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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
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Minutes note: Staff planner Andrew Stern clarified that the nomination is based on historical significance related to mid 20th-century transportation history in Milwaukee, rather than architectural merit.
The presentation highlighted the rise of bus travel in the 1920s, with Greyhound serving Milwaukee by 1931. By 1940, bus services had become a primary mode of transportation, seeing 146,000 annual passengers.
By 1954, Milwaukee had three separate bus depots, which led to significant passenger and luggage confusion. The 1957 mayoral directive sought to build consolidated parking pavilions to address downtown traffic issues caused by the new interstate system.
The Greyhound Terminal was one of the first major examples of a consolidated parking structure attached to a downtown office tower, predating or coinciding with similar developments like the M&I Building and Marine Bank.
The building was designed by the Memphis firm Robert Lee Hall and Associates and developed by Bloomfield Building Industries of Memphis.
The bus terminal portion opened in February 1965, serving over 200 buses a day from Greyhound, Wisconsin Coach Lines, and the Peoria Rockford Bus Company. It featured amenities such as a Post House snack bar and a Greyhound Travel Bureau.
Greyhound maintained operations in the building until 2017, and the Clark family owned their portion of the property until that same year.
Staff recommended supporting the nomination base on criterion A: Transportation History.
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