Business
|
Location
|
Year(s)
|
Notes
|
| Badger
State Warp Mills |
near the west end of the upper dam |
1880 - ? |
mills and, later, manufacturer of cotton batting;
Chester Bailey, proprietor; sold to the Howe brothers & became
the Rock River Cotton Co. |
| Bates,
Jerry |
----- |
1855 - 1864; 1865 - ? |
broom maker; first in city; served in Civil War 1864-1865 |
| Blodget
Milling Co. |
----- |
? - 1906 - 1908 - ? |
one of the top 15 companies in Janesville in 1908 |
| Bower
City Machine Co. |
----- |
1917 - Abt. 1942 |
manufacturer of heavy machinery |
| Choate-Hollister
Co. |
----- |
? - 1908 - ? |
table manufacturer; one of the top 15 companies in
Janesville in 1908 |
| Doty,
Henry A. |
north of Thoroughgood factory |
Abt. 1877? - ? |
cigar box manufacturer |
| Frask,
M. W. |
Main St. (opposite the public square) |
1846 - ? |
furniture maker |
| Hanson
Furniture Factory |
east side of Rock River |
? - 1853 - ? |
furniture maker |
| Hough
Shade / Hough Mfg. Corp. |
S. Jackson St., south of Delavan Dr. (later Norwood
Rd., then Kennedy Dr.) |
1902 - present |
shades, hammocks, etc. (later added room dividers);
started by Azel Hough; sons John E. & Albert R. Hough ran
in through the 1980s |
| Janesville
Cement Post |
----- |
1903 - ? |
----- |
| Janesville
Furniture Factory |
Rock River raceway |
1864 - ? |
furniture manufacturer; W. B. Britton, Fenner Kimball
& W. H. Ashcraft, owners |
| Miner,
Alvin |
Milwaukee St. |
1847 - 1852 |
furniture maker; sold to Morse & Martin |
| Morse
& Martin |
Milwaukee St. |
1852 - 1860 |
furniture manufacturer; bought from Alvin Miner; J.
F. Morse & S. A. Martin, owners |
| Rock River raceway |
1860 - ? |
| Morse,
Fred |
----- |
1874 - 1877 |
owned several small businesses; bought out by Thoroughgood |
| Rock
River Cotton Co. |
nearly whole block between Franklin, River, Wall &
W. Bluff Sts. |
? - 1902 - 1908 - ? |
originally Badger State Warp Mills; T. O. & Fred
Howe, proprietors |
| Rock
River Woolen Mills |
----- |
? - 1908 - ? |
woolen mills; one of the top 15 companies in Janesville
in 1908 |
| 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.
|
