Hamburger Hall of Fame

126 North Main Street
Seymour, WI, 54165
920-833-9522

overview : In 1885, at the age of 15, Charlie Nagreen came to the fair at Seymour, Wis. and set up a food stand selling meatballs. Nagreen soon learned that his meatballs were of little value to his customers, simply because they were difficult to eat while trying to enjoy the fair. So Nagreen flattened the beef and placed it between two slices of bread. And that was the first hamburger. His idea was a success and soon he was known to many as "Hamburger Charlie." Charlie returned to the fair every year until his death in 1951. As a tribute to Charlie Nagreen and the legacy he left behind, the community of Seymour built the Hamburger Hall of Fame.