Property Record
120 Dorr St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Antigo Milk Products Co-operative (AMPC) |
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| Other Name: | Antigo Unified School District |
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| Reference Number: | 246317 |
| Location (Address): | 120 Dorr St |
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| County: | Langlade |
| City: | Antigo |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 2023 |
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| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| 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: | 2023: The property at 120 Dorr Street is presently owned by the Antigo Unified School District and used as the district’s administrative office building. The buildings were originally constructed by the Antigo Milk Products Co-operative in the early 1930s. The co-operative was founded in 1930 and developed the site adjacent to the Chicago and Northwestern railroad line. Aerial imagery captured in 1938 indicates the property consisted of the extant office building, adjacent building, and the warehouse as well as three plant related buildings and a series of storage tanks. The AMPC operated until 1970 when it merged with the Kansas based American Milk Producers Incorporation. The AMPC plant was subsequently adapted to produce whey and dog food under the operation of Universal Foods. In 1984, the Universal Foods operation ceased. In 1985, the office building was donated to the Antigo Unified School District and continues to serve as the district’s administrative office. By 1998, the plant buildings and storage tanks were lost or demolished. A small portion of the westernmost plant remains extant with access from Lincoln Street. This two-story administrative office building was constructed circa 1930 in the Art Deco style. The building is, generally, square in plan with a slight central projection from the principal elevation with a flat roof featuring a central parapet. The building stands on a poured concrete plinth with cream brick exterior walls laid in common bond. A stone belt course accentuates the lower story as stone sills accentuate the window openings. The parapet and roof edge have been clad in a metal flashing. The principal elevation faces east towards Dorr Street and, formerly, the railroad line. It is symmetrical in plan and divided into three bays. The central bay corresponds to the two-story projection and features a single entrance door flanked by evenly spaced windows below a rounded, cantilevered metal awning. Three evenly spaced windows are in the second story, mimicking the fenestration and door pattern in the first story below. On either side of the center bay, single window openings are evening spaced in the first and second story. Cast stone panels between the first and second story windows further emphasize the sense of verticality in the principal elevation. A raised concrete stoop with metal pipe rail provides direct access to the entrance from the street, and a concrete ramp with metal pipe rail provides access from the south parking lot. The windows throughout the building are replacement aluminum or steel sash windows that are either single pane fixed sash or paired casements with blind transoms. The replacement windows are dissimilar in size, lite configuration, glazing, and function from the original six-over-six steel sash windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Antigo Milk Products Cooperative” Langlade County Historical Society Newsletter Fall 2009. Joe Hermolin, “Ag economics fueled county’s early dairy industry,” Prime Time, (Antigo, WI: Langlade County Historical Society, June 2018). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |