Business
|
Location
|
Year(s)
|
Notes
|
| Badger
State Agricultural Implement Manufacturing Co. |
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Abt.
1866 - 1919 |
1866
directors: J. M. Burgess, President; Hiram Bowen, Secretary;
Cyrus Miner, Treasurer; R. J. Richardson; H. Richardson |
| Badger
State Machine |
----- |
----- |
see
Badger State Agricultural Implement Manufacturing Co. |
| Baines,
Heddles & Co. |
----- |
Abt.
1881 - ? |
tobacco
warehouse |
| Barrows,
E. S. |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
hardware |
| Bassett
& Echlin Harness & Saddlery Co. |
first & second floors, Armory Block, W. Milwaukee
St. |
?
- 1902 |
harnesses & saddles; one of the top 15 companies
in Janesville in 1908 |
| Court & Park Sts. |
1902
- 1907 |
| east end of Court Street Bridge |
1907
- 1908 - ? |
| Bicknell
Mfg. & Supply Co. |
22-24
N. Academy St. |
?
- 1927 - ? |
radios,
accessories, parts; automotive supplies & parts; mechanics
tools |
| Blodget
Milling Co. |
----- |
?
- 1908 - ? |
one
of the top 15 companies in Janesville in 1908 |
| Bower
City Implement Company |
corner
of Milwaukee & Bluff Sts. |
1919
- 1936 |
agricultural
equipment manufacturer (Philip Doheny, proprietor in 1919) |
| Brown
& Hughes Impelement Co. |
----- |
?
- 1954 - ? |
John
Deere, Bolens, Delaval, Jacobsen & Jamesway sales & service |
| Bump
& Gray |
corner
of High & Railroad |
1857
- (past 1874) |
proprietors
Bump & Gray's Elevators; grain, produce, stock & wool
manufacturers |
| Burgess |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
cigar
manufacturer |
| Clark,
Fred T. |
- corner of Main &
- Milwaukee
|
?
- 1876 - ? |
- wholesale & retail dealer
- of green, dried & preserved
- fruits; cigars, tobacco, etc.
|
| C.O.D.
Harness Shop |
15
S. Main St. |
Pre-1898 |
H.
F. Sadler, proprietor; light & heavy harness, turf goods,
lap robes, blankets, trunks, whips, etc. |
| Conrad
Bros. |
----- |
Abt.
1880? |
tobacco
buyer |
| DeLong,
J. G. |
----- |
Abt.
1880? |
tobacco
buyer |
| Doolittle,
W. J. |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
hardware |
| Doty
Mfg. Co. |
----- |
1853
- 1908 - ? |
manufacturer
of Doty washing machine; made punches & shears in 1908 &
was one of the top 15 companies in Janesville |
| Douglas
Hardware Co. |
15-17
S. River St. |
?
- 1925 - 1927 - ? |
hardware,
stoves & sheet metal work (Frank Douglas, prop.) |
| Fisher,
Asel |
----- |
?
- 1911 - ? |
tobacco
warehouse |
| Green
Brother's Leaf Tobacco House |
207
N. Academy St. |
?
- 1904 - 1907 - ? |
packers
of leaf tobacco; M. F. Green, one of the proprietors |
| Griffith,
J. |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
hardware |
| Harris
& Smith |
----- |
Abt.
1885 - 1903 |
barbed
wire manufacturer; became Janesville Barbed Wire |
| Harris
Manufacturing Co. |
west
side, near lower bridge |
1859
- 1870 - ? |
manufacturer
of farm implements |
| Helgesen
Bros. Implement Co. |
302
Laurel Ave. |
?
- 1954 - ? |
Oliver
dealer |
| Hibbard,
F. M. |
----- |
Abt.
1880? |
tobacco
buyer |
| Ideal
Feed Co. |
507
Laurel Ave. |
?
- 1954 - ? |
poultry,
hog & dairy feeds; fertilizer; grinding & mixing feed;
Purina dealer |
| Janesville
Barbed Wire Co. |
----- |
1903
- 1921 |
barbed
wire manufacturer; was Harris & Smith; renamed Janesville
Fence & Post Co. in 1921 |
| Janesville
Cement Post |
----- |
1903
- 1909 |
became
Wisconsin Sand & Gravel |
| Janesville
Cigar Co. |
[downtown] |
1909
- ? |
----- |
| Janesville
Cotton Mfg. Co. |
----- |
1874
- 1900 |
first
cotton mill in north-central U.S.; first cotton-maker in WI |
| Janesville
Fence & Post Co. |
----- |
1921
- 1938 |
barbed
wire manufacturer; was Janesville Barbed Wire Co.; became a a
hardware store in 1938 (later Harris Ace Hardware) |
| Janesville
Hay Tool Company |
----- |
?
- 1889 - 1903 |
became
the Rock River Hay Tool Company; see the Rock
County Historical Society website for more information (under
Online Exhibits) |
| Janesville
Hide & Leather Co. |
222 W. Milwaukee |
1918 - 1935 |
tanning shop |
| 222 W. Milwaukee |
1935 - 1940 |
retail leather outlet |
| Janesville
Iron Works |
River
St. |
1852
- 1855 - ? |
first
iron works in city; stationary & portable engines, boilers,
threshing machines, reapers, plows, cornshellers, etc.; Joseph
H. Budd, prop.; emp. 75-100 men; mfg. $70,000 of products in
1855 |
| Janesville
Machine Co. |
----- |
1881
- 1919 |
farm
machinery; became Samson Tractor Company |
| Janesville
Traction Co. |
----- |
1910 |
formed
to take over streetcar service; owned by a NJ holding company |
| Joyce,
J. M. |
N.
Main St. |
? |
farrier |
| Kent,
A. C. |
----- |
?
- 1896 - ? |
manufacturer
of corn planters, corn hooks, tobacco choppers, rotary lawnmower;
history & photos in Headlight
Souvenir Edition: Janesville, Wis. |
| Marquese
(Julius) & Co. |
----- |
?
- 1908 - ? |
tobacco
warehouse |
| Master
Feed Mills, Inc. |
616
W. Milwaukee |
?
- 1954 - ? |
Master
Mix feeds |
| McKeigue,
T. F. |
----- |
?
- 1905 - ? |
manufacturer
of "Grand Duke" and "Dum Dum" cigars |
| Meyers
(O. F.) Tobacco & Cigar Store |
Main
St. |
?
- 1854 - ? |
also
liquors & wines |
| Nash
& Cutts |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
fanning
mill |
| Parker
& Evenson |
Main
St. |
Aft.
1849 - 1856 - ? |
manufactured
400 steel plows & 200 harrows & cultivators in 1856;
started on Main St., moved several times & returned |
| Powe
& Stevens |
Wall
& Madison Sts. |
?
- 1881 - ? |
tobacco
warehouse |
| Richardson,
R. J. |
----- |
?
- Abt. 1866 |
manufacturer
of drills and cultivators; became part of the Badger State Agricultural
Implement Manufacturing Company |
| Rock
River Hay Tool Company |
----- |
1903
- Abt. 1905 |
previously
the Janesville Hay Tool Co.; became the Strickler Hay Tool Company |
| Rock
River Iron Works |
----- |
1858
- 1866 - ? |
reapers,
threshing machines, horse-powers, sorghum mills, general foundry
work; J. Harris, proprietor |
| Rock
County Sugar Co. |
Emerald
Grove Rd. |
1904
- 1908 - ? |
sugar
beet factory; Capt. James Davidson, prop.; in 1908, it was one
of the top 15 companies in the city |
| Samson
Tractor Company |
----- |
1919
- 1921 |
previously
Janesville Machine Company; became Chevrolet assembly line |
| Schlueter
Boiler Works |
----- |
1919
- 1935 |
- boiler manufacture & service;
became Schueter Boiler Works & Dairy Supply Co.
|
| Schlueter
Boiler Works & Dairy Supply Co. |
----- |
1935
- ? |
- boiler manufacture & service;
dairy supply; was Schluter Boiler Works; became Schlueter Co.
|
| Schlueter
Co. |
----- |
?
- present |
- boiler manufacture & service;
dairy supply; was Schlueter Boiler Works & Dairy Supply Co.
|
| Sexton,
C. |
west
side of Rock River |
1853
- ? |
- plow & cultivator manufacturer;
C. Sexton, prop.; later joined by son H. B. Sexton
|
| Sheldon
Hardware Co. |
----- |
?
- 1919 - 1925 - ? |
- hardware, sporting goods, tires
|
| Smith
(H. L.) & Co. |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
the
Clow Reaper |
| Spellman
(J. L.) |
----- |
?
- 1908 - ? |
cigar
store |
| Stone
Mill |
----- |
1859
- 1866 - ? |
- woolen mills; 1866: 19 looms; manufactured
150,000+ pounds of wool a year; 30 employees; proprietor F. Whittaker
|
| Strickler
Hay Tool Company |
----- |
Abt.
1905 - ? |
previously
the Rock River Hay Tool Company; merged with the Hudson Mfg.
Co. of Minneapolis, MN in early 1920s |
| Thoroughgood
& Co. |
foot
of Pease Court |
1877
- 1906 - ? |
cigar boxes & cigar box lumber;
orig. owned by Fred Morse; John Thoroughgood & F. Stevens,
proprietors; one of the top 15 companies in Janesville in 1908 |
| 205
N. Main |
1906
- 1908 - ? |
| Townsend
Mfg. Co. / Townsend Tractor Co. |
S.
Franklin St. & Rockport Rd. |
1914
- <1925 |
tractor
manufacturer; became Townsend Tractor in 1914; see a 1962 photo
of a 15-30hp
Townsend* |
| Treader
Tire Sales & Service |
11
N. Parker Dr. |
?
- 1954 - ? |
Kelly-Springfield
tractor, passenger car & truck tires & tubes; Vulanizing |
| Trunk
& Leather Goods Store |
227
W. Milwaukee St. |
?
- 1927 - ? |
leather
findings (J. W. Tuite & C. C. Tuite, props.) |
| Victora
Bros. & Butler |
18
S. River St. |
?
- 1927 - ? |
hardware
merchant |
| Welch's
Warehouse |
----- |
?
- 1901 - ? |
tobacco
warehouse; Charles Hudson, foreman in 1901 |
| Wheeler
(F. A.) & Sons |
----- |
1854
- 1866 - ? |
- woolen mills; 1866: 8 looms; manufactured
50,000 pounds of wool a year; 23 employees
|
| Wisconsin
Sand & Gravel |
----- |
1909
- ? |
was
Janesville Cement Post |
| Withington,
Charles B. |
Corn
Exchange block |
? |
jeweler;
also invented a twine binder and a wire binder |
| Woodruff
Buckle Factory |
N.
Franklin St. |
?
- Bef. 1905 |
manufacturer
of tongueless buckles for harnesses & overshoes; H. Sherman
Woodruff, proprietor |
| Woodward
(E. H.) & Co. |
----- |
?
- 1866 - ? |
cigar
manufacturers |
