Cream Brick Cottages / Cream Brick

Cream Brick Cottages / Cream Brick (HMMW8)

Location: Racine, WI 53402 Racine County
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N 42° 44.88', W 87° 47.079'

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Cream Brick Cottages
Racine's rapid and diversified industrial growth after the Civil War attracted a large working population to the city. Desiring their own homes, many workers built modest cottages of similar design in wood or brick. A high concentration of the brick cottages can be found in the Northside Historic District of Cream Brick Workers' Cottages. Bounded by Goold, English, Chatham and Erie streets, these cottages, built between 1881 and 1913, often exhibit Italianate, Queen Anne or Colonial Revival stylistic embellishments.

Cream Brick
Many of Racine's historic brick buildings were made of cream brick, a local building material manufactured in the city's brickyards from 1836 to 1914. Recognized by its pale yellow color, the city's cream brick was molded from calcium and magnesium-rich clay deposits found along Lake Michigan's shore. Proving to be a durable masonry product, the local brick was used in the construction of several hundred workers' cottages.
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HM NumberHMMW8
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number392
Year Placed1998
Placed ByWisconsin State Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 5:59pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 435783 N 4733129
Decimal Degrees42.74800000, -87.78465000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 44.88', W 87° 47.079'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 44' 52.80" N, 87° 47' 4.74" W
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Area Code(s)262
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2101-2133 N Main St, Racine WI 53402, US
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