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In 1894 he suddenly sold his new home and stable, possibly a result of the Panic of 1893. [4] In the following 20 years, the house and stable went through a number of owners and renters. Herman and Henry Lohman rented the stable in 1896 for their livery business. In 1918 Archibald Lohman bought both buildings to house his funeral home.
A committee appointed by members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1847 established Forest Home Cemetery on what would later become Milwaukee's south side. When the land was selected it was located nearly two miles outside of the city limits along the newly built Janesville Plank Road (now Forest Home Avenue), in an area believed to be far enough from urban development to remain rural. [4]
A fragment of the old Yankee Hill neighborhood on the lower east side, including the William Metcalf house, which started as a Greek Revival-styled home in 1854, [34] the 1862 early-Italianate Carey house, [35] the 1874 full-on Italianate Inbusch house, [36] the 1883 Queen Anne-styled Brandt doublehouse, [37] the 1904 Gothic Revival-styled ...
The case marks the second time in recent years that Milwaukee funeral home operators have been charged with fraud. Former funeral home owner Jimmy D. Davis Jr. was charged in September 2021 with ...
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose ...
Jerry Springer was laid to rest during a private funeral service in Chicago on Sunday, April 30. ... Jewish burial customs — was held three days after Springer died in his Chicago home at the ...
Milwaukee Avenue is a popular route for bicyclists. The southeastern end of Milwaukee Avenue is the most heavily bicycled stretch of road in Chicago, with cyclists accounting for 22% of all traffic there on a randomly selected day in September. [1]
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Historic District consists of the historic right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as The Milwaukee Road) in the Bitterroot Mountains from East Portal, Montana (near St. Regis), to the mouth of Loop Creek, Idaho (near Pearson), a distance of 14.5 miles (23.3 km).