Saddletree Exterior

ID: 2726 ~ Source: Historic Madison, Inc. ~ Creator: Rhonda Deeg ~ Date: 2010
This file appears in: Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum
Saddletree Exterior

The Schroeder Saddletree Factory is the last of America's wooden saddle frame manufactories dating to the 19th century. In business from 1878 to 1972, this rare, restored industrial gem preserves the heritage of a little known craft critical to transportation in the US in the 1800s and early 1900s.

This file appears in: Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum

By Historic Madison, Inc.
Almost untouched since the day it closed in 1972, the Ben Schroeder Saddletree factory is the nation's last intact 19th century shop where craftsman built the inner workings of saddles. Sawdust from the last run of saddletrees and the internal…