Milwaukee City

Milwaukee City Hall is located at 200 East Wells Street, Milwaukee WI 53202; phone: 414-286-2221.

In 1795 Jacques Vieau established a fur-trading post at Milwaukee, which he made his winter home until 1818 when Solomon Juneau, who had married his daughter, succeeded his father-in-law. Juneau is generally spoken of as founder of the city and was found by our early American settlers in possession of the site on which Milwaukee now stands. He first sold village lots to Milwaukeeans in 1835, and a park and an avenue in the City are named after him. Milwaukee was incorporated as a city in 1846 and Wisconsin was admitted as a State, May 29th, 1848. By 1890, the population of Milwaukee was more than 200,000.

The material used for early building in Milwaukee was largely a cream-colored brick, from which the city was often referred to as "Cream City."

1. Milwaukee: A Half Century's Progress, 1846-1896, Souvenir Book, Consolidated Illustrating Company, Milwaukee, 1896.