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Jacobsen Manufacturing was founded around the turn of the 20th century as a pattern-making shop by Knud Jacobsen, a Danish immigrant who came to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1891. A skilled woodworker, Jacobsen made patterns for automobiles, agricultural machines and electrical equipment. Jacobsen restructured his business as Thor Machine Works in 1917.
August 11, 1987. The Old Main Street Historic District in Racine, Wisconsin is an area including a section of Main Street and which is roughly bounded by Second St., Lake Ave., Fifth St., and Wisconsin Ave. It is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) area with elements dating back to 1847. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
5601 Northwest Hwy. 42°47′28″N 88°15′45″W. / 42.791111°N 88.2625°W / 42.791111; -88.2625 ( Elam Beardsley Farmhouse) Waterford. Italianate-styled farmhouse with hip roofs and walls of cobblestone and split-faced fieldstone, with cut-stone quoins, built about 1855. Beardsley was one of the first settlers of Racine County ...
Racine ( / rəˈsiːn, reɪ -/ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River. [9] Racine is situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and approximately 60 miles (100 km) north of Chicago.
Austin, Texas. / 30.26722°N 97.74306°W / 30.26722; -97.74306. Austin ( / ˈɔːstɪn / AW-stin, UK: / ˈɒstɪn / OST-in) [7] is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, [8] it is ...
The Racine Art Museum (RAM) and RAM's Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts are located in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. The museum holds the largest and most significant contemporary craft collection in North America, with more than 9,500 objects from nationally and internationally recognized artists. The Racine Art Museum's mission is to exhibit ...
NBC Universal 1 hour ago One killed in Oklahoma tornado as severe storms batter central and southern states. e Tuesday, according to the website PowerOutage.us, while 18,000 were without power in ...
Hansen House (Racine, Wisconsin) / 42.73611°N 87.78444°W / 42.73611; -87.78444. The Hansen House in Racine, Wisconsin is a Greek Revival style house probably built between 1854 and 1856 by carpenter Thomas Fuller. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in 1979.