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Frederick Ketter Warehouse (Walter Geiger Horseradish Factory)

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c. 1891. 325 W. Vine St.
  • (Photograph by Andrew Hope)

When grocer Frederick Ketter commissioned this little brick warehouse, his builders gave its narrow facade a strongly vertical orientation, concluding in a stepped gable that strongly recalls the Renaissance-era urban merchant houses of northern Europe. Tall windows recede between soaring pilasters, each terminating in a heavy capstone. The building remained in use as a grocery warehouse until 1926. Walter Geiger bought it in 1936 and converted it into a horseradish- and honey-bottling plant, as recorded in a faded sign panel above the main entrance.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Marsha Weisiger et al.
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Citation

Marsha Weisiger et al., "Frederick Ketter Warehouse (Walter Geiger Horseradish Factory)", [Milwaukee, Wisconsin], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WI-01-MI39.

Print Source

Buildings of Wisconsin

Buildings of Wisconsin, Marsha Weisiger and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, 90-90.

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