Lauerman Brothers Department Store Explained
| Lauerman Brothers Department Store |
| Location: | 1701--1721 Dunlap Sq., Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | 45.0994°N -87.6308°W |
| Built: | 1884 |
| Architecture: | Classical Revival, Italianate |
| Added: | February 24, 1992 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 92000027 |
Lauerman Brothers Department Store was a department store chain in the early 20th century. Its flagship store in Marinette, Wisconsin is a registered historic place. The chain consisted of 13 stores in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2013 the Wisconsin Historical Society Press published a history of the chain titled "Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store" by Michael Leannah. (ISBN 0870205811)[3]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/marinette/state.html National Register of Historical Places - WISCONSIN (WI), Marinette County
- Web site: Culture, Rural Voices: Gender and Factory Work in the Upper Peninsula – Part One . Russell . Magnaghi . June 12, 2021 . Rural Voices . Lauermans, which opened in 1904, - 1985 was the leading department store in the southern Upper Peninsula and a majority of its employees were women and . Upper Peninsula and to the south of Menominee across the river in Marinette, Wisconsin. The difference between the clothing or women’s shop was that department stores were usually several stories in size and carried a variety of goods–groceries, clothing for women, men and children, undergarments, notions, yarn, cloth, linen, ready-made clothing, furniture, carpets, draperies, office supplies–to name a few housed in separate departments. . March 17, 2024.
- Book: Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store . Michael . Leannah . English . . August 26, 2013. 9780870205880.
- The Church and the Land: The National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American Society, 1923–2007. P.J. . Nelson . The Annals of Iowa . 2014 . pubs.lib.uiowa.edu.
- Book: For Love and Money: Portraits of Wisconsin Family Businesses . 93 . Carl . Corey . . 1st . March 15, 2014 . English . 978-0870206467 . 087020646X . Hardcover.
