"Home of the Great Spirit" Manitowoc by yooperprof

"Manitowoc" is an Ojiba word that means "home of the great spirit."

The town (and county) of Manitowoc is a Lake Michigan-oriented place, about 70 miles north of Milwaukee and 50 miles southeast of Green Bay. Ship-building was big here; there's an interesting maritime museum here; and the S.S. Badger, one of the last Lake Michigan auto ferries departed from here on its way to Ludington MI.

"H" really was his middle initial!

The Manitowoc County Courthouse, in the neo-classical style, was opened in 1906. It's the work of German-born architect Christ H. Tegel.

(no, that's not a mis-typing)