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# Commercial Office Building

Business in Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee.

Status: Status not stated. No license in force or recent check on file.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 223 N Water St, Milwaukee [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0331003343309&lng=-87.9096250227156) | City permit | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1890 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | In a National Register district since 1984 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Commercial Office Building is a business record at 223 N Water St, 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 1890, mixed commercial building, 5 stories. In a National Register district since 1984.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1890 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Mixed commercial building | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 5 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 19,440 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value, 2026 | $2,463,200 \(land $195,600, building $2,267,600\) | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Historic Third Ward: National Register district, listed 1984 | 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 15, 18 and GreenLine at Water & Chicago, on the block (48 m)
- Routes 15, 18 and GreenLine at Water & St Paul, a 2-minute walk (190 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Plankinton & St Paul (351 North Plankinton Avenue), a 3-minute walk (212 m)
- Bublr dock Erie & Menomonee (252 E. Menomonee St.), a 3-minute walk (216 m)
- Bublr dock Broadway & St Paul (400 N Broadway), a 4-minute walk (295 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on N Water St (zone 23991), 45 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm
- City of Milwaukee parking structure at 535 N Milwaukee St, a 6-minute walk (501 m)

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0331003343309&lng=-87.9096250227156).

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

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [City of Milwaukee loading zone permits](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer/5): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [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 | 223 N Water St | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value | $2,463,200 \(2026\) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 19,440 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Mixed commercial building, land use code 9999 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.03310, -87.90963 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Historic Third Ward, National Register, 1984 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | TWO 23 LLC | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-09-01 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2025-09-02 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 339168 | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Loading Zone Permit \(LZ\) | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Commercial Office Building | City permit | City of Milwaukee loading zone permits | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 5 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1890 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-02.

Record id: 8c2f091b-814f-4789-be5a-7bb40c659319

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## For agents

Commercial Office Building \(business in Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee\) is at 223 N Water St, Milwaukee. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/commercial-office-building-8c2f09.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"commercial-office-building-8c2f09"}; get_record {"id":"8c2f091b-814f-4789-be5a-7bb40c659319"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0331003343309","lng":"-87.9096250227156"}.

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