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Cream Brick Cottages / Cream Brick
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By Paul F, July 28, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Cream Brick Cottages Marker | | North side of two sided marker | | |
Inscription.
Cream Brick Cottages
Racine’s rapid and diversified industrial growth after the Civil War attracted a large working population to the city. Desiring their own homes, many workers built modest cottages of similar design in wood or brick. A high concentration of the brick cottages can be found in the Northside Historic District of Cream Brick Workers’ Cottages. Bounded by Goold, English, Chatham and Erie streets, these cottages, built between 1881 and 1913, often exhibit Italianate, Queen Anne or Colonial Revival stylistic embellishments.
Cream Brick
Many of Racine’s historic brick buildings were made of cream brick, a local building material manufactured in the city’s brickyards from 1836 to 1914. Recognized by its pale yellow color, the city’s cream brick was molded from calcium and magnesium-rich clay deposits found along Lake Michigan’s shore. Proving to be a durable masonry product, the local brick was used in the construction of several hundred workers’ cottages.
Erected 1998 by Wisconsin State Historical Society. (Marker Number 392.)
Location. 42° 44.88′ N, 87° 47.079′ W. Marker is in Racine, Wisconsin, in Racine County. Marker is at the intersection of N. Main Street| | | | 
By Paul F | |
| | | 2. Cream Brick Marker | | South side of two sided marker. | | |
and Goold Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Main Street. Click for map. Marker located in front of Racine Zoo. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2131 N. Main St, Racine WI 53402, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Racine County Historical Museum (approx. 1.5 miles away); The Blake House / Lucius S. Blake (approx. 1.8 miles away); Southside Historic District/ Southside Historic District Parks (approx. 2.2 miles away); Soldiers of the American Revolution (approx. 2.5 miles away); The Wind Point Lighthouse (approx. 2.7 miles away); Schooner Kate Kelly (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Spark (approx. 4.4 miles away); 1888 Bohemian School House (approx. 4.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Racine. |
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By Paul F, July 28, 2009 | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 10, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 400 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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