STATE HIGHWAY 32 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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STATE HIGHWAY 32

Architecture and History Inventory
STATE HIGHWAY 32 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:LAACK'S CHEESE CO LTD
Other Name:LAACK'S CHEESE CO LTD
Contributing:
Reference Number:1567
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):STATE HIGHWAY 32
County:Brown
City:
Township/Village:Rockland
Unincorporated Community:
Town:22
Range:20
Direction:E
Section:13
Quarter Section:NE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1915
Additions:
Survey Date:
Historic Use:cheese factory
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Fox River Valley Survey. NAER INVENTORY (08/1979): The structure stands on the site of a cheese plant, built in 1904 and destroyed by fire in 1914. The present structure was built in 1915 by Herman Karnopp. It is constructed of brick and contains two vats. In 1920-1922 Otto Karnopp operated the business. In 1923 Walter Stecker bought the plant and operation. In 1932 the Pauly Corporation took over ownership of the building. Walter Stecker continued to run the factory. In 1935 Stecker bought the factory back under the title of the Stecker Corporation. Art Clarksen acquired the factory in 1928. In 1954 the factory was purchased by the present owner Harry J. Laack.
Bibliographic References:(A.) Brown Couty, WI, Real Estate Tax Rolls- Rockland, 1915, SE Sec. 24, Town 22 South, Range 20 East, Brown Series 4, State Historical Society, housed in Area Research Center, UW-Green Bay. (B.) Harry J. Laack, interviewed by Patt Baenen in Jan. 1981.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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