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N4858-N4862 COUNTY HIGHWAY N

Architecture and History Inventory
N4858-N4862 COUNTY HIGHWAY N | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Chalet Cheese Cooperative
Other Name:Chalet Cheese Cooperative
Contributing:
Reference Number:128859
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N4858-N4862 COUNTY HIGHWAY N
County:Green
City:
Township/Village:Monroe
Unincorporated Community:
Town:2
Range:7
Direction:E
Section:3
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1947
Additions:
Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:dairy processing facility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Wood
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:The original main block of the factory was constructed in 1947 for the Chalet Cheese Cooperative cheese factory that was located about half a mile south of the building. The cooperative had been established in 1885 and remained a cooperative of farmers today at least to 2003. In 2003, the plant was producing brick and baby Swiss cheese, but it is most famous for its limburger cheese. Before the late twentieth century, many plants in Green County made limberger cheese, but that number dwindled as the product fell out of favor gradually. As of 2003, the Chalet Cheese Cooperative is the only factory in the United States that still makes limburger cheese.

The original section of this cheese factory was designed to reflect the Swiss heritage of the area.
Bibliographic References:Architecture and History Survey, 2003. Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright, Westbrook Associated Engineers, Inc.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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