John Jorgensen, who was an early resident of the Denmark area, founded a large construction company that did business throughout the state.

The Danish Pride Milk Company was organized in Denmark in 1911 as the Denmark Condensed Milk Company.

Our next stop on our trip through downtown Denmark of the past brings us to the large two-and-a-half story building that looms over Main Street from its perch straddling Green Bay and De Pere Roads. Today, the building hosts AOT Yoga in its lowest level and a number of apartments in the two floors above, but it has known a number of other uses through the decades. 

The Denmark School District had embarked on a fast timeline when they began construction on the new middle school in 1992.

Our next entry in our Downtown Denmark: Past & Present series brings us to 204 Green Bay Road. The two-story tavern perched on the hill at the start of Green Bay Road has been wetting the whistles of patrons for over a century and currently hosts Rookies Bar & Grill.

After the Maribel Lions Club was chartered in 1965, they set out to work making Maribel a nicer community to call home.

Until the second half of the 20th Century, one-room schoolhouses were scattered throughout the countryside. By the 1950s, there was a strong consolidation effort with one-room schoolhouses consolidating into larger schools and districts in populated areas.

Returning to our historical tour through downtown, this week's entry brings us to the large stone structure on the corner of Main Street and Broadway. For 120 years now, the two-story building has served the Denmark community through a variety of purposes and still remains an active business to this day.

Denmark State Bank was founded in 1909 to provide banking services to the growing community of Denmark. They completed their first permanent building in November 1909 on Main Street.

For many decades, Scandinavian culture and language had been a defining feature of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and its predecessors.

This week, our historical trip around the Village of Denmark has taken The Denmark News back home to our offices at 116 Main Street. The large structure has towered over downtown for over nine decades and has known many different purposes in that time. Let us now explore the building that has been home to a brewery, a warehouse, a village hall, a library, an eye clinic, a hardware store and more.

Next up on our look back at the downtown Denmark of the past is a lot that no longer hosts a building. 106 Main Street is now home to the side yard bar of DD's Saloon but the parcel has served a number of uses throughout our town's history including family home, post office and pizza parlor.

Moving along on our historical tour of Downtown Denmark: Past & Present, we come to a large two-story brick building that has been servicing the thirsts of the community for over a century. The structure, which is now home to DD's Saloon, has known many owners over the decades along with countless patrons and has remained a staple of the Denmark community throughout.

The third entry in our new Downtown Denmark: Past & Present series takes us to the grand two-story building at 118 Main Street which has served a number of commercial, governmental and community needs over the last century.

This week's entry into our new Downtown Denmark: Past & Present series coincides with our front page article on the new "one-stop shop" and focuses on the same building that will now host three wellness businesses and the Denmark Community Closet.