John Pritzlaff Hardware Company

John Pritzlaff Hardware Company, founded by John C. Pritzlaff in 1850[1] was the largest hardware company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[2] and eventually became one of the largest wholesale hardware companies and iron supply houses in the Northwest.[3][4] It was known for selling hardware, sewing machines, and toys through mail order catalogs to wholesale accounts throughout the United States.[5]

After Pritzlaff died, his son, Fred C. Pritzlaff took over until his death in 1951.[1] When Fred died, his son took over the firm until it closed in 1958.[6][7]

Today the buildings have been renovated and converted into rental space for large events and high end apartments.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Pritzlaff Building :: Footlights.com". footlights.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  3. ↑ David Inman Nelke (1895). The Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States: Wisconsin Volume. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 245.
  4. ↑ Jerome Anthony Watrous (1909). Memoirs of Milwaukee County: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Milwaukee County. Western Historical Association. pp. 777–778.
  5. 1 2 "Old Pritzlaff buildings reborn as the life of the party". jsonline.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  6. ↑ "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  7. ↑ "The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.


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