Title: City Assessor Records
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1960

Creator:

• Milwaukee (Wis.). Assessor’s Office.

Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 67

Quantity:

• 0.9 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
• 174 volumes
• 1 folder

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the City Assessor for the City of Milwaukee. Collection is chiefly comprised of ledgers recording assessments of real estate and personal property.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-cmac0067

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The city charter of 1846 created the City Assessor. Initially these were called Ward Assessors and were responsible for making real estate and personal property assessments in each of the four original wards. The taxes collected were turned over to the City Treasurers’ Department where a detailed account book was kept for each ward. Today the Assessor's Office is overseen by a commissioner who is appointed by the Mayor. The Assessor's Office uniformly finds, lists, and values all taxable property as well as provides information to the public and other city departments.

The collection is comprised entirely of volumes from the City Assessor. The List of Persons… are records for Wards 1, 8 and 9 in 1867 and Wards 1 and 8 in 1868 which list the name of person, company, corporation or firm served by assessors with a blank assessment statement and notice. Information provided includes address, amount returned and comments (occupation listed under comments). Name index for 1868 only. The Record of Board of Review is minutes of meetings, including affidavits and testimony presented to the Board of Review.

The Personal Property Assessment Roll is listed by ward and then alphabetically arranged. Information provided includes street, number and value of horses, neat cattle, mules and asses, sheep and lambs, swine, wagons, carriages and sleighs, watches, pianos and melodeons, and shares of bank stock.

There are two separate runs of Real Estate and Personal Property Assessment Rolls. The first set is listed by ward and provides name, lot, block, value of lot, and value of buildings. In some volumes, there is a separate listing for personal property assessments; sometimes it is in alphabetical order. Information provided includes name, description of property and value. Missing all volumes for 1852-1859, 1861-1863, 1866, 1868-1869. The second set is also listed by ward and provides name of owner, description of property, value of real estate, and improvements. A separate listing for personal property assessments is alphabetically arranged; information provided includes address, number and value of horses, neat cattle, mules and asses, sheep and lambs, swine, wagons, carriages and sleighs, watches, pianos and melodeons, and shares of bank stock.

The Tax Key Conversion Indexes are comprised of several volumes and are indexes of the old tax key numbers that were used from 1933-1959. The numbers are arranged chronologically by the old numbers which then lists the new numbers that were used starting in 1960.

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

City of Milwaukee City Assessor Records, 1846-1960, Collection 67. City of Milwaukee Archival Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Archival Collections

• City Comptroller Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 22.

• City Treasurer Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 68.

• Tax Commissioner Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 52.

Publications and Other Items

[Assessment Records]

Assessments and Taxes

Sales Books

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view City of Milwaukee Archival Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Milwaukee Public Library receives official materials from city departments via the Milwaukee City Records Center, pursuant to state statutes and city ordinances governing the permanent retention of city records.

Processing Information

Processed by Janet K. Geronime, 1996. Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Ecklund, 2004. In 2018, Bob Jaeger combined the previous City Assessor collections and renumbered it CMAC 67. The Tax Key Indexes were added in 2019.

	Assessment Role, Personal Property
Volume   1	Ward 1, 1869-1872
Volume   2	Ward 2, 1869-1872
Volume   3	Ward 3, 1869-1872
Volume   4	Ward 4, 1869-1872
Volume   5	Ward 5, 1869-1872
Volume   6	Ward 6, 1869-1872
Volume   7	Ward 7, 1869-1872
Volume   8	Ward 8, 1869-1872
Volume   9	Ward 9, 1869-1872
Volume   10	Ward 1, 1873-1876
Volume   11	Ward 2, 1873-1876
Volume   12	Ward 3, 1873-1876
Volume   13	Ward 4, 1873-1876
Volume   14	Ward 5, 1873-1876
Volume   15	Ward 6, 1873-1876
Volume   16	Ward 7, 1873-1876
Volume   17	Ward 8, 1873-1876
Volume   18	Ward 9, 1873-1876
Volume   19	Ward 10, 1873-1876
Volume   20	Ward 11, 1873-1876
Volume   21	Ward 12, 1873-1876
Volume   22	Ward 1, 1877-1880
Volume   23	Ward 2, 1877-1880
Volume   24	Ward 3, 1877-1880
Volume   25	Ward 4, 1877-1880
Volume   26	Ward 5, 1877-1880
Volume   27	Ward 6, 1877-1880
Volume   28	Ward 7, 1877-1880
Volume   29	Ward 8, 1877-1880
Volume   30	Ward 9, 1877-1880
Volume   31	Ward 10, 1877-1880
Volume   32	Ward 11, 1877-1880
Volume   33	Ward 12, 1877-1880
Volume   34	Ward 13, 1877-1880
	Assessment Roll, Real Estate and Personal Property
Volume   35	Ward 1, 1846
Volume   36	Ward 1, 1847
Volume   37	Ward 2, 1847
Volume   38	Ward 3, 1847
Volume   39	Ward 4, 1847
Volume   40	Ward 5, 1847
Volume   41	Ward 1, 1848
Volume   42	Ward 2, 1848
Volume   43	Ward 4, 1848
Volume   44	Ward 2, 1849
Volume   45	Ward 3, 1849
Volume   46	Ward 2, 1850
Volume   47	Ward 3, 1850
Volume   48	Ward 4, 1850
Volume   49	Ward 5, 1850
Volume   50	Ward 1, 1851
Volume   51	Ward 1-9, 1860
Volume   52	Ward 4-6, 1864
Volume   53	Ward 1-3, 1865
Volume   54	Ward 3-5, 1865
Volume   55	Ward 5-8, 1865
Volume   56	Ward 8-9, 1865
Volume   57	Ward 1-3, July 1867
Volume   58	Ward 4-6, July 1867
Volume   59	Ward 8-9, July 1867
Volume   60	Ward 1-4, September 1867
Volume   61	Ward 4-6, September 1867
Volume   62	Ward 6-9, September 1867
Volume   63	Ward 1, 1870
Volume   64	Ward 2, 1870
Volume   65	Ward 3, 1870
Volume   66	Ward 4, 1870
Volume   67	Ward 5, 1870
Volume   68	Ward 6, 1870
Volume   69	Ward 7, 1870
Volume   70	Ward 8, 1870
Volume   71	Ward 9, 1870
	Assessment Roll, Real Estate and Personal Property Note: * indicates list statement of names and residences of stockholders in banks or in firms engaged in the business of bankers
Volume   72	Ward 1, 1880
Volume   73	Ward 2*, 1880
Volume   74	Ward 3*, 1880
Volume   75	Ward 4, 1880
Volume   76	Ward 5, 1880
Volume   77	Ward 6, 1880
Volume   78	Ward 7*, 1880
Volume   79	Ward 8, 1880
Volume   80	Ward 9, 1880
Volume   81	Ward 10, 1880
Volume   82	Ward 11, 1880
Volume   83	Ward 12, 1880
Volume   84	Ward 13, 1880
Volume   85	Ward 1, 1890
Volume   86	Ward 2*, 1890
Volume   87	Ward 3*, 1890
Volume   88	Ward 4*, 1890
Volume   89	Ward 5, 1890
Volume   90	Ward 6, 1890
Volume   91	Ward 7*, 1890
Volume   92	Ward 8, 1890
Volume   93	Ward 9, 1890
Volume   94	Ward 10, 1890
Volume   95	Ward 11, 1890
Volume   96	Ward 12, 1890
Volume   97	Ward 13, 1890
Volume   98	Ward 14, 1890
Volume   99	Ward 15, 1890
Volume   100	Ward 16, 1890
Volume   101	Ward 17, 1890
Volume   102	Ward 18, 1890
Volume   103	Ward 1, 1900
Volume   104	Ward 2, 1900
Volume   105	Ward 3*, 1900
Volume   106	Ward 4, 1900
Volume   107	Ward 5*, 1900
Volume   108	Ward 6, 1900
Volume   109	Ward 7*, 1900
Volume   110	Ward 8, 1900
Volume   111	Ward 9, 1900
Volume   112	Ward 10, 1900
Volume   113	Ward 11, 1900
Volume   114	Ward 12, 1900
Volume   115	Ward 13, 1900
Volume   116	Ward 14, 1900
Volume   117	Ward 15, 1900
Volume   118	Ward 16, 1900
Volume   119	Ward 17, 1900
Volume   120	Ward 18, 1900
Volume   121	Ward 19, 1900
Volume   122	Ward 20, 1900
Volume   123	Ward 21, 1900
Volume   124	Ward 1, 1910
Volume   125	Ward 2, 1910
Volume   126	Ward 3*, 1910
Volume   127	Ward 4*, 1910
Volume   128	Ward 5, 1910
Volume   129	Ward 6, 1910
Volume   130	Ward 7*, 1910
Volume   131	Ward 8, 1910
Volume   132	Ward 9, 1910
Volume   133	Ward 10*, 1910
Volume   134	Ward 11, 1st district, 1910
Volume   135	Ward 11, 2nd district, 1910
Volume   136	Ward 12, 1910
Volume   137	Ward 13, 1910
Volume   138	Ward 14, 1910
Volume   139	Ward 15, 1910
Volume   140	Ward 16, 1910
Volume   141	Ward 17, 1910
Volume   142	Ward 18, 1st district, 1910
Volume   143	Ward 18, 2nd district, 1910
Volume   144	Ward 19, 1910
Volume   145	Ward 20, 1st district, 1910
Volume   146	Ward 20, 2nd district, 1910
Volume   147	Ward 21, 1910
Volume   148	Ward 22, 1910
Volume   149	Ward 23, 1910
Volume   150	Ward 1*, 1920
Volume   151	Ward 2, 1920
Volume   152	Ward 3*, 1920
Volume   153	Ward 4*, 1920
Volume   154	Ward 5*, 1920
Volume   155	Ward 6*, 1920
Volume   156	Ward 7*, 1920
Volume   157	Ward 8*, 1920
Volume   158	Ward 9*, 1920
Volume   159	Ward 10*, 1920
Volume   160	Ward 11, 1920
Volume   161	Ward 12, 1920
Volume   162	Ward 13*, 1920
Volume   163	Ward 14*, 1920
Volume   164	Ward 15, 1920
Volume   165	Ward 16*, 1920
Volume   166	Ward 17, 1920
	List of Persons, Companies, Corporations, or Firms Served with Blank Assessment Statement and Notice
Volume   167	Ward 1, 1867
Volume   168	Ward 8, 1867
Volume   169	Ward 9, 1867
Volume   170	Ward 1, 1868
Volume   171	Ward 8, 1868
	Record of Board of Review
Volume   172	June 1898-August 1903
Volume   173	June 1904-August 1906
Volume   174	June 1911-August 1911
Folder   1	loose items found in volumes, 1898-1911
	Tax Key Conversion Indexes
Box   1	A-E, circa 1960
Box   2	F-G, circa 1960
Box   3	H-L, circa 1960
Box   4	M-U, circa 1960