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type: Entity
id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-iron-horse-hotel-dc0318#business"
name: "The Iron Horse Hotel"
listed: false
status: open
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-iron-horse-hotel-dc0318
record_id: dc0318dd-1f14-4bbf-9975-47fab60267dc
indexable: true
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# The Iron Horse Hotel

Restaurant in Walker's Point, Milwaukee.

Status: Open. City license in force, checked November 2, 2026.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 500 W Florida St, Milwaukee [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0274945240202&lng=-87.9173523239803) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | \(414\) 374-4766 | Business website | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [theironhorsehotel.com](https://theironhorsehotel.com/) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1907 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | In a National Register district since 2008 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Current license term from | Public Entertainment Premises License: September 1, 2026; Cigarette and Tobacco: September 1, 2026; Food Dealer - Restaurant: September 1, 2026; Food Dealer - Restaurant: September 1, 2026; Class B Tavern License: September 1, 2026 | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Licenses in force | [Public Entertainment Premises License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/public-entertainment-premises-license), [Cigarette and Tobacco](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/cigarette-and-tobacco), [Food Dealer - Restaurant](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/food-dealer-restaurant), [Class B Tavern License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/class-b-tavern-license) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [Wikidata Q111394009](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111394009), [OpenStreetMap way/663078332](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/663078332) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

The Iron Horse Hotel is a restaurant at 500 W Florida St, Milwaukee. It holds a public entertainment premises license issued September 1, 2026, a cigarette and tobacco license issued September 1, 2026, a food dealer restaurant license issued September 1, 2026 and a Class B tavern license issued September 1, 2026; the City lists the licenses as active. 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 1907, hotel, 6 stories. In a National Register district since 2008.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1907 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Hotel | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 6 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 95,788 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value, 2026 | $19,000,000 \(land $909,300, building $18,090,700\) | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Florida and Third Industrial: National Register district, listed 2008 | 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 19, 80 and Via Rt 19 at S 6th & Virginia, a 2-minute walk (137 m)
- Routes 19, 80 and Via Rt 19 at S 6th & Bruce, a 3-minute walk (236 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock 6th & Virginia (530 W. Virginia Avenue), a 2-minute walk (127 m)
- Bublr dock 5th & Bruce (603 South 5th Street), a 3-minute walk (261 m)
- Bublr dock 2nd & Florida (400 South 2nd Street), a 5-minute walk (397 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on S 5th St (zone 8500), 264 m away: $0.75 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0274945240202&lng=-87.9173523239803).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 3, 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 3, 2026.
Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 3, 2026.

## What you can do here

- [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-iron-horse-hotel-dc0318/correct)
- [Claim this business](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-iron-horse-hotel-dc0318/claim)
- [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new); tool: open_topic
- [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-iron-horse-hotel-dc0318/correct)

## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [City of Milwaukee business licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer): 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 food licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer/9): 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 liquor licenses](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/liquorlicenses): 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 personal property tax roll](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/personal-property-look-up): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Assessor
- [Places lane classifier answers](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy): model answers about public facts
- [City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)
- [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)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Licensing): Creative Commons Zero \(CC0 1.0\). Credit: Wikidata \(CC0\)
- [Photos from a business's own website](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): facts stated by the business \(hours, phone, founding year, zip\); no text copied

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 500 W Florida ST | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 500 W Florida ST | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 500 W Florida ST | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 500 W Florida ST | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 500 W Florida ST | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value | $19,000,000 \(2026\) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 95,788 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Hotel, land use code 7011 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Business type | Retail 1A | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Chain | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Classified category | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02749, -87.91735 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02749, -87.91735 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02749, -87.91735 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02749, -87.91735 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02749, -87.91735 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Florida and Third Industrial, National Register, 2008 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | IHWI Associates LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | RIDER HOTEL LLC | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-07 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-07 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-07 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-07 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-07 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351386 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351391 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351387 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351389 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351051 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Public Entertainment Premises License \(PEP\) | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Cigarette and Tobacco \(CIG\) | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Food Dealer - Restaurant \(FREST\) | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Food Dealer - Restaurant \(FREST\) | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Class B Tavern License \(BTAVN\) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Listing evidence | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Iron Horse Hotel | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Iron Horse Hotel | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Iron Horse Hotel | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Iron Horse Hotel | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Iron Horse Hotel | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | tourism=hotel | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/663078332 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm ids | way/663078332 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4280298112 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4280298112 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4280298112 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4280298112 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4280298112 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Personal property account | 93100419 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | \(414\) 374-4766 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |
| Roll year | 2023 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| External pages | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111394009 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 6 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://theironhorsehotel.com/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata | Q111394009 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata id | Q111394009 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1907 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53204 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-04.

Record id: dc0318dd-1f14-4bbf-9975-47fab60267dc

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## For agents

The Iron Horse Hotel \(restaurant in Walker's Point, Milwaukee\) is at 500 W Florida St, Milwaukee. It is not a listed place, and its status is open \(City license in force, checked November 2, 2026\).

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