Property Record
1101 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | C. Reiss Coal Co. Briquet Plant |
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| Other Name: | C. Reiss Coal Co. Briquet Plant |
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| Reference Number: | 2192 |
| Location (Address): | 1101 STATE ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Survey Date: | 198520192021 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Principal building has one two-story tall floor. Windows are inset into facade and rise two stories in height. These windows are divided horizontally by a brick band to suggest that there are two separate stories. Today, the upper 30 light windows remain while the bottom windows are boarded up. Window bays on the south facade are inset more deeply than the others. Related buildings: machinery iron hopper and conveyor building, 28/34. C REISS COAL CO OPERATING ALSO IN ASHLAND WIS-SEE R#607& 710. The 1979 NAER Inventory places the building at 1401 State Street. NAER INVENTORY (08/1979): The C. Reiss Coal Co. charcoal briquet plant is a steel reinforced structure tow and four stories high, with a red brick exterior and flat roof. The irregular-shaped facility measures approximatey 132' x 58'. The facility includes a four-story chimney and contains large coal pulverizing wheels. The C. Reiss Coal Co. began business in 1880 handling coal. The charcoal briquet plant was built in 1936 adjacent to the Reiss company's Fox River coal docks, which have existed since the "early (18)80's." The plant is used to manufacture charcoal briquets, for domestic use, from Sept. 15 to May 15 each year. The manufacturing process includes powdering the coal, mixing it with a binder and pressing it into compact form. The "Pocahontas" on the sign painted on the side of the briquet plant refers to a grade of coal used to make the briquets. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A.) Abrahams, Paul P. Industrial Survey of Brown County Industrial Sites, Historical Industrial Survey. Unpublished manuscript on file, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. (B.) Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957. (C.) Advertisement for C. Reiss Coal Co., GREEN BNAY PRESS-GAZETTE, May 29m 1977, Heritage Hill Historical Edition, p. H-10. (D.) Jerry Fischer, assistant general manager for C. Reiss Coal Co. in Green Bay, interviewed by Bill Meindl, 09/02/1980. (E.) "Reiss Expansion," THE WISCONSIN MAGAZINE, 1951, Madisen Publishing Co., Appleton, WI, Special Green Bay Number, p. 104. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |