Property Record
NE CORNER HIGHWAY 23 AND SUNSET RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bamford Cheese Factory |
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| Other Name: | First Cheese Factory |
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| Reference Number: | 80709 |
| Location (Address): | NE CORNER HIGHWAY 23 AND SUNSET RD |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan Falls |
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| Town: | 15 |
| Range: | 22 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 27 |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Additions: | 1867 |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. In 1858 at a farm near-by, Hohn J. Smith produced the first cheese on a comercial basis in Sheboygan Co.; this building , built in 1867 by L. P. Fischer and Manning McKinnon and now a residence, was the first factory built exclusively to produce cheese in the county. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |