Attached: 1 image The square Petit mansion, built in 1899 by Louis J. Petit, then president of the old Wisconsin National bank, was one of the finest examples of classical architecture in Milwaukee and the scene of many a fashionable gathering. Among its many rooms were a ballroom which occupied the entire third floor, a billiard room and a gymnasium. The ballroom could accommodate 250 couples. In the stables at the back of the house were kept fine carriages and p ... https://tmblr.co/ZANp-QeHKntX0y00 #MKE #OldMKE