Hazelwood (Green Bay, Wisconsin)

Hazelwood is a historic house in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

For other locations of the same name, see Hazelwood.
Hazelwood
Hazelwood
Location1008 S. Monroe Ave., Green Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°30′03″N 88°01′08″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1837
ArchitectJoseph Jackson
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.70000027[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1970

History

Morgan Lewis Martin had the house built for he and his new wife, Elizabeth, in what was then known as Fort Howard in 1837. A cousin of noted politician James Duane Doty, Martin had previously been a territorial legislator of the Michigan Territory. In the years soon after his marriage, Martin became a member of the legislature of the Wisconsin Territory and would serve as a Congressional Delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the territory.

Martin was a key player in the drafting of the Constitution of Wisconsin and Wisconsin was admitted as a state in 1848. Much of Martin's work on the document was done at Hazelwood.[2] He would eventually serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly, the Wisconsin State Senate and as a Brown County, Wisconsin judge.

Hazelwood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and to the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3] Also in 1989, Hazelwood was bought by the Brown County Historical Association, which would base its operations out of the house. It was also turned into a museum.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Mark 156: Hazelwood". Wisconsin Historical Markers. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. "1008 S. Monroe Ave". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. "Hazelwood Historic House Museum". Brown County Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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