Greendale in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin

(1835-1906)

Photographed by Paul F, circa July 9, 2009

1. Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin Marker

Inscription. Born in Detroit to Irish immigrant parents, Curtin came to Milwaukee in 1837 to join his mother’s family the Furlongs and settle on a farm in Greenfield. In the 1840’s the Curtins moved into this typically Irish stone house described in Curtin’s Memoirs. After his father’s death Jeremiah persevered in his love for learning and languages and graduated from Harvard College in 1863. His command of Russian won him a position in the U.S. Legation in St. Petersburg in 1864, thus launching his forty-year world-wide career as linguist, translator (Sienkiewicz’s Quo Vadis), ethnologist, folklorist, and diplomat. He died and was buried at his wife’s Vermont home in Bristol.

Erected 1973 by The Shamrock Club of Wisconsin, Inc. and Milwaukee County Historical Society. (Marker Number 196.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1837.

Location. 42° 56.675′ N, 88° 1.323′ W. Marker is in Greendale, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is on West Grange Avenue half a mile west of South 76th Street, on the right when traveling

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east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8685 West Grange Avenue, Greendale WI 53129, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee.

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 the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wisconsin's Lime Industry (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Janesville Plank Road (approx. half a mile away); St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Voight - Boerner Botanical Gardens Director, 1941-1979 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Black Botanical Heritage: (approx. 0.8 miles away); Early 1900s Business District (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hose Tower and Grounds Building (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hales Corners – A Farm Village (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greendale.

Also see . . . Jeremiah Curtin - Wikipedia. (Submitted on August 26, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Photographed by Paul F, circa July 9, 2009

2. Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,555 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.