Marshall Building
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| former_names = Hoffman & Sons Co. Building
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| location = 207 East Buffalo Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| completion_date = {{Start date|1906}}
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| floor_count = 6
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| architecture_firm = Ferry & Clas{{cite magazine |last=Turner |first=C. A. P. |date=October 4, 1906 |title=Building Departments and Reinforced Concrete Construction – A Test of a Warehouse Floor |magazine=Engineering News |volume=56 |number=14 |pages=361–362}}
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| structural_engineer = C.A.P. Turner
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| main_contractor = Northwestern Tile Co.
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| name = Historic Third Ward District
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| designated_nrhp_type = March 8, 1984
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The Marshall Building, formerly known as the Hoffman & Sons Co. Building, is a historic building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Part of the Historic Third Ward, the six-story building is the oldest existing example of structural engineer Claude A. P. Turner's Spiral Mushroom System of flat-slab concrete reinforcement.{{cite web |url=https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/historic-landmarks/marshall-building |title=Marshall Building |author= |website=American Society of Civil Engineers |access-date=September 6, 2021}}
History
The building was originally constructed as a five story structure in 1906 for John Hoffman & Sons Company, a wholesale grocer specializing in the manufacturing of coffee, tea and spices. When the project was in its early stages of design, Milwaukee consulting engineer John Geist came across an article written by Claude A.P. Turner in Engineering News about a new flat-slab system that Turner had developed for the Johnson-Bovey Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He traveled to Minneapolis to observe the load tests for the building and asked Turner to design a similar type of flat-slab system for the building in Milwaukee.{{Cite journal |last=Gasparini |first=Dario A. |title=Contributions of C. A. P. Turner to Development of Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs 1905–1909 |url= https://engineering.case.edu/eciv/sites/engineering.case.edu.eciv/files/CAPTurner.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Journal of Structural Engineering |volume=128 |issue=10 |pages=1243–1252 |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |date=October 2002 |issn=0733-9445 |doi=10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2002)128:10(1243) |access-date= September 6, 2021}}
Turner's flat-slab system differed from previous reinforced concrete construction methods in that it consisted of only floor slabs and supporting columns, eliminating the need for beams below the floors. His Spiral Mushroom System, also known as the Turner System, referred to a cage of radial and tangential bars at the top of each column that imparted shear strength to the slab and also provided cantilever support.{{cite magazine |author= |date=October 2002 |title=Marshall Building Designated National Historic CE Landmark |magazine=ASCE News |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |volume=27|number=10 |page=11}}
A sixth floor was to the structure in 1911 to accommodate the growth in Hoffman's business and was used to accommodate their coffee roasting equipment; however, beginning in the late 1920s the firm began to share space in the building with other manufacturers. The building was purchased in 1947 by developer George Bockl and was renamed the following year after his son Robert Marshall. Bockl sold the building in 1966 but later reacquired it in 1974.{{cite web |url= https://www.marshallbuildingmke.com/the-marshall-building-history |title=The Marshall Building History |author= |website=The Marshall Building |access-date=September 6, 2021}}
On March 8, 1984, the building became a contributing property of the Historic Third Ward District.
In 2002, the Marshall Building was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=75394|title=Hoffman & Sons Co. Grocers Historical Marker |author= |website=The Historical Marker Database |access-date=September 6, 2021}}
Today the building is primarily used as office space and art galleries.
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External links
- [https://www.marshallbuildingmke.com/ Official website]
Category:Buildings and structures in Milwaukee
Category:Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Category:Historic district contributing properties in Wisconsin