Name/Title
State Fish Hatchery, Sturgeon Bay - 1914Entry/Object ID
2003.02.0004Description
State Fish Hatchery. The building was on what is now South Third Ave., just south of Quincy, on the west side of the street. The 1916 City Directory lists it at 229 S. Cedar with Frank Suthers, Manager. The 1938 City Directory lists it as 329 S. Cedar, just south of Spring Street with Matt Patterson as manager. This picture appeared in the Friday, Nov. 20, 1914 issue of the Door County Democrat with the following caption: When the season closed Sunday for taking trout eggs, it found the Sturgeon Bay fish hatchery with everything filled, it having been the biggest season for gathering lake trout spawn since the Wisconsin Fish Commission was created. Supt. Suthers of the local hatchery stated that they have between twenty-two and twenty-five million eggs in the hatchery, all gathered in this vicinity, while last year they had only eighteen million, and three million of these were brought here from Sheboygan.Collection
Door County Archives Photo CollectionCataloged By
Sally TreichelAcquisition
Accession
2003.02Source or Donor
Door County Historical Society - New, Purchases, etc.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
1914Place
Location
Sturgeon Bay/Door/WINotes
Early Date: 1914Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Buildings, Sturgeon Bay, Cedar Street, State Fish HatcheryOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
03.0037Dimensions
Height
3-1/4 inWidth
5-1/2 inLocation
Location
Building
Office/Photo FileCategory
PermanentDate
September 26, 2025General Notes
Note
Notes: Pictures were from the Houle family (Door County Democrat), given by Billie (Houle) Stevens to Bob Mikels who loaned them to Orv Schopf for copying, later returning and allowing the Archives to keep the originals.
An 8 x 10 enlargement is also in the file.
Status: OKCreate Date
May 3, 2003Update Date
September 9, 2026
