Pfister & Vogel (P&V) was an American tannery business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Frederick Vogel emigrated from Wurtemberg, Germany to Milwaukee. In 1848, he founded a tannery on Milwaukee's Menominee River. Having also emigrated from Wurtemberg in 1845, Guido Pfister opened a shoe store on nearby West Water Street. They joined forces as the Pfister & Vogel Leather Company in 1853, and their company thrived, becoming one of the largest leather producers in the country.Woods, Clif F. "How Two German Boys Started Milwaukee's Tanneries" Milwaukee Telegram, November 6, 1921 August H. Vogel was vice-president of the company until his death.
The company changed hands several times. Its last owners, U.S. Leather Company, shut it down in 2000.City of Milwaukee Department of City Development "Interim Historic Designation Study Report: Herman Zohrlaut Leather Company/Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company, 1531 North Water Street" City of Milwaukee: November, 2001
The original Pfister & Vogel campus on Water Street in Downtown Milwaukee was demolished and the site cleaned and prepared for development in 2007. Between 2008 and 2017, Milwaukee based developer Mandel Group constructed a four phase mixed-used development on the grounds. The North End consists of six apartment buildings, a Fresh Thyme grocery store and other retail tenants. The complex contains 673 apartments.
See also Charles F. Pfister A.L. Gebhardt & Co. Vogel State Park Fred R. Zimmerman Menomonee Valley
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External links Personalized Leather Goods