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"John Parman's BlacksmithShop is the oldest building in the district associated with manufacturing, once Mazomanie's most important economic activity. Like the Trager Shop, it was at first a mush smaller building which was expanded to triple its original size in 1875 when Parman's successful business, the manufacture of wagons, buggies, and sleighs required additional space. It is constructed of brick on a foundation of cut-stone. In continuous use as a manufacturing, welding, and blacksmith shop, it was owned and operated for many years by Werner Thiers, first president of the Mazomanie Historical Society.
John Parman, born in Germany and trained as a wheelwright, came to Black Earth Township in 1853. In 1858 he opened a shop in Mazomanie and remained at his trade until 1894." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
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