- Neighborhood
- Murray HillMilwaukee
At a glance
- Address
- 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, 53211Places nearOpenStreetMap
- Phone
- +1-414-332-1181OpenStreetMap
- Website
- boswellbooks.comOpenStreetMap
What the record says
Boswell Books is on OpenStreetMap at 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. Inclusion rule
The building
Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.
Built 1916, bookstore, 2 stories.
- Year built
- 1916City property file
- Use
- BookstoreCity property file
- Stories
- 2City property file
- Floor area
- 11,055 square feetCity property file
- Assessed value, 2026
- $1,723,400 (land $151,500, building $1,571,900)City property file
- Historic district
- North Downer Avenue Commercial: City historic district, designated 2001City historic districts
Getting there
Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.
- Bus
- Routes 21 and 30 at Downer & Belleview, a 1-minute walk (95 m)
- Routes 21 and 30 at Downer & Bradford, a 2-minute walk (156 m)
- Routes 21 and 30 at Downer & Lake, a 4-minute walk (287 m)
- Bike share
- Bublr dock Webster & Downer (2526 East Webster Place), on the block (25 m)
- Bublr dock Downer & Park Place (2605 E. Park Place), a 3-minute walk (239 m)
- Bublr dock Maryland & Webster (2555 North Maryland Avenue), a 5-minute walk (394 m)
- Parking
- Metered parking on N Downer Ave (zone 8048), 7 m away: $0.75 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm
- Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed, checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
- Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed), checked November 1, 2026.
- City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works, checked November 1, 2026.
Answers about this
- Which Milwaukee neighborhood is closest to a beach?
- Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the oldest commercial buildings?
The Historic Third Ward has the oldest commercial buildings in the City of Milwaukee: half of them went up by 1912.
Discussions
Sources and record
Datasets
- OpenStreetMap through the Overpass APIOpen Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
- City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)Public domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
- City of Milwaukee local and national historic districtsPublic domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)
Data sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors; City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP), City Assessor
Every fact (16)
| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Assessed value | $1,723,400 (2026) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Building area | 11,055 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Building use | Bookstore, land use code 5942 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Map point | 43.06516, -87.87829 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Historic district | North Downer Avenue Commercial, City designation, 2001 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | |
| Name | Boswell Books | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Opening hours | Monday to Friday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Osm category | shop=books | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Osm id | node/7252073541 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Parcel historic | Locally designated | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Phone | +1-414-332-1181 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Stories | 2 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Website | https://www.boswellbooks.com/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | |
| Year built | 1916 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP) | |
| Zip | 53211 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API |
For agents
Boswell Books (bookstores in Murray Hill, Milwaukee) is at 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, 53211. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated (No license in force or recent check on file).