CN&W Railroad At Blount St, looking up East Wilson. The building being erected in the background is the State Office Building at One Wilson St. On the extreme left is visible the edge of the McCormick Harvester Building at 301 S. Blount St

600 Block Williamson Street, c. 1938. On right, Machinery Row, Mitchell Filling Station, Crane Plumbing, Fauerbach Brewery; left, 606 Williamson - The Auto Shop, 608 - residence and vacant store built for the law office of John George Ott, 616 - Johann Jacob Reiner House, 624 - residence, 628 - Standard Oil Co. filling station (sign in front of brewery). For a history of Machinery Row, or Implement Row, refer to page 174 of David Mollenhoff's book, Madison: A History of the Formative Years, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2003.

Johann Jacob Reiner House - 616 Williamson St The Reiners, the first Germans to arrive in Madison, the first to marry here, also had the first Christmas tree in Madison in 1948. The Reiner home was a portal to Madison for many Germans immigrating to the United States. Reiner was a partner in Reiner and Beerbaum, a blacksmith and wagon maker shop on the property. This Federal stepped-end gable style of house, a rare type in Madison, was demolished in the 1940s as part of a campaign of City building inspections, sometimes referred to as paint or demolish.

John George Ott Store, 608Williamson, from the Frank Custer Files

The Spot Lunch - 640 Williamson Whi (N48) 21174. Thanks to EYE LEVEL FRAMING for lending the image for copying.

looking down the 600 block of Williamson St, as the north side is being demolished for the street widening project. Machinery Row on the right, and the Fauerbach Brewery in the top center. From the Frank Custer Files.

North side of the 600 block of Williamson St, being demolished for the street widening project. Wilson Hotel is in the background on the left. Backround Right is the Chicago Northwestern Depot. (from the Frank Custer Files)

600 Block of Williamson, towards Capitol. Milwaukee Road East Madison Depot, center. The house-like Germania Hotel on E. Wilson is part of the Essen Haus.