Milwaukee's Town of Lake

by Ron Winkler

Overview

The Town of Lake was created in 1838 as one of Milwaukee County's seven townships. Its borders were Greenfield Avenue (north), College Avenue (south), Twenty-seventh Street (west), and Lake Michigan (east). Beginning in 1850 and ending in 1954, Lake passed out of existence piecemeal as its farmland was developed. Portions were claimed by the City of Milwaukee or incorporated to become Bay View, Cudahy, and St. Francis. The St. Francis Seminary and Convent, Cupertino tree on the lakefront, Lake Band, Lake Town Hall, Airway Theater, Lakeside Power Plant, Patrick Cudahy Company, Mitchell International Airport, Forest Home Cemetery, St. Josaphat's Basilica, Nunnemacher's Distillery, Grebe's Bakery, Gardetto's Bakery, New Coeln, and the Tippecanoe neighborhood with its landmark water tower are only a small part of what made Lake a unique area of Milwaukee County.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467110853
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/02/2013
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Ron Winkler is the author of Images of America: Bay View. He writes for the Bay View Historical Society's newsletter, as well as those of other preservation groups. He is a lecturer, tour guide, and author of a series of nine walking tour brochures of Bay View. His images from the archives of the historical societies of Bay View, St. Francis, and Cudahy are supplemented with images from private collections.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Early Years 11

2 St. Francis Convent 27

3 St. Francis Seminary 33

4 Bay View and Cudahy 51

5 Agriculture and the Airport 61

6 Tippecanoe 73

7 The City of St. Francis 97

8 Post-consolidation Development 105

9 Lost Lake 121