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Fireside Dinner Theater is a historic dinner theater and special events venue in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The original building and several expansions were designed by Fort Atkinson-based architect Helmut Ajango, who also designed The Gobbler, and built in 1964. A nearby building was purchased for conversion into a theater and added to the ...
Fort Atkinson is a city in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. It is on the Rock River, a few miles upstream from Lake Koshkonong. The population was 12,579 at the 2020 census. [3] Fort Atkinson is the largest city located entirely in Jefferson County, as Watertown is split between Jefferson and Dodge counties.
The O.W. Donkle house at 506 Whitewater Ave is a 2.5-story house built in 1910 for Donkle, a cashier at Fort Atkinson Savings Bank. The general massing and varied textures are Queen-Anne-ish. The Palladian windows, returned eaves, and pediment in the front porch are Classical Revival details, which is a typical mix for late Queen Anne. [2] [14]
Helmut "Mike" Ajango (November 30, 1931 – November 15, 2013) was an Estonian-born architect based in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin in the United States. [1] [2] He designed more than 175 churches in southern Wisconsin as well as Fireside Dinner Theatre (1964) and The Gobbler. [1]
By 1917 it was the largest dairy equipment company in the world, and employed 400 people in Fort Atkinson. [23] [3] The First National Bank at 70 N Main St is a Neoclassical building constructed in 1922. [24] [3] The Black Hawk Tavern at 9 Milwaukee Avenue West was built in 1915.
Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska , the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827.
Fort Atkinson, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Dodge City, had two lives. One life occurred before Kansas became a territory in 1854. One life occurred before Kansas became a territory in 1854. The original Fort Atkinson was established August 8, 1850, by the U.S. Army in an attempt to prevent Indians in the area from attacking travelers on the Santa ...
Fort Atkinson is the name of several locations in the United States: Fort Atkinson, Iowa, a town named after General Atkinson; Fort Atkinson State Preserve, 1840s U.S. Army post in Fort Atkinson, Iowa; Fort Atkinson (Kansas), an 1850s U.S. Army post; Fort Atkinson (Nebraska), 1820s U.S. Army post; Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, a city