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November 4, 1993 (Roughly, Central Ave. from Depot St. to Third St. Marshfield: Includes many old brick businesses like the Thomas House Hotel built after the fire of 1887, the Romanesque Revival old city hall built in 1901, the Craftsman-styled Wisconsin Central depot built in 1910, and the eclectic-styled Hotel Charles built in 1925, which hosted JFK, Patsy Cline, and possibly John Dillinger.
Village Inn was founded by James Mola and Merton Anderson, who opened the first Village Inn Pancake House in Denver in 1958 at 8855 East Colfax Avenue. [5] [6] They incorporated as Village Inn Pancake House, Inc., in December 1959, and began franchising in 1961, with Dow Sherwood opening the first franchised locations in Tampa, Florida.
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. [6] The population was 18,877 at the 2020 census. [4] It is a principal city of the Marshfield–Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020.
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Wisconsin State Reformatory: Wisconsin State Reformatory: May 3, 1990 : SE corner of Riverside Dr. and WI 172: Allouez: Chartered by the state legislature in 1897 as a reformatory for young male offenders. North Cell Hall was started in 1898, South in 1915.
Also in 1890, the Port Edwards, Centralia & Northern Railway [8] (later acquired by the Wisconsin Central) built its line from Rapids to Marshfield a mile to the west of the first village. Martin Pfyle started another little village a mile south on the rail line. It had a store, a cheese factory, a saloon, and homes.
Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,207. [1] Its county seat is Wisconsin Rapids. [2] The county is named after Joseph Wood, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. [3]