Property Record
1217 16TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Monroe Planing Mill |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 68045 |
| Location (Address): | 1217 16TH AVE |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | Monroe |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | inn |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Monroe Commercial District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/6/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Built before 1840 by Jacob Bininger, Joseph Payne and O.C. Smith as a tavern and hotel. Later operated solely by Payne. Early social and community center. Was later moved to this site and became Norman Churchill's steam powered planing mill and woodworking shop. Churchill added planing machinery in 1860 from an old flouring mill which was located at the southwest corner of 16th Ave. and 17th St. In 1867, Churchill sold the mill to Joseph T. Dodge, T.R. Weirich, George Churchill and William Fish. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Hamilton, "Monroe", p. 17, 40. Bingham, History, 92-3. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |