With the new Black Nite dedication, here are the Wisconsin historical landmarks in Milwaukee County

Jolan Kruse, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin's first LGBTQ historic landmark was dedicated this week near the former Black Nite tavern in Milwaukee, at the corner of West St. Paul and North Plankinton avenues.

The location is the site of the state's first LGBTQ uprising in 1961, and the landmark honors Josie Carter, a Black transgender person who led the defense against attackers.

It's one of 58 official state historical landmarks in Milwaukee County, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.

From the invention of the typewriter to Wisconsin's lime industry, this list has something new to learn about, even for locals.

Here's a list of all the Wisconsin historical markers in Milwaukee County and where you can find them:

  • Watertown Plank Road: Miller Brewing Company, junction of 40th and State streets, Milwaukee

  • Meadowmere: Triangle at 57th, Hayes and Fillmore streets, West Allis

  • Invention of the Typewriter: Junction of 4th and State streets, Milwaukee

  • Oneida Street Station, T.M.E.R. & L. Co.: Junction of Wells and Edison streets, Milwaukee

  • First Milwaukee Cargo Pier: Foot of East Michigan Street, Milwaukee

  • Milwaukee-Downer College: Junction of East Hartford and North Downer avenues, Milwaukee

  • Saint John's Infirmary: Junction of North Avenue and Lake Drive, Milwaukee

  • Milwaukee County's First Airport: Inside the Currie Park Golf Course clubhouse, Wauwatosa

  • Erastus B. Wolcott, M.D.: Grounds of VA Hospital, 5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee

  • St Mary's School of Nursing: Junction of North Avenue and Lake Drive, Milwaukee

  • Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin: 8685 W. Grange Ave., Greendale

  • Old North Point Water Tower: East North Avenue, between North Lake Drive and North Terrace Avenue, Milwaukee

  • Carl Sandburg Hall: Junction of East Hartford and North Maryland avenues, UW-Milwaukee campus

  • General Mitchell Field: On East Layton Avenue, a half-mile east of South Howell Avenue, located in parking lot observation area, Milwaukee

  • Milwaukee Interurban Terminal, 1905-1951: 231 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee

  • MacArthur Square: East-wall entrance to parking structure at the North 9th Street Tunnel, Milwaukee

  • Golda Meir: Golda Meir Library on UW-Milwaukee campus, Milwaukee

  • Carl Frederick Zeidler: Zeidler Park, 300 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee

  • Bay View's Rolling Mill: Junction of S. Superior Street and E. Russell Avenue, Milwaukee

  • Wisconsin's Lime Industry: 8801 W. Grange Ave., Greendale

  • Wisconsin's Oldest Newspaper the Milwaukee Sentinel: On the Riverwalk, 100 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee

  • National Soldiers Home: Zablocki VA Medical Center, State 59

  • Civil War Camp: 1756 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee

  • First African-American Church Built in Wisconsin: Junction of 4th Street and Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee

  • The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Mitchell Hall, UW-Milwaukee, North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee

  • Pabst Theater: 144 E. Wells St., Milwaukee

  • Third Ward Fire: 159 N. Broadway, Milwaukee

  • Captain Frederick Pabst: 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee

  • Camp Harvey: State Fair Park main gate, junction of South 81st Street and West Greenfield Avenue, West Allis

  • Wisconsin State Fair Park: State Fair Park main gate, junction of South 81st Street and West Greenfield Avenue, West Allis

  • Sinking of the "Lady Elgin": Junction of North Water and East Erie streets, Milwaukee

  • Kilbourntown: 1110 N. Old World 3rd St., Milwaukee

  • Town of Greenfield: 7325 W. Forest Home Ave., Greenfield

  • Merrill Park: Merrill Park, 461 N. 35th St., Milwaukee

  • Shorewood Armory: East Facade of the Lighthorse Building, 4041 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood

  • Shorewood High School: 1701 E. Capitol Dr., Shorewood

  • Shorewood Village Hall: 3930 N. Murray Ave., Shorewood

  • Bay View’s Immigrants: Zillman Park, junction of South Kinnickinnic Avenue and East Ward Street, Milwaukee

  • Mabel Watson Raimey: Marquette University Law School, 1103 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee

  • Lueddeman’s on-the-River: 3500 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood

  • Janesville Plank Road: Junction of 92nd Street and Forest Home Avenue, Greenfield

  • Village of Greendale: 6500 Northway, Greendale

  • Rescue of Joshua Glover: Cathedral Square Park, junction of East Kilbourn and North Jackson streets, Milwaukee

  • The Cream City: West lobby of the Tannery building, 700 W. Virginia St., Milwaukee

  • Revolutionary War Veteran (Morgan): Wauwatosa Cemetery, 2405 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa

  • Cold Spring Road: Junction of 108th Street and Cold Spring Road, Greenfield

  • North Point Light Station: At Lighthouse, Lake Park, Milwaukee

  • Birthplace of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: Salem Lutheran Church, 6814 N. 107th St., Milwaukee

  • Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home 1864-1867: 731 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee

  • Historic Root River/Root River Parkway: North of 11000 W. Beloit Rd., Root River Parkway, Greenfield

  • Lakeside Power Plant: 3900 block of S. Lake Dr., St. Francis

  • Survey of 1836/Greenfield 1836 "Greenery": Konkel Park, Greenfield

  • Lake Protestant Cemetery: Junction of East Norwich and South Barland avenues, St. Francis

  • Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village): Exploratory Park, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis

  • Garden Homes, A Public Housing Milestone: Garden Homes Square, 2600 W. Atkinson Ave., Milwaukee

  • St. Boniface Catholic Church: North Division High School, 1122 W. Clarke St., Milwaukee

  • Josie Carter Black Nite Uprising: Southwest corner of West St. Paul and North Plankinton avenues, Milwaukee

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee County has more than 50 Wisconsin historical landmarks

Advertisement