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"History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin, 1914, Past and Present"

Chapter  34 - Eau Claire Industries

Phoenix Furniture Company

(-as transcribed from page 486)


Phoenix Furniture Company. Among the foremost manufacturing institutions of Eau Claire is the Phoenix Furniture Company, manufacturers of bank, office, store and church furniture and fixtures. This company was organized in 1899 and incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin with a capital of $40,000.00. Their factory which contains about 42,000 square feet of floor space is located on 9th avenue and Broadway, where they have shipping facilities for all the railroads entering Eau Claire. They employ an average of fifty hands, and their products are shipped throughout the United States and Canada. The affairs of the company are guided by R. J. Kepler, president; T. A. Hobbs, vice-president, and S. Damm, secretary and treasurer.

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