Pfister & Vogel (P&V) was an American tannery business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][2]
Frederick Vogel emigrated from Wurtemberg, Germany to Milwaukee. In 1848, he founded a tannery on Milwaukee's Menominee River. Having also emigrated from Wurtemberg in 1845, Vogel's cousin Guido Pfister opened a shoe store on nearby West Water Street. They joined forces as the Pfister & Vogel Leather Company in 1853, and their company thrived, becoming one of the largest leather producers in the country.[3] August H. Vogel was vice-president of the company until his death.
The company changed hands several times. Its last owners, U.S. Leather Company, shut it down in 2000.[4]
The original Pfister & Vogel campus on Water Street in Downtown Milwaukee was demolished and the site cleaned and prepared for development in 2007.[5] Between 2008 and 2017, Milwaukee based developer Mandel Group constructed a four phase mixed-used development on the grounds. The North End consists of six apartment buildings, a Fresh Thyme grocery store and other retail tenants. The complex contains 673 apartments.[6]
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- ^ "Pfister & Vogel Leather Company". Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ "Pfister/Vogel/Uihlein Family, 1848-1982". Milwaukee County Historical Society. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ Woods, Clif F. "How Two German Boys Started Milwaukee's Tanneries" Milwaukee Telegram, November 6, 1921
- ^ City of Milwaukee Department of City Development "Interim Historic Designation Study Report: Herman Zohrlaut Leather Company/Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company, 1531 North Water Street" City of Milwaukee: November, 2001
- ^ "Demolition of tannery to begin soon". 5 June 2007.
- ^ "From former tannery to high-end housing: The North End helps transform downtown Milwaukee".