Hansen Storage

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Our History Following the 1892 fire that destroyed much of Milwaukee’s thriving, industrial Third Ward, Theodore L. Hansen saw that the long-term prospects for the hop and malt business were uncertain. The fire, however, had created a shortage of commercial warehouse space in the Third Ward, where the Milwaukee River emptied into the city’s harbor on Lake Michigan. Selling his business, Hansen Hop & Malt Co., to a larger competitor five years later, Theodore commissioned the building of a four-story brick warehouse complete with basement, three elevators and two firewalls. It was completed in 1904 and articles of incorporation for Hansen Storage Company were filed on June 16th of that year.

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