Editing De Pere, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
When the first European, [[Jean Nicolet]], visited the place in 1634–35, De Pere was the site of a polyglot settlement of several thousand attracted by the fishing at the first rapids of the [[Fox River (Green Bay tributary)|Fox River]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=De Pere |volume=8 |page=56}}</ref> In 1671, French Jesuit explorer Père [[Claude-Jean Allouez]] founded the [[St. Francis Xavier Mission]] at the last set of rapids on the [[Fox River (Green Bay tributary)|Fox River]] before it enters [[Green Bay (Lake Michigan)|The Bay of Green Bay]]. The site was known as Rapides Des Pères (rapids of the fathers) which became modern day De Pere.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n103 104]}}</ref>

The present city of De Pere had its beginnings in 1836, when [[John Penn Arndt]] and Charles Tullar incorporated the De Pere Hydraulic Company and drew up the first [[plat]] of the town.<ref name="martin">{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/historyofbrownco01mart/ |title= History of Brown County, Wisconsin, Past and Present  |year= 1913 |volume= 1  |last=Martin |first= Deborah Beaumont |publisher= S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |page= [https://archive.org/details/historyofbrownco01mart/page/164/ 164] |accessdate= December 6, 2023 }}</ref> In 1837, a popular vote established De Pere as the [[county seat]] of Brown County; it maintained this status until 1854, when another election moved the county seat to [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green&nbsp;Bay]].{{sfn|Martin|1913|pp=165-167}}  

Politically, under the first township plan for Brown County, the area that is now the city of De&nbsp;Pere fell on the boundary between the town of [[Howard, Wisconsin|Howard]] (which comprised much of the area west of the Fox River) and the town of "Mason", which comprised roughly the southern half of the county.  In 1838, the area was first formally established by the territorial government as a separate township entity.  At that time it was named the town of "Wilcox", for [[Randall Wilcox]], who was then president of the De&nbsp;Pere Hydraulic Company, and it comprised most of the area of the current city of De&nbsp;Pere as well as the area that is now the town of [[Ledgeview, Wisconsin]].  

In 1839, the town of Wilcox was divided along the Fox River, with the eastern half becoming the town of De&nbsp;Pere (Ledgeview); the area west of the river was re-integrated into the town of Howard.<ref name="martin"/>  The village of De&nbsp;Pere was incorporated within the town of De&nbsp;Pere by an act of the state legislature on March 6, 1857.{{sfn|Martin|1913|p=305}}  West De&nbsp;Pere, on the west side of the river, was eventually set off from Howard as a separate [[administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|town]], and in 1870, the [[administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Village|village]] of West De Pere was incorporated.  

The west&ndash;east division at the river persisted until 1890.  In 1883 the village of De&nbsp;Pere was re-incorporated as the [[administrative divisions of Wisconsin#City|city]] of De&nbsp;Pere, that same year the village of West De&nbsp;Pere was re-incorporated as the city of Nicolet (after voyageur [[Jean Nicolet]]).  In 1887 the city of Nicolet was renamed the city of West De&nbsp;Pere, and in 1890 the city of West De&nbsp;Pere was finally consolidated into the city of De&nbsp;Pere to form a single city government.<ref>[https://www.deperehistory.org/de-pere-history.html Milquet, Mary Kay. "De Pere History" De Pere Historical Society website &#91;n.d.&#93;; accessed November 24, 2021]</ref>

[[St. Norbert College]], which abuts the banks of the Fox River on the city's west side near the [[Claude Allouez Bridge]], was founded by [[Norbertine]] Abbot Pennings in 1898.

===Registered historic places===
De Pere has several areas on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[North Broadway Street Historic District]] is listed as #83003368. Large homes line Broadway, Ridgeway Blvd., Morris, Fulton, Franklin, Cass, Front, and Wisconsin Streets near the [[Fox River (Green Bay tributary)|Fox River]].<ref name=NationalHistoric>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Brown/districts.html "WISCONSIN – Brown County – Historic Districts"], Retrieved June 5, 2007</ref>

The [[De Pere Lock and Dam Historic District]] (#93001331) was added in 1993.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Brown/vacant.html "WISCONSIN – Brown County – Vacant / Not In Use"], Retrieved June 5, 2007</ref>

The Union Hotel was added to the list in 2003.

The [[Randall Avenue Historic District]] and [[North Michigan Street-North Superior Street Historic District]] were added in 2007.

The [[Edwin and Jennie Gutknecht House]] was listed in 2015.

The [[St. Norbert College Historic District]] was added to the list in 2018.

The Mansion Street World War II Defense Housing Historic District and the Daviswood Ranch Homes Historic District were added to the list in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-01 |title=902-942 Mansion St {{!}} National or State Registers Record |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2690 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-01 |title=800-868 E St Francis Rd, 802-879 W St Francis Rd {{!}} National or State Registers Record |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2699 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |language=en}}</ref>