Residents in Milwaukee’s Brewers Hill neighborhood are rallying to preserve a 138-year-old Gothic Revival church after learning a demolition permit was filed without the building owner’s knowledge.
The Second German Episcopal Church, located at the corner of 2nd and Garfield, has been a cornerstone of the community since the late 1800s. The historic cream city brick building caught the attention of neighborhood advocates when a raze permit application appeared in city records in October.
“This building has a cherished history attached to it, and if the building falls, that history may go along with it,” said Rachel Marken, vice president of the Historic Brewers Hill Neighborhood Association.
The neighborhood association has monitored the building for years, making the demolition application particularly alarming to residents…