Photograph
View of Marshall Street
| View down tree-lined sidewalk along Marshall Street facing west. The northwest corner of S. 6th and Marshall Streets is circled by a fence, which continues down the block in front of two homes. Grass lines the walk and extends into the unpaved street. The Queen Anne style home at (202) 602 Marshall Street, with its corner tower and gingerbread trim, is the residence of Louis Pitz, City Engineer. The adjacent residence, obscured by trees, at (206) 606 Marshall Street would later be moved to 1210 S. Lake Street. The brick entrance tower of the High Victorian style home has a square, corbelled roof. A glimpse of the front bay window features a narrow Gothic arched window with upper trefoil pattern and surrounding rope-twist trim. Built ca. 1875, it was the homestead of August F. Dumke until 1890. Mr. Dumke (1824-1906) was a native of Germany who arrived in Manitowoc County in 1853. He served in the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 9th Wisconsin Infantry and was promoted to Captain in less than a year. He owned and operated Manitowoc Iron Works on Quay Street. His foundry and machine shop manufactured steam engines and provided machinery for early mills and other industrial needs. The residence was acquired in 1912 by William Rahr, II (1854-1919), whose adjacent home was at 612 Marshall Street. According to information passed down through the Rahr/Spindler family, the home was moved from 606 Marshall Street to 1210 S. Lake Street as a wedding gift to his daughter, Martha Rahr, when she married Walter E. Spindler in 1914. In 1963, the home was donated to the Manitou Girl Scout Council as a memorial to Martha Rahr Spindler (Mrs. Walter E. Spindler), a founder of the Girl Scout movement in Manitowoc. |
| Image ID: | 137676 |
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| Creation Date: | 1891 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Manitowoc |
| County: | Manitowoc |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Manitowoc Public Library collection, undated |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M2004-257.1.2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.75 x 4.25 inches |
| Handwritten notation on reverse of photograph: "View on Marshall St. from 'Lover's retreat.' 1891, A.B. Schuette." See also Architecture and History Inventory Reference No.: 58253 (602 Marshall Street) and 58060 (1210 S. Lake Street). Resources include: City of Manitowoc deeds, mortgages and tax rolls, Block 276, Lot 11. Sanborn fire insurance maps, 1883-1919. Bird's Eye maps, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1868 and 1883. Manitowoc newspapers, 1850's-1960's. |
| Architectural details |
| Brickwork |
| Decoration and ornament |
| Facades |
| Windows |
| Flowers |
| Shrubs |
| Trees |
| Architecture, Domestic |
| Housing |
| Neighborhoods |
| Sidewalks |
| Fences |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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