Milwaukee ยท Walker's Point
The Iron Horse Hotel
A cream-brick 1907 mattress and bedding factory by Buemming & Dick at Florida and Fifth, later home of the Molitor Paper Box Company.
- Built
- 1907Built 1907 as a bedding and furniture factory (addition c. 1960); now a boutique hotel.
- Style
- Commercial Vernacular
- Architect
- Buemming & Dick
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Walker's Point
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The cream-brick building at Florida and Fifth was built in 1907 to designs by Buemming & Dick as a factory for a mattress and bedding maker, and later housed the Molitor Paper Box Company. It is a contributing building in the Florida and Third Industrial Historic District, listed on the National Register in 2008. Converted into a boutique hotel, it faced a foreclosure suit from 2021; in 2025 a court appointed a receiver and the lender acquired the hotel at a sheriff’s sale for $15.75 million, while the hotel stayed open.
Good to know
- Address: 500 West Florida Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.