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The 60,000-pound pagoda, built in the 1930s, was jacked up onto a trailer for the move to its new home at 430 S. 2nd St., next to the Reed Street Station tavern.
A couple of years ago Federal Mfg. Co. President Otis Cobb said he wanted to tear down the pagoda to expand his business. Cobb finally agreed he would sell the building for $1 if the buyer would move it. The red pagoda made its way around the corner for the six-block location.
Written in 2019: The building was disassembled in 2002 and sat in a lot until the roof of the building was moved again to the State Fairgrounds in 2004. The remaining roof was later demolished at the State Fairgrounds and a portion of the roof is held in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum.
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HI16207
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