Property Record
2376 DU CHARME LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GEORGE F. & MARGUERITE KRESS HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 223276 |
| Location (Address): | 2376 DU CHARME LN |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1941 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Berners-Schober |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | George F. Kress, born in Green Bay in 1903, grew up assisting his father with the family horse collar and wooden box business. George graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1925 and married his wife, Marguerite, the following year. He continued working for the family business. The business thrived in the 1930s, when the repeal of prohibition drove breweries to again demand wooden beer cases. In 1933, the Green Bay Box Co. was formed and began to manufacture corrugated cartons, eventually distributing nationally and internationally. In 1963, Kress merged the company with the Green Bay Pulp & Paper Company, which was established in 1948, to form Green Bay Packaging, Inc. George Kress saw that the Green Bay Packaging mill in Green Bay was the first in the industry to practice zero-discharge of processing wastewaters. During the mid-1970s, Green Bay Packaging became the first to practice the use of totally effluent-free pulping in its Green Bay mill. Still under management of the Kress family, Green Bay Packaging remains a leader in environmentally-conscious manufacturing practices to this day. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “George F. Kress: 1996 Inductee- Founder/Leadership.” Paper Industry Hall of Fame Inductee. Paper Industree International Hall of Fame, Inc. Feb 2, 2013. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |