South Germantown Village Tour
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Main Street at Gehls/Railroad Spur
Heading West On Main To Broadway

Walterlin Brothers Meat Market:

South side west of rail spur; first house; owners Aaron and Matilda "Odelia" (Hauser) and Herbert and Rose (Greulich) Walterlin. Pictured in the book GERMANTOWN The Early Years 1838 - 1915, page 60. Building originally built by John and Magdalene (Friess) Walterlin in 1883 as identified in a Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper article published in 1942. Right picture as the building looked in 1999. John, Magdalene, Aaron, Odelia, Herbert and Rose are all buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee. Photos of Aaron and Odelia can be seen here.

Please note in the right picture, on the left side of Main Street, in the background, you will see the Feed Mill and Ben Duerrwaechter's facility. Actual pictures of the Feed Mill and Schaetzel Oil have yet to be found. The picture was taken with the photographer probably standing on top a railroad car.

Frank and Emilie Schwalbach Home

Schwalbach Residence: south side, west of Walterlin; 1930, Frank and Emilie Schwalbach.

John and Caroline Schwalbach Home

Schwalbach Residence: south side; west of Frank and Emilie; 1930, John L. and Caroline Schwalbach.

Wolfe Residence: not pictured; north side; west of Gehl's Dairy, NW corner Main and North; 1930, Elvestre Wolfe; the bulding was removed by Gail Dairy to allow for building expansion.

Art and Mae Schmidt Home

Schmidt Residence: north side, west of Wolfe; 1930, Arthur and Mae Schmidt and children Arthur and Jean. A picture of Arthur and Mae can be found here.

Frank and Henreitta Klevenow Home

Klevenow Residence: north side, west of Schmid; 1930, Frank and Henreitta Klevenow with children Gerald and Ruth; upstairs, Alfred and Clara Strack.

Frederic and Genevieve (Campfield) Mehre with Children Fred and Gwen

Mehre Residence: The boarding house is located on north side, west of Klevenow. In 1930 owned by William and Hattie Germs. In the mid 1940s by Frederic and Genevieve (Campfield) Mehre. A biographical sketch of the Mehre family can be found here. Pictures of Frederic and Genevieve can be found here. The picture on the right, above, was taken in 1999.

Ice Cream Shop

Ice Cream Shop: northeast corner Church and Main. On the right as it looked in 1999. In the 1940s owned by Koenings, later LeRoy Segebarth, then Lucky and Geraldine Frank. Formerly a restaurant owned by Billy and Viola Smith; also identified as an ice cream parlor; identified in the early days to have been used as a cheese factory. Picture on the right taken in 1999.

On Church Street: Heading Towards Fond du Lac

Beaver Hall

Beaver Hall: East side; Ladies social club; later Prost Cabinet shop. On the right as it looked in 1999. The bulding was removed in the late 1990s to allow for expansion of the Gehl complex. Picture on the right taken in 1999.

South Germantown Volunteer Fire Company, 1926

Fire House #3: west side; across the street from Beaver Hall. Been replace by Germantown Family Practice Clinic. Details on the fire company can be found here.

Calvary Community Church:

Located on the east side of the street, north of Beaver Hall. Corner stone laid 4 July 1926 with dedication on the 24th of October that same year. The church bulding was removed in the late 1990s to allow for expansion of the Gehl complex. A history of the church can be found A short history of the church can be found here.

Edward and Helen Helm

Helm Home: west side; across from church Edwin and Helen Helm and daughter Virginia.

Odelia Walterlin Home

Walterlin Residence: west side, north of Helm; 1940s, Odelia Walterlin's log like home later owned by John and Jean Zabrowski.

William and Arlene Sennott Home

Sennott Residence: west side, north of Rose; 1940s, William and Arlene (Walterlin) Sennott with children Kathleen, Sue Ann and Marilee.

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