Property Record
6192 LANGES CORNER RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fontenoy Cheese Factory |
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| Reference Number: | 1606 |
| Location (Address): | 6192 LANGES CORNER RD |
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| County: | Brown |
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| Township/Village: | New Denmark |
| Unincorporated Community: | NEW DENMARK |
| Town: | 22 |
| Range: | 22 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 23 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | cheese factory |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | EXPOSED RAFTERS WITH BRACKETS. GLASS BLOCK WINDOWS. In photo and/or map codes, (F) stands for Fox River Valley Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. NAER INVENTORY (08/1979): This building is a one and a half-story irregular-shaped brick structure with at least a partial gable and shed roof and at least a partial cement foundation. The facility has blass block windows and a brick chimney. This building was built in 1923 by Harry Benecke and was known as Benecke's Cheese Factory and for a time as the Fontenoy Cheese Factory. The plant was built on the site of another cheese factory which had been constructed about 1875 but later burned down. The new plant manufactured mostly cheddar cheese. It was closed in 1979. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (B.) Raymond Benecke, interviewed by Paul Abrahams 08/1979. (C.) Mrs. Harry Benecke, interviewed by Bill Meindl 09/26/1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |