The German-English Academy Building is a school built in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1891 for the German-English Academy (founded in 1851), which later became the University School of Milwaukee. The Academy played an important role during a time when Milwaukee was known as "the most German city in America." The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now owned by the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Since 2012, it has been leased to the company Direct Supply as a technology center. It is beside the Grohmann Museum. Architecture The 3½-story building was designed by Charles D. Crane and Carl C. Barkhausen, the latter was himself an alumnus of the German-English Academy. Barkhausen was later trained in architecture in Germany. The structure consists of two wings, with the entrance in the linking section between them. The south wing – now by the Grohmann Museum – housed the academy's classrooms. To the right of the entrance is the south wing's attached neo-Gothic pavilion (slightly protruding block), which is topped by a prominent gable end with three arched windows. The north wing, now next to the parking lot, contained the gymnasiums. Each wing is covered by a steep hip roof. The north wing has a wide five-windowed dormer that is, in turn, covered by a hip roof, which emerges from the slope of the main roof. The back of the building also has a similar wide dormer, but completely in gray. The north side of the building has a large gable-fronted dormer. History In 1851 some of Milwaukee's wealthy German immigrants formed the Milwaukee (School Association). Many of the founders were Forty-Eighters, progressives who had left Germany after the German revolutions of 1848–49 failed. Unhappy with Milwaukee's public schools, and wanting instruction in German as well as English, they started a private school called the German-English Academy (). Aside from teaching German, the Academy brought in other ideas from German education at the time: singing, drawing and domestic science classes; physical education based on the German Turner movement. In 1873 the Academy offered the first kindergarten in Milwaukee. Classes initially met in the home of Peter Engelmann, the first teacher, but soon outgrew that. In 1891-1892 a new home (pictured) was built for the school, with two blocks. The Pfister/Vogel family financed the southern classroom block (on right in photo). It is 3.5 stories, in Romanesque Revival style, with a