Property Record
110 N KENSINGTON DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Riverside Fibre and Paper Co. |
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| Other Name: | Riverside Paper Corp. |
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| Reference Number: | 74075 |
| Location (Address): | 110 N KENSINGTON DR |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 17762019 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Photo codes: OUT:FRV 10/3A-8A. See HAEr form. The Riverside Fibre Co. was incorporated on January 18, 1893. On January 20, 1893 the company leased, with the option to buy, a portion of the present (06/1981) mill site, then known as the old tanning property, from Alfred Golpin. The purchase option was exercised on Sept. 16, 1895, after two pulp mill digesters had been built and placed in operation. An additional 2 1/2 acres on the present property was acquered on June 23, 1897. Smaller parcels were added over the ensuing years. The third, fourth, and fifth digesters, a new boiler house and boilder, two sulpher burners, and two additional boilers were purchased and installed in 1899. By 1902, two new stockholders were added. They voted to change the name to The Riverside Fibre & Paper Company, to erect a paper mill, and to engage in the manufacturing and sale of paper. In May, 1905, the sulphite pulp mill burned down and on July 19, 1905 a contact was signed for its reconstruction. In 1916 the plant was electrified. In 1921 a new paper machine was purchased but the funds were not available for the construction of a building to house it. The machine went into storage until 1924, when the new mill was completed. The company was having a great deal of financial trouble, the major problem was committment made in 1920 for pulpwood at peak prices which the company had to continue to pay during postwar depression years. The company sold their woodlands 16.000 acres, the old mill buildings, and dwellings which they owned. Financially, they were still permanently impaired. They were near bankruptcy in 1929. Since the pulp mill had long been unprofitable and heavy expenitures were needed for new equipment, the mill was shut down and dismantled in the fall of 1929. In 1934, the company showed its first profit. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A.) "Name change for Riverside," Green Bay Press Gazette, 08/1980. (B.) Riverside 75, Jan. 18, 1893- Jan. 18, 1968. Volume 2, Number 1. Published by the Riverside Paper Corp., (Appleton, WI. Jan.-Feb., 1968) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |