIN IN THE CIVIL/WAR AND FOR THIRTEEN YEARS AFTERWARD./HE LIVED A BLAMELESS LIFE, EMINENT IN HIS/PROFESSION A LOVER OF HUMANITY, WHO/DELIGHTED TO SERVE HIS FELLOWMEN; HIS CITY,/STATE AND NATION.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.06637° or 43° 3′ 59″ northLongitude
-87.87049° or 87° 52′ 14″ westInception
1919Open location code
86MJ348H+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 403696420OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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