Property Record
W LINDEN ST, 100' W OF N WASHINGTON ST, C. 300 W LINDEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FLOUR MILL, LANCASTER MILLING COMPANY |
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| Other Name: | VACANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING |
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| Reference Number: | 44829 |
| Location (Address): | W LINDEN ST, 100' W OF N WASHINGTON ST, C. 300 W LINDEN ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A GAMBREL ROOF, A METAL EXTERIOR AND A CUT STONE FOUNDATION ARE DEFINING FEATURES OF THIS THREE STORY INDUSTRIAL MILL. THIS STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO BE IN FAIR CONDITION. ITS DATES OF CONSTRUCTION WERE FROM 1893 TO 1894. (A) THE COMMERICAL OR INDUSTRIAL HISTORIC USES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE A FLOUR MILL WHICH OPERATED FROM 1894 TO C. 1927 AND A FEED GRINDING MILL WHICH WAS IN OPERATION IN C. 1927. (A,B,C). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LOCATED ON THE SAME BLOCK AS THE CITY'S DEPOT AND FREIGHT STATION (NO LONGER EXISTANT), THE LANCASTER FLOUR MILL WAS OWNED BY THE LANCASTER MILLING COMPANY, AN ENTERPRISE ORGANIZED IN 1893 BY SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S LEADING BUSINESSMEN -- JOHN SCHREINER, IVEY & WEBB, RICHARD MEYER, JR., HENRY MUESSE, THE BROOKER BROTHERS, CHARLES H. BAXTER, JOSEPH NATHAN, W.J. WEIR, AND THOMAS F. ORTON. THIS MILL STRUCTURE WAS THE THIRD ERECTED BY THE FIRM, THE FIRST TWO HAVING BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1893. (A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MILL CORRESPONDED TO LANCASTER'S POSITION AS AN AGRICULTURAL CENTER. IN ADDITION, THE LOCATION OF THE MILL -- DOUBLY SATISFACTORY BECAUSE GRAIN WAREHOUSES WERE ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD AREA -- ALLOWED FOR EASY TRANSPORT OF THE FINAL PRODUCT. (WAREHOUSES ARE LOCATED 350 WEST PINE STREET, 48/10). FROM C. 1905 TO C. 1927, THE MILL WAS OPERATED BY GREBE & KASPER. IN 1927, THE KASPER BROTHERS RAN A FEED GRINDING MILL. (C). THIS BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED BETWEEN 1983 AND 2009. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. CASTELLO HOLFORD, HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN (LANCASTER: THE TELLER PRINT, 1900), P. 426. B. 1894 SANBORN PERRIS MAP. C. 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |