Company type | Private company |
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Industry | General manufacturing |
Predecessor | 1886 as chair company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (name unknown) |
Founded | 1888 in Port Washington, Wisconsin |
Founders | Fred A. Dennett |
Defunct | 1954 |
Fate | Defunct |
Headquarters | , |
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Products | Furniture & Records |
Number of employees | 800 (1899) |
The Wisconsin Chair Company[1] was a manufacturer of furniture and crafted wood products from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. It ran a large factory that for over half a century was the economic backbone of Port Washington, Wisconsin. The factory was destroyed twice: the first time by a huge, devastating fire in 1899 and the second time by demolition in 1959.