The Hilton Milwaukee City Center is a historic Art Deco -style hotel opened in 1928 and located in the Westown neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin . It is owned by the Marcus Corporation , which also owns the Pfister Hotel and the Saint Kate Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee.
7-534: The hotel opened in 1928 as the Schroeder Hotel . It was owned by hotel magnate Walter Schroeder and designed by Holabird & Roche . Its exterior is in the simplified neo-classical style, while its interiors are Art Deco, with extensive use of hardwoods and intricate decorative metal detailing. It has a height of 275 feet (84 meters), with an antenna extending its total height to 614 feet (187 meters). The building has 25 floors and 729 rooms. The Schroeder
14-814: A $ 3 million grant to help fund the Milwaukee School of Engineering's Walter Schroeder Library in 1978. Other facilities named after Schroeder include the Walter Schroeder Lounge at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, and the Olympic-size Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center of the Metro Milwaukee YMCA . He was also a benefactor of Marquette University . Schroeder's ghost is said to haunt
21-466: Is a member of Historic Hotels of America , an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . 43°02′18.6″N 87°55′05.3″W / 43.038500°N 87.918139°W / 43.038500; -87.918139 Walter Schroeder Walter Schroeder (May 19, 1878 – July 18, 1967) was a Wisconsin hotel and insurance magnate. Schroeder's formal education ended with
28-569: The Reporter' s readers, and then bought out the Reporter. In Chris. Schroeder & Son was asked to refinance a bond issue for the Wisconsin Hotel, the largest hotel in the state at that time. Schroeder saw that the hotel industry lacked competent management skills, and so decided to enter the hotel business. In the 1920s Schroeder opened the: He also acquired the: Schroeder was a generous philanthropist. His foundation provided
35-686: The eighth grade and he began working at age 14 as a clerk in the Office of the Milwaukee Register of Deeds. There he learned about mortgages, deeds, and other legal instruments related to real estate. Shortly after beginning work at the deed office, Schroeder also began working as a staff member of the Milwaukee Daily Reporter. Schroeder began his paper only two years later, the Daily Abstractor , captured most of
42-655: Was constructed in 2000. It was planned to serve as the headquarters hotel for the 2020 Democratic National Convention , before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary closure, along with major changes to the DNC to a remote format. In March 2020, the hotel closed due to COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, Marc Corporation permanently laid off 79 workers at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center Hilton Milwaukee City Center
49-760: Was sold to Sheraton Hotels in 1966 and renamed the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel . Sheraton sold the hotel in 1973 to local businessman Ben Marcus, who renamed it the Marc Plaza Hotel . In 1995, the Marcus Corporation brought in Hilton Hotels to manage the property, and it was renamed the Hilton Milwaukee City Center . A 13-floor addition, designed by Kaler Slater Architects and built by Mortenson,
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