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105 S 2ND ST

Architecture and History Inventory
105 S 2ND ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Mount Horeb Co-op Creamery
Other Name:The Grumpy Troll
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:5673
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):105 S 2ND ST
County:Dane
City:Mount Horeb
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1916
Additions: 1998
Survey Date:19962017
Historic Use:cheese factory
Architectural Style:Boomtown
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Cream Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Main Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/5/2019
State Register Listing Date:8/17/2018
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:BAVARIAN LOOK 1/2 TIMBERED ENTRY ADDED IN 1979. BRICKWORK DETAILS. MT. HOREB CREAMERY ASSOCIATION STARTED IN OLD TOWN, MOVED IN 1901 AND BECAME THE MT. HOREB CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY AND CHEESE CO.

1985- "For all of its history this brick Craftsman building has been used for the production of classic Wisconsin products: cheese, ice cream, butter, and beer. The building was erected for the MOunt Horeb Co-operative Creamery Company which was formed in 2979 in Mount Horeb's "Old Town" and proecessed milk from area farms. It was a long lived cooperative, selling to Ryser Brothers, anothers cheese company, in 1945. In 1996 it became a brewery and pub."
"Mount Horeb Wisconsin: Historic Downtown Self-Guided Walking Tour", pamphlet, Mount Horeb Landmarks Foundation, 1986.
Bibliographic References:FOREST JOHNSON, MT. HOREB CENTENNIAL BOOK. Miller, Elizabeth L. Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Historic Resources of the Commercially-Zoned Downtown. Mount Horeb: Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce, 1997.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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