Property Record
113 E EXCHANGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lynch and Walker Flouring Mills |
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| Other Name: | OLD FEED MILL |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5504 |
| Location (Address): | 113 E EXCHANGE ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mazomanie |
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| Year Built: | 1857 |
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| Additions: | 1876 |
| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mazomanie Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/19/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 3/13/1992 |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. Mill was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt in the same year. An addition was built in 1920.[A] SEE DAD MISC. DANE CO. 5/77-1 FOR NEGATIVE. "The oldest part of this flouring mill was built for George F. Lynch and George H. Walker, who had purchased the water right to Lake Marion. By 1886 several additions had been made by successive owners until the mill had grown to a length of 160 feet. Constructed with thick walls of rough-cut fieldstone over a wood frame, it employed two water-driven turbines to power its grinding machinery for almost a hundred years. In 1883 a group of local businessmen installed a dynamo to generate electricity for the downtown business district. From 1888 to 1892 the mill also provided water to downtown mains for fire protection. Although much of the present structure is a result of rebuilding following a 1900 fire, it still looks much as it did in the mid-nineteenth century. Used continuously as a mill until 1990, it is currently under restoration for use as a restaurant." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] Mazomanie Sickle-Cross Plains Arrow, 7/2/92 (also source for historic name). BLACK EARTH-DANE CO. NEWS 8/4/1994. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 4/28/1994. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 2/15/1995. BLACK EARTH DANE CO. NEWS, MAZOMANIE SICKLE, CROSS PLAINS ARROW 10/5/1995. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |