Herbert W. Tullgren Explained

Herbert Wallace Tullgren (July 5, 1889 - February 23, 1944) was an American architect active from the 1910s-1944. He was centered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but his work can be seen in different locations throughout Wisconsin, such as Whitefish Bay, Waukesha, Shorewood, and Fond du Lac. His designs made use of Art Deco and Art Moderne, which were popular during the time. Tullgren was the foremost Milwaukee architect practicing in the Art Deco and Art Moderne styles of the early twentieth century.[1]

Biography

Tullgren was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second child of Martin and Barbara (née Kregness) Tullgren.[2] In 1894, Martin Tullgren caught the gold rush fever, and left Chicago with his family to become a prospector in Black Hills, South Dakota. Later, he would work as a superintendent of the mines for the Storm Cloud Mining Company in Arizona.[3] The family lived in Maple Gulch and used a mule as a means of transportation. By the end of the Tullgren's time in Arizona, Martin worked at Homestake Mining Company building and assisting in timbering and supporting of galleries.[4]

In 1900, the family moved back to Chicago, where Martin, along with Chicago partner Archibald Hood, set up their own practice architecture firm, Hood & Tullgren. The pair received contracts from people/companies such as United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Fuller, Montgomery Ward & Co., and other leading firms in Chicago. By 1902, they had moved their business, and Martin's family including Herbert, to Milwaukee. Herbert, under Hood & Tullgren, began his architectural training with his father, which proved to be the only formal architectural education he would receive.

In 1907, at age 18, Tullgren left Milwaukee to attend Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia. However, he only spent a year there. Afterwards, he began work as a draftsman with his father's partnership, Hood & Tullgren. By 1909, the partnership had dissolved, and Martin began a new practice, Martin Tullgren & Sons, with both sons, Sven Minard and Herbert. Tullgren took only a short break from 1917 to 1919, when he joined the Wisconsin State Guard as a Captain-Adjutant during World War I.Under Martin, the firm designed buildings such as the Downer Theater, Astor on the Lake, and Hotel Retlaw. However, by 1922 Martin, who had been ill for several months, died at the age of 64, leaving Tullgren to take charge of the office.[5] This included design, office practice, and supervision, thus making him president of the firm by 1926 to 1936, before the firm dissolved.

During the 1920s, Tullgren also started other companies alongside the family firm. In 1923, he founded the Terra Company, a real estate company, along with Minard as president, and carpenter Emil Grossmann as vice president. Then sometime in 1927 or 1928, he founded Herbert W & S. Minard Tullgren, Inc., another real estate company. This put Tullgren as president, and Minard as vice president. However, in 1928 after Minard's death, Pansy, Minard's widow, became vice president of Herbert W & S. Minard Tullgren, Inc. While Tullgren remained president of that company, he became the treasurer of Terra Co., and Emil Grossmann became president.

By the 1930s, Tullgren was a well established architect having designed multiple office buildings, apartments, hotels, theaters, and even schools. In the early 1930s, Tullgren shifted his sights to building affordable middle to working class urban housing. He even patented, Patent No. 1896734, the duplex (two-story) apartment design, in 1933 after finishing the Viking Apartments in 1931. Tullgren was sure of the economic and functional advantages of his design. The Viking Apartments proved this by setting a record for occupancy during hard times at 92%, when the national average for apartments was only about 60%.[6]

Confident in the benefits of duplex apartments, Tullgren published a pamphlet in 1937,The Tullgren Plan for City Housing, to further describe the social and economic benefits. The floor plans included a living room, dining room, and a kitchen on one floor, and sleeping quarters and a bathroom on the floor above. Public corridors were not required on the sleeping quarters floor, and thus creating more space. In fact, it would create 15% more space, oppose to a conventional single floor apartment. By cutting down corridor space that would have needed to be furnished, equipped, heated, lit, and cleaned it would save 20% in maintenance cost. Since sleeping quarters were adjoined with the other sleeping quarters, it would create minimum sound from the other parts of the apartments. Overall, the project would cut construction cost by at least 15%, and still provide liquidating income, and profit owners.[7]

Along with this pamphlet was a description of the Tullgren Plan Residence Apartment. The plan was seven apartment buildings within the same area. Each apartment was placed so each family would receive maximum sunlight and air. The buildings would’ve also occupied 22% less land, creating more open space around each building. More space meant more things to do with the landscaping. Tullgren's plan for the outside included a sunken garden cour, pool, flower garden, shaded lawn, and promenade. There would have also been a playground area for small children between the buildings, and facilities for larger children. The playground would’ve included the usual playground equipment like swings, sand pits, shallow wading pools, and a camp-fire space. With the open space between buildings, it also allotted space for laundry drying yards. Tullgren saw the possibilities to do the project in a plot of 206,965 square feet, offering maximum housing at a minimum cost. Tullgren's ideal was with careful planning and some government assistance would amount to a great deal of affordable housing at a reasonable profit.[8]

This mindset helped Tullgren become an associated architect on the Parklawn Public Housing Project during the mid-1930s. Parklawn was endorsed by the administration of Daniel Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee. It included the Allied Architects of Milwaukee, an association of Milwaukee's finest architects, which included Gerrit J de Gelleke, Peter Brust, A.C. Eschweiler, Herbert Tullgren, R.A. Messner, and Phelps Wyman. The project took the vacant spot at Hope Avenue between Sherman Boulevard and North 47th street. This area was selected because it didn't involve a condemnation of any private property. Parklawn included 64 fireproof buildings with 518 units of 3, 4, or 5 room rentals. To this day, Parklawn is still owned and leased by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee.[9]

By 1938, Tullgren published his own magazine that was oversaw by his company, and at his own expense called Architecture and Design. The magazine was a showcase of not only Tullgren's office, but the contractors he worked with. Architecture and Design was aimed to promote their work in hopes of gaining more business.[10]

However, Tullgren's last documented building in Milwaukee was built in 1937, the Badger Mutual Insurance Company building. Shortly thereafter, in 1944, Tullgren died at the age of 54 from heart disease. He left behind a son, Herbert A. Tullgren, two daughters, Mary and Allison, and his wife Eloise A., who would take over the last of his business concerns.[11]

Architecture Design/Style

The consistent architectural style under Hood & Tullgren was Neoclassical, a design that would be rarely seen in Tullgren's own work later on. When Martin, Herbert's father, started his own business, the style changed to Revival, Tudor Revival and Georgian. By the time, Tullgren was head of the company, the style changed to Tullgren's trademark style, Art Deco and Art Moderne. This occurred around 1928, when Tullgren wanted to embrace modernity that was happening in the urban areas of America after 1925. With this he often incorporated terra cotta ornamentation. Something else that was emphasized in Tullgren's work was the detail through contrast, especially during the 1930s. Tullgren designed apartments with the ideal to help relieve the growing housing crisis during the 1930s. He emphasized affordability for both tenants and owners. Since during the mid-1930s, Americans had felt that free market became incapable of supplying adequate affordable housing for them.[12]

A notable project for Tullgren was the 1260 Exton Apartments. Built in 1937, it is claimed to be the best preserved and sophisticated example of Art Moderne in the country. Another duplex apartment structure, it takes advantage of the interior stacking function, which creates view-orienting spaces. Tullgren built the Exton with grouping of bedrooms on alternate floors with the public corridors, entries, and living space on the floor below. The method behind this was the advantage of the use of skip-stop elevator.[13] This reduces the capital and maintenance costs of the public areas by half.[14] The use of the duplex plan allowed Tullgren to eliminate long public corridors, private halls, and passageways. All rooms have direct access to one central stair hall. Grouped around the central service stacks were the kitchen and baths, which permitted economical structure.[15] The apartment has a reinforced concrete structure, the elevators are flanked by fire towers, and there is sound insulation provided by the double walls between each unit and public spaces.

Memberships

Tullgren in his later life belonged to many different clubs and organizations. He was a member of the Masonic Order, Kenwood Lodge, Ivanhoe Commandery, and Tripoli Temple. He also belonged to the University Club of Milwaukee. Tullgren was part of architectural clubs such as American Institute of Architects and the State Association of Wisconsin Architects. In addition, he was president of The Bluemound Country Club, the Wisconsin Golf Association, and the Gyro Club. He even held other positions such as secretary for the Prospect Park Co.[16]

Works

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.Works include (with attribution):

Building NameAddressArchitectYear BuiltAdditionsDemolished?
Glencairn Apartments / Mathews & Wolcock[17] [18] 1328 W Greenfield, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren19001902No
J and L Wechselberg Apartment / Newport Apartments[19] 802-808 N 17th St, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1902No
Kenmore Apartments805-811 N 22nd St, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1902
Otsego Hotel[20] 102-106 Francis St., Jackson, MIMartin Tullgren Co. 19041928
Wallace Apartments[21] 734-754 N 22nd St, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1905No
Herman Nunnemacher Apartments[22] 2303 E. Belleview, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1906
Herman Nunnemacher Apartments/ San-Rafel Apartments[23] 2205 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1906No
Roseneath Apartments[24] [25] 2335 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1908No
Stanley Apartment Building/ Read and Neacy Apt./ Belleview Apt.[26] 2511 E. Belleview Place, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren1908No
Summerfield Court Apartments[27] 1479-1495 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WIHood & Tullgren, Herbert Tullgren1908No
Katherine Kennedy Apartments/ The Marietta Apartments[28] [29] 3205 N. Marietta Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1909No
A. Hood Apartments[30] 2505-13 E. Park Pl., Milwaukee, WIA. Hood1910No
Howard Apartments2641-49 N. Hackett, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1910No
Stellwin Apartments/ The Lakesider[31] 1982 N. Prospect, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1910No
Builders Investment Co. / The Weston / Godfrey Apartments[32] 2311 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1911No
Lafayette Apartments[33] 1913 E. Lafayette Place, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19111941No
Wallard Apartments[34] 1704-14 E Kane Place, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1911No
Julian Strauss Apartments[35] 2633 N Hackett Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1912No
Julius Straus Investment - Owned Property[36] 2610 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1912
Mulkern Garage Co.[37] 2620-50 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1912
Oscar Brachman Residence748-750 N 34th St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1912
Wayland Apartments[38] [39] 839 N Marshall St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1913No
6th Story Marshall and Biddle Tullgren Building [40] [41] 903 E. Kilbourn?, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1913
Apartments2302 E. Wyoming Place, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1913
Apartments2311 E. North Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1913
Retail Building[42] 2100 N. Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1913No
Broadmoor Apartments[43] 2544 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1914
La Lenore Apartments3133 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1914No
Oscar Branchman Apt. Building2314 E. Wyoming Place, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1914No
Royalton Apartments[44] 1614 E. Royall Pl, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1914No
Savoy Theater, Oasis Theater[45] [46] 2626 W. Center St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1914No
Downer Theatre[47] 2589 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1915
Builders Investment Co. / David Batnett Gallery / Patrician Apartments2101-2117 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1915No
Junior Terrace/ Oscar Brachman Apts.[48] [49] 2422-24 E. Bradford, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1915
Marggraff Apartments1981 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1915No
St. Catherine's Home for Working Girls[50] 1131 Sycamore St (Michigan St), Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1915Demolished, site of Marquette Law School
Woodstock Apartments<[51] [52] 2105 N Summit, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1915No
S. Minard and Pansy Tullgren House / Carolyn Edwards-Heidenreich House[53] 1850 N 74th St, Wauwatosa, WIMinard Tullgren1915
Downer Garage[54] [55] [56] 2551 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1916
Morry's Vox and Yield[57] 2201-03 N. Prospect, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren19161919No
Neacy Read Invst. Co.[58] 2567-79 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1916No
Windsor Court Apartment Building[59] 1006 East State Street, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1916
Jos. D. Kalt / Kalt Apartments (RAZED)[60] [61] 1621-1625 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19161922Yes (Marquette Engineering Building)
Madra Villa Apartments/ Prospect Kane Apts[62] 1806 E. Kane Place, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1916No
Retail Building3525-33 W. North Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1916No
Stratford Apartments (RAZED)[63] [64] 1400-1412 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1916
A & L Beauty Supply Co/ Central Market Apartment Building[65] 610-622 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren1917No
Bradman Investment Co./ Stowell Arms Apartments[66] 2577 N. Stowell Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1917No
Central Market Commercial (RAZED) - Looks like still standing - Dunkin' Donuts is a tenant - JONB622 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1917
Milwaukee Gas Specialty Co. Factory[67] [68] Clybourn Street and 22/3rd St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1917
Monarch Manufacturing Co. / Paul Asch Co. Factory[69] 224 E Chicago St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1917No
Astor on the Lake924 E Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19181922, 1925
Henry Clay Elementary School/ Whitefish Bay Middle School1144 E Henry Clay, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19181924
Julius Strauss Apartments / Chateau Apartments[70] 2223 E Webster Pl / 2535 N Farwell, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1918
Creamery Package Manufacturing Co./ Hartel Building[71] 201 N. Main St, Fort Atkinson. WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19191931No
Lincoln Terrace Apt. Building[72] 2220-2230 E. Bradford Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1919No
Shinner Co. Warehouse[73] [74] 513-519 N 14th St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1919
United Fireproof Warehouse Company / East Bank Storage Lane[75] [76] 2122-2124 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1919No
Wisconsin State Rubber Co. Building (RAZED)[77] 191-193 N 4th St, Sheboygan, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1920
Untitled[78] Adjacent to 270 Prospect (old address), Milwaukee, WIHerbert Tullgren and Sons1921
Commodore Apartments[79] 1983-1985 N. Summit Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1921
Lakeshore Apartments[80] 1224 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19211922No
Hotel Retlaw[81] [82] 15 E Division St, Fond du Lac, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19221923, 1926, 1934, 1976, 1986No
Orpheum Theater[83] [84] 5819-5831 6th Ave, Kenosha, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1922No
Maywood Hotel[85] Main Street, Kenosha, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922
Ambassador Apartments[86] [87] 1943 N Summit, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922No
Carpenter Building (RAZED)[88] [89] 536 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922Yes
Film Exchange[90] [91] 713-713 Wells St (old address)/717 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922Yes
Oscar Brachman / Junior Court Apartments2213-2221 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922No
Prospect Manor Residence1925-1927 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922
Sixth Street Parking Garage[92] 182-186 6th/ 732 N. 6th and Wells/Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922Razed 2014 - Demolished in 1966
Whitefish Bay Village Hall801 E. Lexington Boulevard, Whitefish Bay, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922Yes
Royall Apartments & Annex[93] [94] 1525-1533 E Royall Pl / 1749-1751 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons (architect), Raulf Company (builder)1922No
F. Rosenberg Elevator Company<[95] [96] Franklin, Becker, and C.M.ST.P (3745 N Richards St maybe), Milwaukee, WITullgren 1922
Saxe Theater/ Saxe's Jeffris Theatre?319 W. Milwaukee St.?, Janesville, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1923
Dorsen Office Building[97] 2208-2218 N 3rd St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19231950
Ardmore Apartment Hotel1600-1610 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1924
Hotel East-Way[98] [99] 626 N Van Buren, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1924
Shorewood Manor Apartments4001 N Prospect, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1924
Hotel Loraine[100] 119-123 W Washington Ave, Madison, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19241925
Herbert W. Tullgren / Terra Company Building[101] 5919-5927 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1924No
Stores[102] 4401-4411 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1924
Hotel Northland[103] [104] 304 N Adams St, Green Bay, WIHerbert W. Tullgren (Martin Tullgren & Sons)19241947, re-emergence 2015No
Shorecrest Hotel[105] 1962 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren, Martin Tullgren & Sons19241928, 1929No
Duluth Hotel[106] 219-231 E. Superior Street, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1924
Edward Martin Apt.1544 N. Humboldt, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1924No
Manitowoc Hotel/ Evergreen Inn Hotel[107] [108] 204 N. 8th St, Fond du Lac, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1925No
Belmont Hotel[109] 751 N. 4th St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1925Yes
George Watts and Sons Building[110] [111] 751-761 N Jefferson St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1925
Milerand Apartements/ Morris Miller Apartments[112] 3035 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1925
Morris Miller Apartment Building[113] 2127 E. Capitol, Shorewood, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1925No
Plymouth High SchoolPlymouth, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1926
West Milwaukee Junior High SchoolWest Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1926
Continental Imports[114] 4801 W. North Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1926No
Persion Furniture Store and Office Building/ Eggert and Sons Furniture[115] 3814 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WITullgren1926Extant
Grafton High School[116] 1111 Broad St, Grafton, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1927
Milwaukee Deaconess Home for Girls (RAZED)1110 W Kilbourn, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1927
Dr. David Roberts Commercial Building726 N. Grand Ave, Waukesha, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1927
Cumberland Grade School478 N Marlborough Dr, Whitefish Bay, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren19271939
Richards Street School5812 N Santa Monica, Whitefish Bay, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren19271947
West Milwaukee High School[117] 5104 W Greenfield Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren, P. Lusignan, Tullgren and Sons1927No
Bertelson Building[118] [119] 2101-2111 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1927No
Commerce Building[120] [121] 744 N 4th St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19271956Extant
Randolph Hotel[122] [123] [124] 649 N. 4th St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1927
Drott Tractor Co. Inc. / Nelson E. Born Inc.3841 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIAlbert G. Peter (Martin Tullgren & Sons)19281937, 1948No
Wisconsin CreameriesS. 13th (2700 BLK), Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1928
First Wisconsin Garage[125] 746 N Water, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1928
Nathan Hale High School, later West Allis Central High School[126] 8500-8516 W Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W.Tullgren, P. Lusignan1928No
Palmer Products, Inc.[127] 1426 Arcadian Ave, Waukesha, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1928No
Whitefish Bay National Guard Armory[128] 1225 E Henry Clay St, Whitefish Bay, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons19281941Yes
Crane Co. Branch House[129] [130] 225 W Capitol, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1930No
Hathaway Tower[131] 1830 E Kane Pl, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1930
White Manor Apartments/ David Hull House[132] 1228-1236 E Juneau, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19301944No
Wisconsin Ice & Coal Co. Building/ Hometown, Inc.[133] [134] [135] [136] 1518 E. North Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1930No
Armory Courts Building, North Shore Apartments[137] [138] 4001-4015 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1930
Whitefish Bay High School[139] 1200 E Fairmount Ave, Whitefish Bay, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19301941, 1959, 1968, 2011No
Fulton Co Factory[140] [141] [142] [143] 1912 S 82nd St, West Allis, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1930No
Viking Apartments[144] 1705-1717 E Kane Place, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren, Martin Tullgren & Sons1931
Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Building[145] 2150 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1934
Sherman Theatre[146] 4632 W Burleigh, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1935
Parklawn[147] 4435 W Marion, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren1936
Exton Apartments Building[148] 1260 N Prospect, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren19371938, 1939
Badger Mutual Insurance Co[149] 1635 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren, (Addition: Grassold & Johnson)19371947No
Masonic TempleMarquette, MIHerbert W. Tullgren1938
Alden Apartments[150] 4303-15 W. Lisbon Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1925-26No
Wisconsin Consistory Building (Wisconsin Scottish Rite Cathedral)[151] 790 N Van Buren St, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren (remodeling), Edward Townsend Mix (original)1936 REMODEL (1889 original)1936, 1937
Apartments9th and Wells, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & SonsBefore 1915Razed
Henry Bills Store and Office Building[152] SE Lincoln Ave and 13th Street, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & SonsBefore 1925Razed
Loop Realty Co./Hotel Building[153] 5th and Sycamore (Michigan), Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & SonsBefore 1925
Badger Meter Mfg. Co. Factory (RAZED)[154] 2371 N 30th St, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. and S. Minard Tullgren1926
Untitled3901 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WIHerbert W. Tullgren?
Press block[155] Lexington Ave & 62nd St, Chicago, ILMartin Tullgren
Manhattan Building[156] 133 N. Second St, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1913
Maryland Court2029-41 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons
Frederick Godfrey House[157] 6th Ave and Lake St, Wauwatosa, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons
Pershing Grade School1330 S. 47th, West Milwaukee, WIMartin Tullgren & Sons1922
Store848 3rd St (Old), new: 2354 N MLK Drive, Milwaukee, WITullgren
Store and Apartments3963 N Teutonia St, Milwaukee, WITullgren

Notes and References

  1. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/a419aebf-d4c5-4556-ad1e-43fa5803c5f1 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM, August 1994
  2. "Herbert W. Tullgren's Resume - 1942" (unpublished manuscript, January 10, 1942).
  3. "About the Architect - Herbert W. Tullgren," last modified December 7, 2014, Google Doc.
  4. Portrait and Biographical Record of Arizona: Commemorating the Achievements of Citizens Who Have Contributed to the Progress of Arizona and the Development of its Resources (Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1901), 920.
  5. "Widely Known Architect Dies," Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), October 16, 1922.
  6. Brian Wishne, The Architecture of Herbert W. Tullgren (Milwaukee, WI: n.p., 1992), 1-2.
  7. Herbert W. Tullgren, The Tullgren Plan for City Housing (Milwaukee, WI: n.p., 1937), 1-6.
  8. Herbert W. Tullgren, The Tullgren Plan for City Housing (Milwaukee, WI: n.p., 1937), 7-9.
  9. Randy Garber, ed., Built in Milwaukee: An Architectural View of the City (Milwaukee, WI: n.p., 1984).
  10. Architecture and Design, 1937.
  11. "H.W. Tullgren, Architect, Dies," Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI), February 23, 1944.
  12. Wishne, The Architecture of Herbert, 2-3.
  13. Robert Bruegmann, Herbert Tullgren and American in the 1930s (Milwaukee, WI: n.p., 1992), 1-4.
  14. "Rentable Area in Milwaukee Apartment," Building News, November 1939, 29-31.
  15. Garber, Built in Milwaukee: An Architectural.
  16. "About the Architect - Herbert."; "Herbert W. Tullgren's Resume."; "Clement Smith to Head Park: Seaman Tullgren and Fitch Officers of the Prospect Project," Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI), March 12, 1929.; "H.W. Tullgren, Architect, Dies," Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee, WI), February 23, 1944.
  17. Web site: 1328 W Greenfield Ave | Property Record. January 2012.
  18. Owner: 1900 City Directory, real estate firm, not definitive source of ownership
  19. Web site: 802-808 N 17th St | Property Record. January 2012.
  20. Web site: Ostego Hotel. www.michigan.gov. January 28, 2023. September 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220904115401/https://www.michigan.gov/som/404. dead.
  21. Book: The Economist: A Weekly Financial, Commercial, and Real-estate Newspaper . Economist Publishing Company . v. 32 . 1904 . 721.
  22. Web site: 2303 E Belleview Pl. | Property Record. January 2012.
  23. Web site: 2205-19 N Prospect Ave | Property Record. January 2012.
  24. Book: Improvement Bulletin . Chapin Publishing Company . 37 . 1908 . 8-PA22.
  25. Web site: 2335 W Wisconsin Ave | Property Record. January 2012.
  26. https://books.google.com/books?id=b1U-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA22 Improvement Bulletin
  27. Web site: 1479-1495 N Farwell | Property Record. January 1, 2012. Wisconsin Historical Society.
  28. Web site: 3205 N Marietta Ave | Property Record. January 2012.
  29. Owner:Book: American Architect and the Architectural Review . American architect . v. 89 . 1906 . 1-PR30.
  30. Web site: 2505-13 e Park Pl. | Property Record. January 2012.
  31. NRHP Prospect Ave Apt - Study Report
  32. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19160917&id=gKFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_CAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3919,4612876 Milwaukee Journal ad
  33. NRHP Prospect Ave Apts Study
  34. Owner and Gen Contractor: NRHP Prospect Ave Apt - Study Report
  35. Web site: 2633 N Hackett Ave | Property Record. January 1, 2012. Wisconsin Historical Society.
  36. Final Historic Designation Study Report - North Downer Avenue Commercial District - City of Milwaukee
  37. Owner: Google Newspapers
  38. Web site: 839 N Marshall St. | Property Record. January 1, 2012. Wisconsin Historical Society.
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