Property Record
1100 2ND ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THE UPRIGHT SWISS EMBROIDERY COMPANY |
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| Reference Number: | 68376 |
| Location (Address): | 1100 2ND ST |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | New Glarus |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 19802015 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | OSWALD ALTMAN, BUILDER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Four embroidery companies from Chicago, backed bya number of New Glarus stockholders, established an embroidery factory in New Glarus in 1925. The factory went through an unstable period and was finally closed for the years 1932-1935. In 1936 A.W. Wieser took over the business which became the Upright Swiss Embroidery Company. Currently this company is part of the Swiss Miss Corporation and the embroidery work is done by machine rather than by hand. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) New Glarus' First 100 Years. Theiler, 1946. 2015 INTENSIVE SURVEY |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |