Bar / Club

White Horse Inn

Milwaukee

Summary

White Horse Inn was a Milwaukee bar near the intersection of McKinley, 11th, and Winnebago Streets, documented in city directories from roughly the mid-1950s. It is chiefly remembered through oral history and a handful of references, including a widely cited 1952 newspaper claim linking the bar to rumors about Senator Joseph McCarthy, and a 1958 arrest of a bartender for wearing an "obscene apron." Recalled as a reliable late-night gathering spot, the building was later demolished for freeway construction.