A view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
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Dedication of The Green County Courthouse
Green County Courthouse, Renaissance Exteriors, G. Stanley Mansfield, Dennis Schwartz, Jody Hoesly, Barb Krattiger, Joe Snow, Roger Trutmann.
In the fall of 2021 it was determined that the roof of the courthouse needed to be replaced. Since the courthouse is an historic building and wanting to keep it as close as possible to the original structure, Renaissance Historic Exteriors was brought in to do the work. This company only works on historic landmarks. When the roof repairs started significant damage to the structure of the building was found. The whole building was refurbished over a two year period, paying close attention to keeping the building original. The courthouse was built in 1891 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was constructed of red brick and limestone. The architect was G. Stanley Mansfield. The photo is of the Green County supervisors on the property committee that oversaw the renovation. It was taken at the rededication ceremony. L-R; Dennis Schwartz, Jody Hoesly, Barb Krattiger, Joe Snow, and Roger Trutmann. The courthouse is the center of the square in Monroe Wisconsin.
Dedrick and Marty Hardware, William Cobb, L. Brooks, Jeremy Pinnow & Associates, Frank W. Dedrick, Brain Dedrick, Deb's Bar, Fred Marty, Frank H. Dedrick, George T. Spaulding, Metcalf & Sherman Hardware, Sherman & Moore Hardware, R. C. Murdock.
Dedrick and Marty Hardware was located at 1024 First Center Avenue in Brodhead Wisconsin, now the location of Deb's Bar. The photo was at the location of the store when it first started. Fred Marty is on the left and Frank H. Dedrick is on the right. The business was one of the oldest in Brodhead. The store was established by George T. Spaulding in 1870. He sold it to Metcalf and Serman in 1883. It became Sherman and Moore in 1884. R. C. Murdock bought the partnership and ran it until 1900. It was then bought by William Cobb and L. Brooks. Brooks soon took sole ownership and in 1916 sold it to Dedrick and Marty. They moved the business one store north to 1022 First Center Avenue, now Jeremy Pinnow & Associates. Frank H. Dedrick's son Frank W. joined the firm in 1935 and took over the business from his father. Frank W.'s son Brain joined the firm in 1971.
An unknown deer hunter poses with a buck.
Delivery truck, The Music Shop, J. C. Berryman.
The delivery truck for The Music Shop in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Business owned by J.C. Berryman.
Weapons from the Civil War are displayed inside the depot museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Passengers enjoy excursion train ride during Depot Days in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Right center of photo is Kathy Riemer and her children Renae and Bryce. Others recognizable in the photo are Lenora Riemer, Frieda Olin, Clara Fairman, Carlyle and Dorothy Porterfield, Winona Walters and grandson Nick.
Depot Museum display case, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Crowd gathers at depot awaiting excursion train in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
First Brigade Band marching at depot grand opening, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Grand opening at the depot museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Note the FS building in the background.
Kristen and Aaron Schwartz sit on the Chicago Madison and Northern diesel #202 at the grand opening of the Depot Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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Brodhead Historical Society depot museum grand opening June, 1981, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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Brodhead Historical Society depot museum grand opening June, 1981, Brodhead, Wisconsin. From left, Ben and Bess Zimmerli, Florence and Susan Beherns.
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Depot Museum Grand Opening - June 1981 - 13
Brodhead Historical Society depot museum grand opening June, 1981, Brodhead, Wisconsin. From left, Bill Beherns, Mr.& Mrs. Gilbert Swartz.
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Depot Museum Grand Opening - June 1981 - 3
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Depot Museum Grand Opening - June 1981 - 9
Brodhead Historical Society depot museum grand opening June 1981, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead Historical Society depot museum renovation, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead Historical Society depot museum renovation, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Freida Olin at left.
City employee in boom truck working on lights and signals on north side of depot during renovation, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Depot, Railroad Employees, Brodhead Depot Office
Two men working in the Brodhead Depot Office.
Employee of Anderson Painting reattaches Brodhead Depot sign during restoration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Clarence Covered Bridge on Route 20 west of Brodhead, Wisconsin, with the floor destroyed by truck. Under the bridge; Ira Coates, Juda, his niece Mary Alice Dunwidde, his nephew Roger Dunwidde, Juda. Bridge was built in 1865.
DeVoe Motors, a Hudson dealership in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Dr. Stuessey and Dr. Baker offices are to the left. A 1941 or 1946 Pontiac is parked in front.
Devoe Motors, Hudson dealership, body shop, Brodhead Body and Fender, Lee Buchanan, Gary Zimmerman, Steve Arn.
Devoe Motors and garage was a Hudson dealership. It was located at 805 East Exchange Street. The building is still standing. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s it was used as an auto body shop called Brodhead Body and Fender. Run by Lee Buchanan and then Gary Zimmerman and Steve Arn.
Clearing land for the new library on the corner of 9th Street and West Second Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Dignitary Speaks at Replica Covered Bride Dedication
A dignitary representative speaks at the replica covered bride dedication near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ditching Machine on the Avon Drainage Canal
A steam powered ditching machine is shown working on the Avon Drainage Canal with the Benson Farm in the background, near Avon, Wisconsin.
Robert Green and Wheeler Searles with their Dixie Flyer Ice Boat.
A Dixie gas station in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
DNR Representative Speaks at Replica Covered Bride Dedication
A DNR representative speaks at the replica covered bride dedication near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Dodge and Stephenson building, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Signs by door say coal and salt for sale.
Dorothy Green of rural Brodhead, Wisconsin in college.
Colorized photo of downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Downtown Brodhead, Amerpohl Department Store, The Baptist Church.
The east side of First Center Avenue in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. Note Amerpohl Department Store on the corner, and the Baptist Church in the background.
Downtown Brodhead, Bank of Brodhead, Schneider Clothing Store, Green County Bank.
The west side of First Center Avenue in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. At left is the Bank of Brodhead, middle is Schneider Clothing Store, and at right is The Green County Bank.
Downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin during winter.
Downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. This is the northwest corner of Center Avenue and Exchange Street.
An unknown man, Dr. Dean Pawlisch and a beautiful black dog.
Two men with car in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The man on the left is Dr. Eli Fairman, who was born in 1845 in Canada and died in 1915 in Brodhead. The man in the car is Rockwell Barns of Brodhead.
Dr. Herbert Stuessy in his Brodhead, Wisconsin office with a patient and nurse.
Dr. John Logan Fleek, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Family doctor for A.N. Lawton family.
"Charcoal Burner" 1957 Chevolet drag race car owned by Carl Schultz, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
"Charcoal Burner" 1957 Chevolet drag race car owned by Carl Schultz at right in photo, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Drain tile in a farm field install by Mr. Warren Peppers of BRodhead, Wisconsin.
Dredging excavator on the Sugar River near Avon, Wisconsin.
Dualittle General Store, Dualittle, Mae Bowen, Sam Wager, Dixon.
Picture says "Grampa Dualittle"s Store". The people in the photo from left are: Mae Bowen, Sam Wager, and "Dad Dixon".
Durner and Laube blacksmith shop in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Several men working in Brodhead, Wisconsin. - Dyna-Vac truck washing equipment. Man on far right is Lee Buchanan. To his right is Francis Saunders.
The E. Bowen - M.J. Condon house at 901 First Center Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
An early scout troop near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ford dealership, Art Searles, Howard Plumb, Riese Building
The interior of an early Ford dealership in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building is listed as being the "Riese Building". The man in the foreground is Art Searles who owned the dealership with Howard Plumb from 1919-1921. The young man in the rear is only listed as Herbert.
Early grain combine at unknown location.
Parade on Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Early Picture of Train at Brodhead Depot
An early shot of a passenger train at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Depot. Windmill and watertower are shown next to train.
Patrons at the early public library in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
South Side Park in Brodhead, Wisconsin before the bandshell and monument were installed. This i now called Veteran's Park.
Early street scene from Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Wagons on East Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. School building is visible in the distance.
East side of Main Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin - United Tire and Service
East Side of Main Street Brodhead Wisconsin
East Side Main Street Brodhead Wisconsin
The East Side of Brodhead, Wisconsin's Main Street.
Part of Business Section - East side of North Main Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin - 1917 - Terry Amerpohl Department Co.
Unknown person at an EUB Easter sunrise service in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The service took place on the hill overlooking Bluff View Park on the A.A. TenEyke farm. 1950's.
EUB Easter sunrise service 1950's, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Man in back center looking at camera is Herb Hawkins.
EUB Easter sunrise service 1950's in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Girl on right playing accordion is Shelby Mauerman.
Ed Lyons, Esther Lyons, Lyons Drug Store, Ray Lyons.
Ed and Esther Lyons. Ed was a brother to Ray Lyons and a partner in Lyons Drug Store in Brodhead, Wisconsin. His wife Esther was a teacher in the Brodhead School District. They lived at 603 West Third Avenue, Brodhead.
Ed Lyons, Esther Lyons, Ray Lyons, Lyons Drug Store.
Ed and Esther Lyons in later life. Ed was a brother of Ray Lyons and a partner in the Lyons Drug Store in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Esther was a teacher in the Brodhead School District. They lived at 603 West Third Avenue in Brodhead.
A group of friends on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Edward H. Brodhead, chief engineer for the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, promised to donate a bell to the first church built in the new town if the town were named after him. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the first to complete a church building in the fall 1858. Mr. Brodhead presented a bell weighing 795 pounds and costing $400 to the Methodists.In 1969 the Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist Churches merged and came together in the EUB building. When the old Methodist Church building was sold the bell was removed and put into storage. In 1975 the bell was moved to the United Methodist Church front lawn at 501 First Center Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was rededicated on October 12, 1975. Pictured in front of the bell are Ann L. Schwartz holding Kristen A. Schwartz.
Elderly couple with farm background. Note on back of photo: "Cecil's farm".
Kevin Olin sits on Truman Olin\'s electric cart in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Kevin was Truman\'s great nephew.
I. O. Bernstein in the electric power plant in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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The electric power plant and old flour mill at the end of the Mill Race in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The electric power plant in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Inside the old electric power plant in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Inside the old electric power plant, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Electrical equipment possibly inside power house, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Elevated View of Clarence Covered Bridge
An elevated view of the CLarence covered bridge over the Sugar River, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Note the people standing in the foreground.
View of downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin from the roof of the old Post Office.
The back of the Emma Leaderman home at 801 East Third Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The front of the Emma Leaderman home at 801 East Third Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
An Austin Excavator works on the Avon Drainage Canal near the Enderson Farm, Avon, Wisconsin.
Saving the Covered Bridge Painting from the old Frank Engebretsen barn in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The painting can now be seen in the Brodhead City Hall Council Chambers. Man in back middle of image is Jerry Earleywine.
Engebretson house at 1007 Fifth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.