Carl Gottlieb Heins House
The Carl Gottlieb Heins House is listed in the state and National Register of Historic Places.
Kiel Historical Society - 1999
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
Location. 43° 54.734′ N, 88° 1.94′ W. Marker is in Kiel, Wisconsin, in Manitowoc County. It is at the intersection of Fremont Street (Wisconsin Route 32/57) and 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on Fremont Street. The marker is on the front/north facade of the Carl Gottlieb Heins House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 227 Fremont Street, Kiel WI 53042, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kiel Veterans Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); New Holstein Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); H. C. Timm House (approx. 3.7 miles away); New Holstein (approx. 4.2 miles away); Gewidmet Unseren Kriegern 1861 - 65. (approx. 4.2 miles away); Civic Park (approx. 4.2 miles away); The Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park & Wildlife Area (approx. 4.4 miles away); The Marsh Turn (approx. 4½ miles away).
Regarding Carl Gottlieb Heins House. National Register of Historic Places № 98000433.
From the National Register Nomination prepared by Peter J. Adams, 11/25/1996:
The Heins House is a one-and-a-half story Colonial Revival residence built of masonry in 1906 with a one story rear addition. The plan configuration is rectangular, and the foundations are rock-faced ashlar limestone. The walls are yellow brick with a stretcher bond, and the roof is a front gable gambrel shingled with ornamental pressed sheet metal. A full-width porch extends across the north or frontfacade with dressed stone piers, columnar porch supports, flat roof, and spindled balustrade and roof railing. A one-story addition on the south facade contains an enclosed integral porch and pantry. The addition foundations are rock-faced ashlar limestone, the walls are clapboard to the west and brick to the east, and the roof is flat with a spindled roof railing. A small polygonal bay is centered on the west facade, and the main roof includes one large gabled cross dormer on each slope, faced and shingled with ornamental pressed sheet metal. The roof also includes a central chimney of yellow brick.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 21, 20182. Carl Gottlieb Heins House MarkerThe marker is mounted on the right side of the front entrance.The front entry is located on the north facade and is comprised of a single full-length lighted door. The rear entry is located on the south facade and is comprised of a single half-length lighted door within the integral porch of the addition. A third entry opens out onto the rear porch roof and is comprised of a single half-length lighted door glazed with an etched glass panel of a deer.
The Carl Gottlieb Heins House is significant for its association with businessman Carl Heins, who was a leading figure in local government, banking, and industrial development. Built and occupied by Heins in the last years of his life, the house is reflective of a significant period of growth and achievement in which Heins played a leading role. Heins developed a reputation for honesty, leadership, and business acumen which eventually earned him a position of trust in the community. As early as 1874 he was elected founding secretary of the Kiel Cemetery Association. From this simple beginning he went on to become co-founder of the Kiel Woodenware Company in 1884 and the Kiel Manufacturing Company in 1892, the community's two principal industries at the time. That same year he was a petitioner for the incorporation of the village and elected its first president. Six years later in 1898 Heins organized and became president of the Kiel State Bank, capitalized at $50,000.
Heins' varied business interests contributed significantly to the growth, stability, and economic vitality of Kiel. His general store, in continuous operation for over fifty years, became one of the mercantile landmarks of the business district. In addition to serving several terms as village president, Heins acted as notary public, village clerk, justice of the peace, and elections inspector. Kiel Woodenware, of which Heins was treasurer, employed more than 100 of the community's 1,000 residents in 1900, making it the largest employer at the time.
While unquestionably one of the key public figures in Kiel, Heins lived simply. Widowed in 1875, he and his children occupied rooms on the west side of the Heins general store until 1906. In that year, with one of his eight children still at home, Heins began construction of a house less than one hundred feet to the east. Built at a cost of $2,700, the new residence was occupied by Heins and his daughter Minnie for only two years. After his death the house was rented for a period of time and then sold.
Also see . . . Carl Gottlieb Heins (1830-1997) (Find A Grave).
(Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA) Excerpt: He was born in Holstein-Schleswig, Germany, on October 7, 1830. When a young man, in the year 1850, he came to this country and located in what is now the village of Kiel. Shortly afterwards he engaged in the mercantile business and continued in that line until death called him. From the time of its organization, until his death, he acted as president of the State Bank of Kiel. He was the first president of the village and was reelected several times. With the exception of several years, he served as justice of the peace during all of his residence in Kiel, was village clerk and held offices of lesser importance. One of the organizers of the Kiel Woodenware Company, he was its treasurer for many years, and few measures of importance were carried out without his sanction. Fraternally, he was an Odd Fellow.(Submitted on April 18, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 18, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
