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Sussex Downtown 1966 “Urban Renewal” Fire

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  Sussex Downtown 1966 “Urban Renewal” Fire Transcribed  and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/03/2009   April 26, 1966 – Hundreds of spectators watchas the heart of the old Sussex business district went up in a holocaust. Amongthe spectators was the entire school population from Sussex Main Street School,who were let out of class because of the conflagration…. Read more »

Sussex-Lisbon Area Business History Directory G – L

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Sussex – Lisbon Area Business History Directory (Current & Recent) The Directory links below are to local area businesses, both current, or no longer in active operation. Many more businesses aren’t listed, but will be in the future. Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In… Read more »

Lees Grocery Store History

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The Lees family was a huge factor in the Sussex-Lisbon area from before World War I through the Korean War. At one time the expanded Lees family had a property imprint of more than 150 acres, including today’s Clarence Golner property on Hickory Drive off Silver Spring Road and the subdivisions that include Sunset or Hickory, Sumac and Butternut drives… Read more »

Sussex-Lisbon Area Business History Directory A – B

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Sussex – Lisbon Area Business History Directory (Current & Recent) The Directory links below are to local area businesses, both current, or no longer in active operation. Many more businesses aren’t listed, but will be in the future. Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In… Read more »

Sussex-Lisbon Area Business History Directory C-F

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Sussex – Lisbon Area Business History Directory (Current & Recent) The Directory links below are to local area businesses, both current, or no longer in active operation. Many more businesses aren’t listed, but will be in the future. Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In… Read more »

Butcher Shop History

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Retrospect: Butcher Jack Walter left his mark as Lannon founder, firefighter By FRED KELLER Posted: Mar. 12, 2008, Sussex Sun Back near the turn of the last century, stand-alone meat markets were common, and many remained viable through the 1950s and beyond. A 1923 Waukesha directory listed 39 meat markets, including Sussex’s Herman Kaderabek Meat Market, Templeton’s Charles A. Busse… Read more »

PDQ Gas / Convenience Station

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  PDQ   PDQ (southwest corner Silver Spring Rd. and Lake Five Rd.) looking south December 1, 2009

Gas / Filling Stations & Garage Mechanics

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  Gas / Filling Station & Garage Mechanics Clark Oil & Refining Corp. – Service Stations, N64 W23270 Main St., Sussex, 262-246-7185 Quarry Mart LLC, (Mobile) (262) 246-1999, N52 W23206 Lisbon Rd., Sussex, WI 53089 Quick Corners Sixty-Six now Mobile, W232 N6116 Waukesha Ave, Sussex, WI Jim Heck’s Citgo Svc,N63 W23661 Main St, Sussex, WI BP , N62 W23456 Silver… Read more »

Waukesha Canning Company: Sussex, Lisbon, Templeton

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About a century ago, local farmers started taking their sweet peas to a new canning business on Milwaukee Avenue (today’s Silver Spring Road), the Waukesha Canning Co., which opened a pea vinery about 1908-12. The vinery station was just east of Sussex Creek in the valley adjacent to today’s BP Petro Pantry on a flat piece of land that is… Read more »