Property Record
714 E Hancock St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Appleton Coated Paper Company Laboratory |
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| Other Name: | APPVION INC |
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| Reference Number: | 240009 |
| Location (Address): | 714 E Hancock St |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1952 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192024 |
| Historic Use: | laboratory |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Fox River Valley Industrial Survey In 1952, the Appleton Coated Paper Company constructed a research laboratory building, located at 714 East Hancock Street in Appleton, as a part of a large building effort to expand the company. Previously, the site had been occupied by the Tuttle Press Company’s storage yards and the Appleton Marble and Granite Works. Appleton Coated Paper Company was a national leader in the development and a production of paper chemistry and introduced new products along the lines of coated, thermal, and security paper products during the mid-century. The Appleton Coated Paper Company was one of the pioneers of carbonless paper, which they produced in large quantities during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as well as the microencapsulation process. While Appleton Coated Paper Company did not invent this process, they did develop many applications that are familiar to modern consumers such as scratch and sniff surfaces, time-release aspirin and other drugs, encapsulated fragrances, and translucent papers. The company also produced coated plastic sheet products early in their development during the 1970s. It is assumed that many of these advances and applications took place at this laboratory building. The contemporary style building was purpose built as a research laboratory and offices serving an industrial purpose. The Appleton Coated Paper Company Laboratory is significant under Criterion C: Architecture as an excellent example of a mid-twentieth century industrial laboratory. It is also significant under Criterion A: History in the area of Industry for its role in the Appleton paper industry. The period of significance for the property would extend from 1952 to circa 1970, approximately fifty years ago. 2024 - This Contemporary building was constructed in 1952. The two-story, steel-frame building is clad in cream brick laid in a common bond. The primary elevation faces south, with a poured concrete foundation and a flat roof. The southern elevation is divided into five equal sections, each framed by a dark marble border with a string course of the same dark stone bisecting the first and second stories. All but one of the sections contain five fixed-pane, equally spaced windows, shaded individually by concrete panels that are gabled near their juncture with the building but flatten as they extend southward. Bands of pebble-dash concrete paneling are located above the windows in each section. The entrance is located at the southwest corner of the building, consisting of a central double-door glass entryway flanked by full height aluminum windows on either side. A butterfly-roof awning supported by angled concrete supports shelters the entrance. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |