Phoenix Knitting Works

Historical marker location:

311 East Chicago Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Chicago Street and Broadway, on the right when traveling east on Chicago Street.)

Historic Third Ward Walking Tour Site 54.

The deadliest tornado in Wisconsin's history occurred on May 18, 1883, when a tornado swept through the town of Rochester, killing 117 people and injuring more than 200 others.