National or State Registers Record
280 N. Main St.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Wipf, J. & C., Mills |
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| Reference Number: | 87002108 |
| Location (Address): | 280 N. Main St. |
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| County: | Waupaca |
| City/Village: | Iola |
| Township: |
| Located at the southern end of Iola Lake next to the Little Wolf River, the district includes a one-story engine house built of rubblestone in 1898; the site of the former saw mill; a one-story mill office built c. 1900; and the two-story flour and saw mill built in 1860 with flanking additions built in 1898. Complete with original machinery and operating historic water power system, the district is now a museum. |
| Period of Significance: | 1854-1930 |
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| Area of Significance: | Industry |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Historic Use: | Industry/Processing/Extraction: Manufacturing Facility |
| Architectural Style: | No Style Listed |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 12/08/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 3 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 1 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 1 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |