Greendale Historic District

Greendale Historic District
Greendale Historic District
Location Greendale, Wisconsin
Architect Harry Bentley/Walter Thomas
NRHP Reference # 05000763
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 29, 2005
Designated NHLD October 16, 2012

The Greendale Historic District is located in the Village of Greendale, Wisconsin.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2012.[2][3]

History

Greendale was one of three 'greenbelt towns' built by the federal government of the United States, along with Greenbelt, Maryland and Greenhills, Ohio, during the Great Depression.[4] The greenbelt towns program was part of the New Deal. It was presented to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Undersecretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell. Based on the garden city movement in England, the goal was to build new towns outside of population centers and aid the housing market by building new houses and slowing down the expansion of urban slums. One hundred major cities were studied as potential candidates to be the population center to have new town constructed near-by. Milwaukee, Wisconsin was chosen for, among other reasons, its varied and stable manufacturing sector and Greendale was built west of the city. During its construction, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the site and later wrote that it had a "delightful site" and thought it was a "really good development."[5] Then-U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace would also tour Greendale.[6] Washington, D.C. and Cincinnati, Ohio were chosen as the population centers for Greenbelt and Greenhills, respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Greendale Historic District". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Greendale Historic District". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Greendale originals designated landmark". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 18, 2012. pp. 2B.
  4. ↑ "Greendale Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  5. ↑ "No Basements?". Greendale Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  6. ↑ "Henry Wallace with Group Outside". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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