Thomas A. Greene

Thomas Arnold Greene (born Rhode Island, 1827; died 1894) was an amateur geologist in Wisconsin, USA.[1] He became successful in the retail drug industry in Milwaukee. He collected minerals and Devonian and Silurian fossils. His collection has the distinction of being the sole major nineteenth century Milwaukee area fossil collection to remain intact and in the area.[2] Following his death, his heirs erected a fireproof building in 1913 to house his collection. Known as the Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum, this building and collection were collectively designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[1][3] The collection was later removed from the building, and is now maintained at Lapham Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus in a compactor storage system and on display in a small museum area.[2]

For the former Louisiana state senator, see Tom Greene (Louisiana politician).
The brachiopod Eumetabolotoechia greeni (Cleland, 1911) from the Milwaukee Formation, Middle Devonian, Wisconsin.

Greene collaborated with Fisk Holbrook Day whose former home, the Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.[4][5]

References
  1. Photos to accompany National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum. Accompanying 9 photos, exterior and interior and portrait of Greene, from 1992 and historic. Main text not available on-line. (1.08 MB)
  2. Gass, Kenneth C.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; Mikulic, Donald G.; Brett, Carlton E. (2019). Fossils of the Milwaukee Formation: A Diverse Middle Devonian Biota from Wisconsin, USA. Manchester, UK: Siri Scientific Press. ISBN 978-0-9957496-7-2.
  3. "Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  4. "Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  5. Joanne Kluessendorf and Donald G. Mikulic (September 25, 1994). National Historic Landmark Nomination: Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House / Sunnyhill Home (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1996. (573 KB)


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