Major cleanup is about to get underway on the expansive campus of the Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home. The work on three buildings, to the tune of $25 million, is expected to benefit, not just the veterans who live here, but the entire Milwaukee area, Michele Fiore reports.
“It is a real win for the veteran community and really everyone in Milwaukee and the state to see this transformed again to what it once was,” said Jonathan Beck, Development Project Manager, The Alexander Company.
In the 1880s, a number of soldiers called this home. Now, some buildings that had fallen into disrepair, will be making a full return.
Development Project Manager Jonathan Beck with The Alexander Company is working to rehabilitate the Ward Memorial Theatre and two other buildings at the Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home, which have been part of the 250-acre landscape here off National Avenue since 1884.
“This is one of the most interesting historical rooms in the entire theatre,” said Beck.
It’s a treasure locked in time, an entire room filled with Vaudeville touring posters, dating back to the 19th Century.
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This article was originally published by CBS 58 News.
