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Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ 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, situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. [9]
Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. "Hib" Johnson, the building was constructed from 1936 to 1939. [3] Its distinctive "lily pad" columns and other innovations revived ...
UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 1st. Website. www.racinecounty.com. Racine County (/ rəˈsiːn, reɪ -/ rə-SEEN, ray-) is a county in southeastern Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 197,727, [1] making it Wisconsin's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Racine. [2] The county was founded in 1836, then a part ...
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.
2219 Washington Ave. 42°42′49″N 87°48′22″W / 42.713611°N 87.806111°W / 42.713611; -87.806111 (George Murray House) Racine. Fine 2-story cream brick Italianate house designed by Walter Blythe and built in 1874. Murray was a Scottish immigrant who joined a lumber, lathe and shingle business in Racine.
Jerome Case, inventor; Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company Matthew M. Fox (1911–1964), vice president of Universal Pictures; George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Karls, Alan R. Racine's Horlick Athletic Field: Drums Along the Foundries. The History Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-62619-444-1; Macy, Sue. A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Puffin, 1995. ISBN 0-14-037423-X; Madden, W. C. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland ...
All Saints Hospital is the primary hospital in Racine, Wisconsin. The hospital consists of two campuses operating under the same name: the primary Spring Street campus and the Wisconsin Avenue campus at 1320 Wisconsin Avenue. All Saints is one of 18 hospitals in the Wheaton Franciscan system, a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization ...