National Register Listing

Historic Third Ward District

Bounded by the Milwaukee River, C and NW RR, and E. St. Paul and N. Jackson Sts., Milwaukee, WI
Local significance of the district:
Commerce; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

Wisconsin was the first state in the United States to provide workers' compensation for injured workers, in 1911.