Milwaukee ยท Lower East Side
Knickerbocker on the Lake
An eight-story apartment hotel built in 1929 by Rosman & Wierdsma near the lake, now rooms and suites with a restaurant, salon and spa.
- Built
- 1929Built 1929 as a residential apartment hotel.
- Style
- Neoclassical Revival
- Architect
- Rosman & Wierdsma
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Lower East Side
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The eight-story Knickerbocker was completed in 1929 as one of the large residential apartment hotels built on Milwaukee’s lower east side during the 1920s, designed by the Milwaukee firm Rosman & Wierdsma in the Neoclassical Revival style. Its upper floors mixed hotel rooms with kitchenette apartments, about 30 units per floor. It was listed on the National Register in 1988. Today it operates as an independent hotel of rooms and suites with a restaurant, salon and spa.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Address: 1028 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.