Property Record
1100 WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | The Nebel Mill |
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| Other Name: | The Old Stone Mill House; MacFarlane House |
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| Reference Number: | 108872 |
| Location (Address): | 1100 WATER ST |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Sauk City |
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| Year Built: | 1864 |
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| Additions: | 1941 |
| Survey Date: | 199920072023 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | Charles Nebel |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. As part of the original Haraszthy-Bryant holdings, this site served as an anchoring site for the river ferry that the Count inaugurated in 1844. Until the bridge was constructed in 1860, this was a very busy place. The ferry service carried pedestrians by skiff and a barge for horses and wagons. It was reported that as many as 150 lumber rafts a day came down the river. In 1864, the site was sold to William and Mary Nebel who erected a 3-story stone building. The Nebels intended to use it as a water-powered grain mill. However, it never happened. Over the years, it was used as a warehouse for lumber, and in 1899, it became the bottling works for the Sauk City Brewery. The bottling works was sold in 1914. In 1941, Earl MacFarlane purchased it and altered the building by removing the third story and giving it a "modern" 1940s look and he then converted it into three apartments. In 1960, Jim and Lorna MacFarlane transformed it into a single dwelling, which it still is today (2023). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic Sauk City Walking Tour brochure, 2012. Goc., Michael J. Lives lived here: a walk through the history of Sauk City. New Past Press, 1992, pp. 31-34. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |