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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BRQ_gehls-guernsey-farms-inc_Germantown-WI.html
Established in 1896 under the ownership of John P. Gehl, Gehl's Guernsey Farms became a significant center of commerce along the Fond du Lac Indian Trail in South Germantown. The original plant, located at the corner of Western Avenue and Main Str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298W_schwartz-family-house_Hartford-WI.html
Built in 1915 and designed by Milwaukee architect Ernst Peege, this home is a lovely example of the American Craftsman style. Prominent characteristics of the style exemplified by the Schwartz Family House include walls of stucco and wood half-tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GPX_first-rural-power-line_West-Bend-WI.html
The first strictly rural electric power line in the United States was built in 1919 by West Bend Heating and Lighting Company, which was founded in 1907 by Adam Kuehlthau. It was 24 miles long and served 57 farmers in the townships of West Bend, B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJI_the-west-bend-aluminum-company_West-Bend-WI.html
Wisconsin's aluminum cookware industry boomed in the 20th century. Production grew exponentially from under 5 percent of the nation aluminum cookware in 1910 to over 50 percent in 1920. Local financier Bernhard C. Zieglar (1884-1946), anticipating…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJG_maxon-wright-house_West-Bend-WI.html
Built in 1847 by Densmore W. Maxon, a Yankee surveyor and member of the first Wisconsin State Legislature, who constructed a dam and sawmill and platted Cedar Creek. The east wing housed the first village post office. The Greek Revival style house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYU_umhoefer-house_Germantown-WI.html
This two-story log cabin was built by newlyweds Gregory and Anna Marie Umhoefer in 1856. Together they raised eight sons and daughters on this tiny home. A hand print in the stairwell plaster is that of Anna brother returning from the Civil War. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYT_school-house_Germantown-WI.html
This one-room school house was built in 1851 at a reported cost of $55.00. All eight grades were taught by one teacher. Inside, a wood burning stove provided needed warmth while water was pumped from an outdoor well. Initials and names from bygone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYS_milwaukee-road-depot_Menomonee-Falls-WI.html
Built in 1890, the same year that the railroad came to Menomonee Falls, the Depot brought with it new commercial and industrial prosperity. The Depot handled four passenger and freight trains daily, shipping local products such as stone, lime, ice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYR_miller-davidson-house_Germantown-WI.html
Built in 1858 in the Greek Revival style popular at the time, the house is built of locally quarried limestone with mortar lime coming from the lime kilns. The Miller-Davidson House, original to the site, is special in many ways beginning with the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FYQ_koch-house_Germantown-WI.html
Built in 1873, the house is rather primitive in style despite the fact that the logs were not hand hewn but rather produced in a local sawmill. A few years after its construction an addition was attached to the building, and the entire structure w…