Washington Highlands Historic District
The Washington Highlands Historic District is a historic subdivision in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, planned by Hegemann & Peets starting in 1916.
The Washington Highlands Historic District is a historic subdivision in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, planned by Hegemann & Peets starting in 1916. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Worth seeing in and around Washington Highlands Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01American Family Field
American Family Field, known as Miller Park until 2020, is a retractable roof stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located southwest of the intersection of Interstate 94 and Brewers Boulevard, it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers.
3.2 km · baseball stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · Wikipedia - 02Pettit National Ice Center
The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park, the center opened on January 1, 1993, and was named for Milwaukee philanthropists Jane and Lloyd Pettit.
3.6 km · building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 03Wisconsin Lutheran College
Wisconsin Lutheran College is a private liberal arts college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It has an enrollment of about 1,100 students.
3.1 km · Private liberal arts college near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 04Mount Mary University
Mount Mary University is a private Catholic women's university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The university was founded in 1913 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame and was Wisconsin's first four-year, degree-granting Catholic college for women.
3.9 km · Roman Catholic women's university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S · Wikipedia - 05Tripoli Shrine Temple
The Tripoli Shrine Temple is a Shriners temple built 1926–28 in the Concordia neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building's design incorporates Moorish and Indian elements, somewhat resembling the Taj Mahal in India.
3.6 km · historic building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 06Wisconsin State Fair Park
The Wisconsin State Fair Park is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. It has been the location of the Wisconsin State Fair since 1892.
3.9 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 07Washington Park
Washington Park originally called West Park is a park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. From 1892–1958 the park was home to the Milwaukee County Zoo.
1.9 km · urban park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 08Second Church of Christ, Scientist
The St. Luke Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church, formally Second Church of Christ, Scientist, is a historic Neoclassical-styled church built in 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
3.6 km · church building in Milwaukee, United States of America · Wikipedia - 09Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The cemetery was established in 1909 and has 135,000 burials in graves and about 15,000 in crypts and niches.
3.2 km · cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 10David W. Howie House
The David W. Howie House is a 2.5-story Queen Anne-styled house built in 1886 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, still very intact. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 16, 1986.
3.4 km · house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Wikipedia
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Getting to Washington Highlands Historic District
- Airports
- General Mitchell (MKE), 14 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 120 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 142 km
- Chicago → Washington Highlands Historic District137 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · $12–17
- Grand Rapids → Washington Highlands Historic District189 km · quickest by road, 6h 40m · $35–48
- Detroit → Washington Highlands Historic District412 km · quickest by road, 9h 1m · $48–65
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Washington Highlands Historic District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Washington Highlands Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe Root River Line goes through Greenfield Park and is either off-road, through low-traffic parkways or residential streets.
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Next door to Washington Highlands Historic District
Washington Highlands Historic District is 7 km from Milwaukee, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Milwaukee Public Schoolslargest public education district in the state of Wisconsin1 km
- Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic Districthistoric district in Wisconsin, United States3.1 km