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895 County Highway A | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

895 County Highway A

Architecture and History Inventory
895 County Highway A | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Cheeseville Dairy Cheese Factory
Other Name:Mallory
Contributing:
Reference Number:120546
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):895 County Highway A
County:Washington
City:
Township/Village:Farmington
Unincorporated Community:
Town:12
Range:20
Direction:E
Section:35
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1913
Additions:
Survey Date:19992025
Historic Use:dairy processing facility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 1999: The factory was probably built for the Benedix family, who operated the cheese factory from at least 1892 until at least 191. The barn displays rock-faced, stone quoins but has been altered by the addition of a shed roofed garage and the installation of glass block in most of the window openings. The current owner is Edwin Mallory. cheese factory 2025: This 1913 cheese factory is a one-and-one-half-story fieldstone barn with asphalt shingle gambrel roof, horizontal wood siding on the gable ends, glass block and one-over-one vinyl windows, and a shed roof addition. Associated house (AHI 120545) demolished circa 2005.
Bibliographic References:Architecture/History Survey: 1999, Elizabeth L. Miller.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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