Wisconsin Chair Company

Wisconsin Chair Company

Main Factory
Company type	Private company
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	Port Washington, Wisconsin , United States
Key people	John Bostwick (as vice president in 1899 and president in 1920) George B. Mattoon (as co-founder of predecessor)
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.