Milwaukee, WI
Historic Preservation Commission will discuss Calvary Cemetery gatehouse repairs
Anyone driving part the blue Gothic Revival gatehouse at Calvary Cemetery – resting place of Milwaukee founder Solomon Juneau and many other notables – can attest to its sorry state.
But now, the wood frame structure, built in 1897 to designs by Erhard Brielmaier – architect of many Catholic buildings in the city, including Basilica of St. Josaphat and the now-demolished Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi in St. Francis, among others – may get a lifeline.
On Monday, May 13 at 3 p.m. at City Hall, the City of Milwaukee’s Historic Preservation Commission will discuss a plan by the Archdiocese to stabilize the structure at 5503 W. Bluemound Rd.
The plan calls for replacing the leaking roof and flashing; boarding up the doors and windows to secure the gatehouse; supporting and boarding up the screen porch area to keep out vandals and animals; winterizing the plumbing and heating; tuckpointing masonry as required and replacing missing masonry; replacing rotted downspouts that have been causing damage; and somewhat more vaguely, repair, “or rebuilding of building elements to prevent further deterioration or damage.”
The proposed work is to be done by Kelmann Restoration.
The gatehouse – which was not yet built when Juneau’s body was interred at Calvary in 1866 – is built over the main entrance to the cemetery and served as the cemetery office.
It also has an attached residence for a cemetery groundskeeper and his family. The wood structure atop a raised stone foundation is capped with a bell tower.
“According to newspapers from 1897, ‘the residence consists of two stories and a basement. The basement is planned for store rooms and a laundry. On the first floor are offices, waiting rooms, and two private parlors. The second floor will contain three bedrooms’,” notes the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Architectural Inventory.
“After it was expanded, an additional room was added to the second floor. Currently, only the enclosed porch and the recently updated kitchen are used by the workmen of the cemetery. The first and second floors remain intact, though some carpet has been added. Almost all the original hardware, floors, and moldings are in place.”
Brielmaier, who was born in 1841 in Neufra near Rottweil, Württemberg, Germany, emigrated to the United States with his mother and siblings in 1850 to join his father, a carpenter, in Ohio.
Married in 1860, Brielmaier and his wife, Theresia Haag, moved their 13 children to Milwaukee in 1873 and he worked as a carpenter and sculptor, eventually becoming an architect.
With three of his sons, he launched Erhard Brielmaier & Sons Co., Architects, and in addition to churches and convents, they designed universities (including at Marquette), schools and hospitals (including at the Mayo Clinic) around the U.S. and in Canada. The firm even had a second office in Chicago.
The gatehouse is among Brielmaier’s most recognizable projects in Milwaukee. Let’s hope this new work helps keep it standing long into the future.
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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