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550 MAIN AVE

Historic Name:
KIDNEY AND SONS BOAT BUILDERS

Other Name:
PALMER MANUFACTURING CORP

Reference Number:
1896

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Property Location

Location (Address)

550 MAIN AVE

County

Brown

City/Village

De Pere

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1900

Additions

Survey Date

Historic Use

industrial bldg/manufacturing facility

Architectural Style

Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

0

Additional Comments

SEGMENTAL ARCH WINOWS ON BLDGS WITH OPEN GABLE ROOF. In photo and/or map codes, (F) stands for Fox River Valley Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. NAER INVENTORY (07/1979): Kidney and Sons Boat Builders built this building as an office and shop in 1900. The office faced the Main Ave. of the west side of De Pere. The first additon was in 1905 and faced the river, featuring a ramp to directly launch the boats into the river. The last addition was in 1914 and provided additional shop space. The company closed during the Depression and remained vacant until Fox River Boat Works moved into the building in 1941. Fox River Boat Works was also owned by Lawrence Kidney & Sons. This company closed between 1951 and 1952. the building was once again vacant. In 1959 Palmer Mfg. Corporation moved in. The Palmer compnay manufactures exhaust systems and cabinets. The structure is constructed of small red brick, now painted white. The building has a quanset hut-type roof and a small arch dormer on one side above the main entrance.

Bibliographic References

(A.) Matt Maes, history of De Pere, DE PERE JOURNAL, (not published) series of articles in the De Pere newspaper. (B.) Max Franc, director of De Pere Historical Society, interviewed by Patt Baenen in Jan. 1981. (C.) Sanborn Insurance Map of De Pere, 1914, Sanborn Map Co., New York, NY, block 24. (D.) Wright's Green Bay City Directory, 1941, Wright Directory Co., Milwaukee, WI, 1941, p. 223.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

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industrial bldg/manufacturing facility Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Brown
County

De Pere
Community

1900-1909
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National and State Register Listing

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Map of the region of Little Kaukalin, Fox River

circa 1822-1859

This manuscript map of the Little Kaukauna region, south of De Pere, is ink on paper. The map shows the "Little Cacalin rapids" on the Fox River, Black Bird Island, buildings, trails, meadows and w...

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