Property Record
630 DAY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE CO |
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| Other Name: | ECONOMY MACHINE AND TOOL CO |
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| Reference Number: | 2020 |
| Location (Address): | 630 DAY ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192022 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ROUND ARCH BLDG WITH OLDER GABLED STRUCTURE ATTACHED ATREAR PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE CO PIONEERED ROTARY FOLDING OF PAPER PRODUCTSUSED FOR PAPER TOWELS, TOILET TISSUE, ETC [Date Cnst:PRE] HAER INVENTORY (08/1979): This building was purchased as a frame structure in 1924 by the Paper Converting Machine Co. It was later remodeled with a cement floor and new machinery being added. Paper Converting pioneered the idea of rotary folding for such articles as paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins, an wax paper. Having built a new structure on Harvey Street in 1928, the building was sold within a few years to H.P. Borreman and Wm. Kaufman, who founded Economy Machine and Tool. The company had five employees and specialized in the manufacture of tool and die making and fabricating machinery for the paper converting industry. Economy Machine and Tool occupied the building until its sale to American Can in June of 1980. The original building is a rectangular wooden framed structure with a gable room. The exterior walls are covered with metal siding. There has been a quonset type addition on the southeast side of the building that is constructed of corrugated metal. Green Bay Intensive Survey Phases 2, 3 & 4 |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A.) Frederick E. Baer, president, Paper Converting Machine Co., phone interview with N. Senn, 10/1980. (B.) "'Bay' Inventors Put Breath-Taking Speed into Paper Product Folding," THE WISCONSIN MAGAZINE, 1951, Special Green Bay Number, Madisen Publishing Co., Appleton, WI, p. 98. (C.) Green Bay Press-Gazette, August 3, 1957, Progress Edition, p. B-8. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |