Brown Street Academy, a Milwaukee Public Schools building constructed in 1897, has been cleared of dangers posed by lead-based paint. When inspectors toured the building in March, they found ...

Brown Street Academy, a Milwaukee Public Schools building constructed in 1897, has been cleared of dangers posed by lead-based paint. When inspectors toured the building in March, they found ...

Around 3:40 a.m. April 8, 1897, Officer Gowan and porter John Davis noticed a fire that had broken out at the Hotel Knox, on the 400 block of Gay Street, the Knoxville Tribune reported the same day.