Cotton House (Green Bay, Wisconsin)

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Cotton House
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Location2640 South Webster Ave.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°28′26″N88°1′58″W / 44.47389°N 88.03278°W / 44.47389; -88.03278 Coordinates: 44°28′26″N88°1′58″W / 44.47389°N 88.03278°W / 44.47389; -88.03278
Area4.0 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1840
ArchitectJudge Joseph Penn Arndt
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 70000026
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1970

The Cotton House is a historic house located at 2640 South Webster Avenue within the Heritage Hill State Historical Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance on April 28, 1970. [1]

Heritage Hill State Historical Park

Heritage Hill State Historical Park, also called Heritage Hill State Park, is a 48-acre (19 ha) open-air museum in Allouez near Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. A Wisconsin state park, the site is operated by a non-profit organization called the Heritage Hill Foundation in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Heritage Hill Corporation operates, maintains and develops the park under terms of a lease with the DNR.

Green Bay, Wisconsin City in Wisconsin, United States

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. The population was 104,057 at the 2010 census. Green Bay is the third-largest city in the state of Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison, and the third-largest city on Lake Michigan's west shore, after Chicago and Milwaukee. Green Bay is home to the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.

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Description and history

The Cotton House was built right around 1840, and was originally located at the corner of Beaupre and Webster Avenue. [2] It was built by Judge Joseph Penn Arndt for John Cotton, whose family stayed in the house until 1893 when it was sold to J. W. Woodruff. Woodruff lived there until 1896, when he sold it to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, who used it as an orphanage until 1933. In 1938, the Brown County Historical Society began moving the house to its current location. The house has served as a museum since 1941.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay diocese of the Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay was established on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX. It covers the city of Green Bay, as well as Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago counties in Wisconsin. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Orphanage residential institution devoted to the care of orphans

Historically, an orphanage was a residential institution, or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological families. Examples of what would cause a child to be placed in orphanages are when the biological parents were deceased, the biological family was abusive to the child, there was substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home that was detrimental to the child, or the parents had to leave to work elsewhere and were unable or unwilling to take the child. The role of legal responsibility for the support of children whose parent(s) have died or are otherwise unable to provide care differs internationally.

Museum institution that holds artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, historical, or other importance

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References

  1. "Cotton House". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  2. "Cotton House". Heritage Hill State Historical Park. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2012-01-25.