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# Milwaukee City Hall

City offices in Juneau Town, Milwaukee.

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

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 200 E Wells St, Milwaukee, 53202 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0417086&lng=-87.9097905) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 4:45 pm | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1 414 286 2489 | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [city.milwaukee.gov](https://city.milwaukee.gov/) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1895 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | On the National Register since 1973 | National Register | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [Wikidata Q2920565](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920565), [OpenStreetMap way/66709384](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/66709384) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Milwaukee City Hall is on OpenStreetMap at 200 E Wells 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 1895, government building, 8 stories. On the National Register since 1973.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1895 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Government building | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 8 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 250,000 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| National Register | National Register of Historic Places, listed 1973 \(Milwaukee City Hall\); a National Historic Landmark | National Register | 2026-11-02 |
| City designation | City of Milwaukee historic designation, designated 1982 \(Milwaukee City Hall\) | City historic designation | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Plankinton - Wells - Water Street: National Register district, listed 1986 | 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, 57 and GreenLine at Water & Wells, a 1-minute walk (63 m)
- Routes 15, 18, 57 and GreenLine at Water & State, a 2-minute walk (151 m)
- Routes 14 and 30 at Wisconsin & Plankinton, a 4-minute walk (336 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Red Arrow Park (Kilbourn and Water St), a 1-minute walk (88 m)
- Bublr dock Postman Square (811 North Plankinton Avenue), a 4-minute walk (287 m)
- Bublr dock Water & Wisconsin (222 E. Wisconsin Avenue), a 4-minute walk (347 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on E Kilbourn Ave (zone 1604), 62 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm
- City of Milwaukee parking structure at 1024 N Water St, a 3-minute walk (261 m)

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0417086&lng=-87.9097905).

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:

- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [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 \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)
- [City of Milwaukee locally designated historic sites](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer/15): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission
- [National Register of Historic Places \(National Park Service\)](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm): Public domain \(a work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. 105\). Credit: National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 200 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 250,000 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Government building, land use code 9199 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.04171, -87.90979 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Plankinton - Wells - Water Street, National Register, 1986 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | Milwaukee City Hall, City designation, 1982 | City historic designation | City of Milwaukee locally designated historic sites | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | Milwaukee City Hall, National Register, 1973 | National Register | National Register of Historic Places \(National Park Service\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Milwaukee City Hall | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 4:45 pm | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=townhall | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/66709384 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Owner | City of Milwaukee | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register and locally designated | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1 414 286 2489 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 8 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://city.milwaukee.gov/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata | Q2920565 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1895 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53202 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: b578d4c9-9ab8-4ac8-9fcd-361dddea1a32

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/milwaukee-city-hall-b578d4), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/milwaukee-city-hall-b578d4.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/milwaukee-city-hall-b578d4.json).

## For agents

Milwaukee City Hall \(city offices in Juneau Town, Milwaukee\) is at 200 E Wells St, Milwaukee, 53202. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

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Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"milwaukee-city-hall-b578d4"}; get_record {"id":"b578d4c9-9ab8-4ac8-9fcd-361dddea1a32"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0417086","lng":"-87.9097905"}.

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