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National or State Registers Record

5 miles southeast of Port Washington Harbor, Lake Michigan

Community: Grafton
County: Ozaukee
Historic Name: Northerner Shipwreck (Schooner)
Reference Number: 10001005
National or State Registers Record

2020 Green Bay Road

Community: Grafton
County: Ozaukee
Historic Name: Milwaukee Falls Lime Company
Reference Number: 11001071
National or State Registers Record

1350 14th Ave.

Community: Grafton
County: Ozaukee
Historic Name: Cedarburg Woolen Co. Worsted Mill
Reference Number: 83003408
National or State Registers Record

1300 14th Ave.

Community: Grafton
County: Ozaukee
Historic Name: Grafton Flour Mill
Reference Number: 83003409
Photograph

Round Barn

Date: 
Description: Two women on a farmstead pose in front of a round barn. The name Ri Clausing is written on the back of the photograph.
Photograph

School Crossing Guard

Date: 09 10 1987
Description: A traffic crossing guard reading while she is waiting for a Grafton elementary school to dismiss its students for the day.
Photograph

Circus Tent Construction Workers

Date: 08 16 1984
Description: Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field.
Photograph

Grafton Viaduct

Date: 
Description: View across field towards the railroad bridge, seen with the construction almost completed. A man is standing in the middle of the bridge, and two or three...
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 11 1894
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton which includes the Milwaukee River.
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 03 1904
Description: Detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton including the Sheboygan Knitting Company.
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 10 1910
Description: Detail of a Sanborn Map of Grafton including the Northern Chair Company.
Map or Atlas

Detail of a Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 07 1929
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton including the New York Recording Laboratory.
Print

Killer-Diller Rat Poison, Label

Date: 01 17 1945
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The red, green and black label features a drawing of a dead rat, with skull and cross...
Historical Essay

Paramount records

Brief entry on Paramount records, based out of Grafton, WI, which produced some of the nation's most important early blues recordings.
Historical Essay

Grafton

Origin of Grafton, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Grafton, Wisconsin.
Print

The Schooner Northerner

Date: 08 2009
Description: Archaeological overhead view site plan of the schooner Northerner. Labels indicate various parts of the ship that remain. On the left is a map scale...
Postcard

Bienleins Livery After Halloween

Date: 
Description: View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe...
Postcard

Business District

Date: 1916
Description: Street scene of the central business district. Shops and businesses are on both sides of the street. A horse and buggy is in the distance. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

Northern Chair Co.

Date: 
Description: View toward the factory with a water tower and an elevated walkway connecting the buildings. Caption reads: "Northern Chair Co., Grafton, Wis."
Postcard

Scenic View

Date: 1918
Description: View of Grafton from across a dam on the Milwaukee River. St. Joseph's Catholic Church is in the distance on a hill. Caption reads: "Scenic View, Grafton, ...

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