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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, situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. [9]
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 of the Wisconsin Territory. Racine County comprises the Racine ...
In the first term of the Wisconsin Legislature (1848), Racine was re-incorporated as a city. Racine has always since then utilized a mayor-council form of government. [1] Mayors were initially elected every year; a two-year mayoral term was adopted in 1891, and a four-year term was implemented in 1991. The first mayor of Racine was Reuben M ...
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.
Location. Racine, Wisconsin 43°3′10.1″N 87°53′59.3″W / 43.052806°N 87.899806°W / 43.052806; -87.899806. NRHP reference No. 77000147. Added to NRHP. October 18, 1977. The Southside Historic District is a large, prestigious historic neighborhood in Racine, Wisconsin, including over 500 contributing structures in various ...
Academy of Dance offers classes in ballet, pointe, tap and jazz to children, teens and adults in their downtown Racine studio. Guy Singer Dance Studio provides lessons in ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom and Latin dance for ages 3 and up. The studio also hosts Zumba fitness classes. Metamorphosis Arts is a dance studio in downtown Racine that ...
Main Street Bridge 1928. Location. The Main Street Bridge is a double-leafed bascule bridge in Racine, Wisconsin that carries Main Street over the Root River, connecting downtown Racine to the north side of the city, where it becomes North Main Street. The bridge is the last to cross the Root River before it enters Lake Michigan, and its two ...