| Sheboygan Falls Contributor(s): The Sheboygan County Historical Research (Author) |
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ISBN: 073853384X ISBN-13: 9780738533841 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, originally platted as the village of "Rochester," took shape in the late 1830s and 1840s. Settled by Yankee businessmen from the East, "Sheboygan at the Falls" was strong from the beginning, surviving even the national financial panic of 1837. As the village grew up along the Sheboygan River, this reliable source of water ensured rapid growth of industry and population and the accompanying prosperity. A city of Greek Revival and Cream City brick architecture, Sheboygan Falls boasts two districts listed on the National Historic Register. The Cole Historic District is the largest Greek Revival District west of the East Coast. Its five buildings were built between 1837 and 1846. The largely original downtown business district of the city includes buildings that once housed a tannery, a cheese bandage factory, a rake factory, a woolen mill, a Temperance Hall for teetotalers, and a Free Hall for women. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 977.569 |
| LCCN: 2006540386 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.56" W x 9.36" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Locality - Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
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Contributor Bio(s): The Sheboygan County Historical Research Center: - Perhaps the greatest gift given to the citizens of Sheboygan Falls is that its early residents photographed the city heavily, preserving its history for future generations. Fortunately, the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center is the repository for more than 200,000 of these photos. |
