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Gorham Manufacturing Company's Works. Canal, Steeple, and North Main Streets, Providence, 1886. Gorham Silver was founded in 1831 in Providence, Rhode Island by Jabez Gorham, [3] a master craftsman, in partnership with Henry L. Webster. [4] The firm's chief product was spoons of coin silver. The company also made thimbles, combs, jewelry, and ...
In 1853 Daniel Gorham started a steam sawmill at the end of Lake Street. By 1855 thirteen other lesser houses were added. UW faculty and their wives began to join the businessmen in the district. The neighborhood was then called "Big Bug Hill." The upper-class neighborhood continued to fill in with single-family homes until about 1890. [3]
Tavern of the Binzel Brewing Co., built 1911. [15] [16] The owner fought neighbors and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources after flooding on the Beaver Dam River caused a redesign of downtown Beaver Dam [17] but he eventually lost and the building was razed. [18] The site was empty in July 2015. 7: Fox Lake Railroad Depot: Fox Lake ...
All hauled limestone for the Sturgeon Bay Stone Company at the ends of their lives and were burned in 1931. They are the 212-foot steamer Empire State built in 1862, the 134-foot centerboard schooner Oak Leaf , and the 168-foot schooner-barge Ida Corning .
Built in 1892 by the Land and River Improvement Company and named for its manager, Rowland J. Wemyss. [15] The building was demolished. [20] 21: Wisconsin Point: Wisconsin Point: July 8, 2021 : Address Restricted: Superior vicinity: Site of a Chippewa village and cemetery from the mid-1800s. [21] [22]
Queen Anne/Neoclassical-styled house designed by Robert Messmer and built before 1898 for German immigrant and patriarch Louis, who operated a hardware store, co-owned the Hartford Plow Company, brought industry to Hartford, and encouraged his sons' car company. [28] [26] 12: Otto P. Kissel House: Otto P. Kissel House: November 1, 1988
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Early Wisconsin airport, opened in 1922 by the four Larson brothers, with the original sod landing field and a hangar constructed with barn-building techniques. The Larsons were the first agency in Wisconsin to sell government-approved planes. [69] 42: Lasley's Point Site: Lasley's Point Site: September 6, 1979 : 5900 Lasley Point Road [70] [71