J.H. Hunzinger and Company Photographs and Scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: 1992-07

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of photographs and information regarding specific projects while the Hunzinger Construction Company was still located in Iowa. Many of the projects are local buildings.

Dates

Creation: 1876 - 1893

Creator

Hostetler Studio (Organization)
Hunzinger Corporation (Organization)
Chamberlin, J A (Person)
Fromader, Edward (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.

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Biographical / Historical

Hunzinger Construction Company is a fourth generation, family-owned company that has continuously served the construction industry in Southeast Wisconsin since 1907. Founded in Iowa by brothers John, Frank, Fred, and Charles, who wanted to leave their farm lives behind, the company was called J.H. Hunzinger and Company. They began modestly by building one-room schoolhouses and homes using mule teams to do everything from hauling materials to digging basements. Twenty-one years later in 1928, one year before the stock market crash, Frank and Fred Hunzinger moved to Milwaukee and initiated their own construction firm – Hunzinger Construction Company. Together, they took on new projects, first building schools and churches, and later office buildings and manufacturing plants. Their survival and flourishing growth following The Great Depression years allowed the company to thrive and expand, completing projects from Minnesota to Texas.