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13-year-old John George Ott immigrated to Madison from Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1850. He started clerking in a store and in three years managed to save $850. He later recalled that he "was so much encouraged by my phenomenal success, that I undertook to purchase a homestead and built a store in a location which at that time was known as 'in the woods.'"
Ott was a German-Swiss immigrant who ran a grocery store on Williamson Street, a brickyard, and later an insurance and real estate business. He was also active in the Old Settler's Club, the Turnerverein, the Mannerchor, and the German Masonic Lodge. [9] The Close house at 731 Jenifer St is an early, modest Queen Anne-style house built in 1891.
The Albert Ott House is a historic house in Olathe, Kansas, U.S.. It was built in 1894 for Albert Ott, the president of the Olathe State Bank, and his wife Helena Hyer, whose brother founded the Hyer Boot Company. [2] It was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style. [2]
Schottenstein Stores owns stakes in DSW and American Signature Furniture; 15% of American Eagle Outfitters, retail liquidator SB360 Capital Partners, over 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing its shoes and furniture.
The Gothenburg or Trust Public House system originated in the 1860s in Gothenburg, Sweden, [1] in an attempt to control the consumption of spirits. Earlier in the century, 34 litres annual per capita consumption of spirits was recorded in Sweden. In 1855 the country proscribed domestic distillation. The city of Gothenburg awarded its sole ...
The 18,000 square foot beer hall is modeled after the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München, [1] [2] and has a patio. [3] Hofbräuhaus Columbus opened in late October 2014. [4] [5] [6]
The East Broad Street Historic District in Columbus, Ohio is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The district includes the section of East Broad Street from Ohio Avenue on the west to Monypenny Street on the east. [1]
Engine House No. 12 is a former fire station in the Olde Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Today it primarily houses Gemüt Biergarten , a German restaurant, brewery, and biergarten , with its second story used for offices. [ 2 ]