The 20th Shawano Has History plaque was installed on the Lieg Building at 126 S. Main Street in Shawano. We want to thank Jean Ranta for sponsoring this plaque. In 1924, John Lieg and his brother, Joseph purchased the property at 126 South Main Street and opened a store. A new building was constructed in 1933 by Fred Lemke and C.C. Felts, both local contractors in Shawano. In this new, modern brick building, John A. Lieg Sr. formed the J. A. Lieg Co. with his two sons.
The 20th Shawano Has History plaque was installed on the Lieg Building at 126 S. Main Street in Shawano. We want to thank Jean Ranta for sponsoring this plaque. In 1924, John Lieg and his brother, Joseph purchased the property at 126 South Main Street and opened a store. A new building was constructed in 1933 by Fred Lemke and C.C. Felts, both local contractors in Shawano. In this new, modern brick building, John A. Lieg Sr. formed the J. A. Lieg Co. with his two sons.
The 20th Shawano Has History plaque was installed on the Lieg Building at 126 S. Main Street in Shawano. We want to thank Jean Ranta for sponsoring this plaque. In 1924, John Lieg and his brother, Joseph purchased the property at 126 South Main Street and opened a store. A new building was constructed in 1933 by Fred Lemke and C.C. Felts, both local contractors in Shawano. In this new, modern brick building, John A. Lieg Sr. formed the J. A. Lieg Co. with his two sons.
The 20th Shawano Has History plaque was installed on the Lieg Building at 126 S. Main Street in Shawano. We want to thank Jean Ranta and Danny Darling for sponsoring this plaque. In 1924, John Lieg and his brother, Joseph purchased the property at 126 South Main Street and opened a store. A new building was constructed in 1933 by Fred Lemke and C.C. Felts, both local contractors in Shawano. In this new, modern brick building, John A. Lieg Sr. formed the J. A. Lieg Co. with his two sons.
The Lieg Building
126 S. Main Street in Shawano
The 20th Shawano Has History plaque was installed on the Lieg Building at 126 S. Main Street in Shawano. We want to thank Jean Ranta and Danny Darling for sponsoring this plaque.
In 1924, John Lieg and his brother, Joseph purchased the property at 126 South Main Street and opened a store. The business was reorganized in August 1933 and named, J. A. Lieg Company Inc. where John Lieg, along with his daughter and two sons, John Jr. and Bernard operated the business. Operation of the firm gradually passed to John Jr. at the death of his father in 1937.
A new building was constructed in 1933 by Fred Lemke and C.C. Felts, both local contractors in Shawano. In this new, modern brick building, John A. Lieg Sr. formed the J. A. Lieg Co. with his two sons, John A. Jr. and Bernard. It continued operation until 1940 when John A. Jr. became the sole operator calling the store “Lieg’s.”
For 98 years, when John Lieg retired in 1966 and the store closed for the last time, the Lieg family had one of the longest family-owned businesses in Shawano. The Lieg Family owned this building until 1976. Built in 1933, this is the third and last building that was the home of a Lieg business. The first two buildings are at 207 and 201 N. Main Street in Shawano.