Mitchell Lewis Building

Mitchell Lewis Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	815 Eighth Street, Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°43′26.0″N 87°47′25.6″W / 42.723889°N 87.790444°W / 42.723889; -87.790444
Architect	Guilbert and Funston
Architectural style	Late 19th and early 20th century American movements
NRHP reference No.	05000334
Added to NRHP	20 April 2005

The Mitchell Lewis Building is a historic building in Racine, Wisconsin, and a former office building and automobile factory for the Mitchell Motor Company. Designed by the local architectural firm of Guilbert and Funston, it was built in 1910 at 815 Eighth Street,^[1] alongside the Chicago and North Western railroad track. After the Mitchell company went out of business in 1923, the factory was used by Nash Motors until 1929, when it was sold to the J.I. Case company, which used it as a warehouse. Later owned by Massey-Harris, it was used to build tanks during World War II.^[2] In 1960, the building was acquired by Jacobsen Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Textron, which closed the factory on June 29, 2001.^[3] Madison-based firm Gorman and Company, also responsible for the Belle Harbor lofts conversion in Racine, purchased the vacant building and converted it into apartment lofts, which opened October 13, 2004.^[4] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.

1. ^ "Mitchell Lewis Building (Mitchell Lewis Motor Co.)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
2. ^ Tipler, Gary (2004-12-14). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form: Mitchell Lewis Building". US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-07-15. With 11 photos.
3. ^ Burke, Michael. Manufacturing ends at Jacobsen/Textron, Racine Journal Times, 30 Jun. 2001.
4. ^ Lovejoy, Steve. Mitchell Wagon Factory Lofts have rich history, Racine Journal Times, 22 Oct. 2004.

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