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Central Library

headquarters for the Milwaukee Public Library System, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Summary

Central Library is a library building[1]. It draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (library building category, ranking #24 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Milwaukee[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Architectural style: Beaux-Arts[5]
  • Made from material: limestone[6]
  • Part of: Milwaukee Public Library[7]
  • Has use: public library[8]
  • Commons category: Milwaukee Public Library[9]
  • Inception: 1895[10]
  • Coordinate location: 43.039444, -87.9225[11]
  • Official website: http://www.mpl.org[12]
  • Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[13], listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places[14]
  • Commons Institution page: Central Library of Milwaukee[15]
  • Street address: 814 West Wisconsin Avenue[16]

Why It Matters

Central Library is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 7226399
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 7226399, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/7226399 in United States"
  2. 13w ago · Bamyers99 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wisconsin national or state registers record id → NR402
    Wikidata description → headquarters for the Milwaukee Public Library System, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    Has use → public library
    Libraries.org id → 7040
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Libraries.org id: 7040"
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