Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House

Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House
Nearest city Tigerton, Wisconsin
Built 1905
Architect Charles Miller
NRHP reference # 08001036
Added to NRHP November 5, 2008

The Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House is a municipal building built in 1906 in Tigerton, Wisconsin. Built with the support of Herman Swanke's Tigerton Lumber Company, it was placed close to that lumber company's mill to protect it from fire. The building also served as a community center, housing both government offices and social functions. In 2008 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

The forest that would become Shawano County had been developed for logging every since 1843, when Charles Wescott and Samuel Farnsworth paddled up the Wolf River. In 1879, Frederick Rhinelander's Milwaukee Lakeshore & Western Railroad reached the site on the Embarrass River that would become Tigerton. The town was platted, mills opened to process the wood coming from the surrounding forest, and the town grew.[2]

In 1887 Herman Swanke and some partners built a sawmill two and a half miles west of Tigerton on the Embarrass River. They named their enterprise the Tigerton Lumber Company Corporation, and that mill operated until 1891, when it burned. With that, they rebuilt a larger sawmill in Tigerton town.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  2. 1 2 Patricia Lacey (2007-12-15). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-10-10. With ten photos.
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