Property Record
1125 E WASHINGTON
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Woolen Mills |
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| Reference Number: | 93227 |
| Location (Address): | 1125 E WASHINGTON |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | West Bend |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 19922023 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2023 - This Side-gabled Vernacular building was constructed circa 1880. It is a long, rectangular, two-story structure with a one-story garage wing to the east. The primary elevation faces north, with a main entrance located beneath a projecting shed-roof vestibule. West of the entrance is a two-story square mass; based on the window placement it likely houses a flight of stairs on the interior. Windows throughout are asymmetrically arranged, consisting of one-over-one double hung sashes. A string of four windows is located above the entrance. The building is clad in aluminum siding, with an unknown foundation and an asphalt shingled roof. The garage wing to the east contains five garage bays, four of which have been filled in with wooden siding. The central bay contains a sliding wooden garage door. Known as the West Bend Woolen Mill, it was once part of a larger woolen mill complex on the site, with a series of large buildings located east of the subject property as well as an associated dam across the Milwaukee River located to the southeast. The dam created a large storage pond that extended all the way to the southern foundation of the subject property. In 1947, a fire destroyed the mill buildings to the east, but these were later rebuilt. Following the close of the woolen mill at the site, the adjacent dam and mill buildings to the east were removed from the site, the path of the Milwaukee River was restored, and the storage pond behind the former dam was reclaimed as a local park. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |