27/04/2023
❣ One of the most prominent Milwaukeeans of the 19th century, was Alexander Mitchell.
In 1839 he would arrive in Milwaukee from Scotland, and he remained there until his death in 1887.
❣ As Mitchell's fortune grew, so did Milwaukee's prosperity.
Mitchell needed a house befitting his new found status.
Around 1870, Mitchell would construct a large house at 9th and Spring St. (now W. Wisconsin Ave.)
❣ It started life as a stately block, and then became an elaborate Italianate villa, before its final transformation in 1872, to the sumptuous mansion seen today.
When Alexander died in 1887, his widow moved to Florida and their only son, John L. Mitchell, moved his young family into the mansion.
❣ John, finding the mansion too large for his family, leased it for $2,000 a year to the Deutscher Club.
In 1898, the club purchased the mansion from the Mitchell family for $165,000.
❣ After the first world war, the Deutscher Club changed its name to the Wisconsin Club, and this is how it remains today.
Over the years, distinguished visitors to the mansion have included, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia; Prince Henry of Prussia; Julia Ward Howe; and, Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Stephen Grover Cleveland, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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❣ Grand Staircase of Alexander Mitchell’s Mansion, Milwaukee ❣
1872 Picture credit~ Mark Heffron
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