Property Record
232 S JANESVILLE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | JOHN ALEXANDER WHEAT WAREHOUSE |
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Other Name: | NORTHLEAF WINERY |
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Reference Number: | 17105 |
Location (Address): | 232 S JANESVILLE ST |
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County: | Rock |
City: | Milton |
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Year Built: | 1850 |
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Survey Date: | 19772013 |
Historic Use: | warehouse |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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Wall Material: | Grout |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Alexander, John, Wheat Warehouse |
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National Register Listing Date: | 9/13/1978 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
National Register Multiple Property Name: | Grout Buildings of Milton Thematic Group |
Additional Information: | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as an early example of grout construction, a method of construction developed by Joseph Goodrich in Milton in 1844. 2013: IN RECENT YEARS, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RENOVATED FOR A WINERY OPERATION AND BISTRO STYLE RESTAURANT. "Built circa 1850 by John Alexander as a wheat warehouse, this lime-mortar building was used as a blacksmith shop, service station, and warehouse for the Sunnyview Apple Orchard...this building was given to the Milton Historical Society by the heirs of the Davidson-Skelly estate." Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. |
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Bibliographic References: | Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |