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City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021
Gable roof with parapets at gable ends. Windows originally 12/12 light with segmental arched heads. Upper half now filled. Building is unusual for its intact condition with relatively few alterations of any kind on the exterior.
Surveyed February 2008, no change in appearance.
Fox River Valley Industrial Survey
In 1910, A. B. Fontaine organized the Willow Grass Rug Company and two years later constructed a large one-story building on a 7-acre site located at 1218-1226 Velp Avenue in Green Bay. The company cut grass in Brown County and processed it in these buildings, making woven rugs for consumers. The company expanded to the rear with a matching brick addition in 1919.
In 1924, the Central Wire Cloth Company bought the business and sold it again in the late 1940s. At that time, the Green Bay Box Company occupied the eastern building, an auto body repair shop was located in the western building, and Wisconsin Wholesaler occupied the warehouses on the north side of the site. A fire in 1951 destroyed many of the warehouse buildings in the rear, which were then replaced. After the fire, the Alwin Manufacturing Company, which produced custom designed dispensing units for paper napkins, occupied most of the site, moving from another location in Green Bay.
The single-story brick building stretched out along Velp Avenue and the adjoining brick buildings to the east, all have high levels of architectural integrity possessing their original materials, organization, and fenestration.
In 1910, A. B. Fontaine organized the Willow Grass Rug Company and two years later constructed a large one-story building on a 7-acre site located at 1218-1226 Velp Avenue in Green Bay. The company cut grass in Brown County and processed it in these buildings, making woven rugs for consumers. The company expanded to the rear with a matching brick addition in 1919.
In 1924, the Central Wire Cloth Company bought the business and sold it again in the late 1940s. At that time, the Green Bay Box Company occupied the eastern building, an auto body repair shop was in the western building, and Wisconsin Wholesaler occupied the warehouses on the north side of the site. A fire in 1951 destroyed many of the warehouse buildings in the rear, which were then replaced. After the fire, the Alwin Manufacturing Company, which produced custom-designed dispensing units for paper napkins, occupied most of the site, moving from another location in Green Bay.
The single-story brick building stretched out along Velp Avenue and the adjoining brick buildings to the east, all have high levels of architectural integrity possessing their original materials, organization, and fenestration.
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