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The Grains that Built Door County: 125 Years of History at the Granary

  • Door County Granary 72 E Locust Ct Sturgeon Bay, WI, 54235 United States (map)

Celebrate and help kick-off the Teweles & Brandeis Grain Elevator's 125th Anniversary with a presentation from Peter Lison, Curator at the Door County Museum & Archives. The Grains that Built Door County: a timeline of our agricultural history.

Peter will guide attendees on a deep dive into Door County’s agricultural history from prehistory, the growth of commercial agricultural and industrialization, its eventual decline, and modern agriculture as it is today.

The Teweles & Brandeis Grain Elevator, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1901 on a dock on Sturgeon Bay’s West Waterfront by carpenters E. L. Russell and W. R. Lindsey. Named after the thriving seed company at the turn-of-the-twentieth century, the T&B Grain Elevator was a significant component of the prosperous agricultural economy of the time.

Celebrate 125-years of History!
Free and open to the public.
Beer, wine, and snacks will be available for purchase.

Doors open at 6:00 PM, presentation to begin at 6:30 PM.

Earlier Event: September 10
Sturgeon Bay Historical Hiking Tour
Later Event: September 17
Sturgeon Bay Historical Hiking Tour