--- type: Entity id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112#business" name: "Butterfly Theatre" listed: false status: closed url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112 record_id: 3ae112c0-5c1e-480d-9807-14c651647680 indexable: true --- # Butterfly Theatre Business in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee. Status: Closed. City license data. ## At a glance | Fact | Value | Source | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Address | 212 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, 53201 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.03916666666667&lng=-87.91361111111111) | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Year built | 1930 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Historic register | In a National Register district since 2000 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 | ## What the record says Butterfly Theatre is a business record at 212 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md) ## 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 1930, music or entertainment venue, 12 stories. In a National Register district since 2000. | Fact | Value | Source | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Year built | 1930 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Use | Music or entertainment venue | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Stories | 12 | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Floor area | 104,955 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 | | Historic district | West Side Commercial: National Register district, listed 2000 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 | ## Getting there Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go. Bus: - Routes 14 and 30 at Wisconsin & Old World 3rd, a 1-minute walk (73 m) - Routes 14 and 30 at Wisconsin & N 3rd, a 1-minute walk (112 m) - Routes 14 and 30 at Wisconsin & Plankinton, a 2-minute walk (195 m) Bike share: - Bublr dock MLK & Wisconsin (701 North Doctor MLK Jr Drive), a 1-minute walk (83 m) - Bublr dock Postman Square (811 North Plankinton Avenue), a 2-minute walk (156 m) - Bublr dock Vel R. Phillips & Wisconsin (799 Vel R. Phillips Ave.), a 3-minute walk (207 m) Parking: - Metered parking on W Wisconsin Ave (zone 4847), 54 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm - City of Milwaukee parking structure at 724 N 2nd St, a 1-minute walk (100 m) Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.03916666666667&lng=-87.91361111111111). Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), 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. Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026. Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 1, 2026. Source: [City of Milwaukee Master Property File (MPROP)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop), checked November 1, 2026. ## What you can do here - [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112/correct) - [Claim this business](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112/claim) - [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new); tool: open_topic - [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112/correct) ## Sources and record Datasets: - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Licensing): Creative Commons Zero \(CC0 1.0\). Credit: Wikidata \(CC0\) - [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\), City Assessor - [City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\) ### Facts | Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Address | 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201, Milwaukee, WI 53201 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Building area | 104,955 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Building use | Music or entertainment venue, land use code 7929 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Dissolved | true | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Map point | 43.03917, -87.91361 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Historic district | West Side Commercial, National Register, 2000 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 | | Name | Butterfly Theatre | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | External pages | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43336701, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly\_Theater | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Stories | 12 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Wikidata id | Q43336701 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | | Year built | 1930 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 | | Zip | 53201 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 | Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03. Record id: 3ae112c0-5c1e-480d-9807-14c651647680 Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112.json). ## For agents Butterfly Theatre \(business in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee\) is at 212 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, 53201. It is not a listed place, and its status is closed \(City license data\). JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/butterfly-theatre-3ae112.json Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"butterfly-theatre-3ae112"}; get_record {"id":"3ae112c0-5c1e-480d-9807-14c651647680"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.03916666666667","lng":"-87.91361111111111"}. JSON form keys: entity, facts, sources, actions; the earlier keys record, page_url, canonical_url, indexable, rendered_at, jsonld stay beside them. 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