Historical Sign Locations

Milwaukee County Landmarks in Shorewood

Thomas Bossert House

Benjamin Church House

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

Erwin Cords House

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

Seneca W. and Bertha Hatch House

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

Henry A. Meyer House

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

George E. Morgan House

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

Shorewood Village Hall

Ernest Flagg stone masonry house

Milwaukee County Landmarks in Shorewood

Annason Apartments

Eric Passman House

Shorewood High School Campus

Lindemann/Sojan House

St. Robert’s Catholic Church

Hubbard Park

Shorewood Department of Public Works Adminstration Building

Wisconsin Landmarks in Shorewood

Shorewood Armory

30 acre site of Wisconsin National Guard Light Horse Squadron from 1910-1930.  Included offices, commanders’ house, a dormitory, gymnasium, large barn of 65 stables

Shorewood High School

Planned and constructed in campus plan with separate buildings for the administration and the humanities, physical education, arts and science, the auditorium

Lueddemann’s-on-the-River

In 1872 Frederick A. Lueddemann opened Lueddemann’s-on-the-River in the Town of Milwaukee as a landscaped urban retreat, a large building with apartments, restaurant and billiard tables. In 1900 it was purchased and renamed “Coney Island” with a roller coaster and other amusement park facilities. But the loud music and garish lights with limited action by Town of Milwaukee led the village to incorporate as East Milwaukee in 1900. Ravenna Park, the last of series of parks closed in 1916. The land was subdivided and the structures removed. Only Hubbard Park remains.

The Appomattox

At 319 feet, the Appomattox was the largest wooden bulk steamer ever constructed on the Great Lakes, possibly in the world. It was the innovative use of steel cross bracing, keelson plates, and arches that made such a massive oak hull possible. These features, her triple-expansion steam engine, and other first-class marine equipment made the Appomattox a thoroughly modern vessel when she was built in 1896. They also vividly illustrate the momentous transition from the use of wood to steel to build large boats. More information @ Wisconsin Shipwrecks

Sauk Indian Trail Marker

Marker for the old north/south trail used by the Sauk Indians as they moved through Shorewood. Located in Hubbard Park in front of the Shorewood River Club. Placed by the Juneau Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution November 25, 1939. Rededicated July 4, 2000 by the Milwaukee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Atwater Park Veterans' Memorial

A 31’ long cast bronze plaque “Honoring Shorewood Veterans Who Served in War and Peace” is the centerpiece of Atwater Park’s Lake Michigan overlook. Dedicated on May 28, 2000, the plaque was a project of the Shorewood Centennial Committee during the celebration of the Village’s 100th birthday. It had taken 57 years to establish a permanent memorial to veterans in Shorewood.  In 1943, a temporary memorial, on the High School grounds, listed 1200 names of those serving in World War II.  Within four years the honor roll had doubled and, with no agreement on a permanent memorial, the honor roll was veiled and taken down. Over the years, various committees considered sites for a permanent location, rejected proposed designs and lacked funding to pursue the project. With renewed interest in establishing a permanent veterans’ memorial in 2000, funding was obtained from the Shorewood Men’s Club, the North Shore American Legion Post #331 and the Shorewood Foundation (formerly SCIF).