Merrill Park Historical Marker
N 43° 02.162 W 087° 57.475
16T E 421967 N 4765261
Merrill Park Historical Marker in Merrill Park at 461 North 35th St in Milwaukee, WI
Waymark Code: WM21W5
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
Views: 12
"In 1879, Sherburn S. Merrill, the General Manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, purchased almost half a square mile in the Menomonee Valley to construct a massive railroad shop complex. By the early 1880s, the railroad company employed over 2500 workers. To provide housing for these workers, Merrill created "Merrill Park" in 1883, a housing development between 27th and 35th streets. desiring a "respectable" neighborhood, Merrill placed deed restrictions on his property prohibiting "intoxicating liquors" and "livery stables." New Englanders and German and English immigrants, among others, settled in the area, and the neighborhood grew with a mixture of single family houses, duplexes, cottages and apartments. After the disastrous Third Ward Fire of 1892 many Irish families moved west to Merrill Park, and by the early twentieth century, Merrill Park became Milwaukee's premier Irish neighborhood. The community remains one of Milwaukee's most ethnically diverse.
Erected 1997"
County: Milwaukee
Location: Park
MarkerID: 354
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