Buffum Street Play Area

Buffum Street Play Area is a recreation area in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin which is located on North Buffum Street. Buffum Street Play Area is situated nearby to the bowling alley Falcon Bowl, as well as near the historic house Jones-Hill House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilbourn Park and America’s Black Holocaust Museum.

Kilbourn Park

Park

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 3,400 feet southwest of Buffum Street Play Area.

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 4,200 feet southwest of Buffum Street Play Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Borchert Field.

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.

Borchert Field

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

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 Buffum Street Play Area.

Buffum Street Play Area

Type: Recreation area
Address: 2630 North Buffum Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.06634° or 43° 3′ 59″ north

Longitude

-87.90624° or 87° 54′ 23″ west

Open location code

86MJ338V+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 429264882

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Highlights include Falcon Bowl and Jones-Hill House.

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