Property Record
STATE HIGHWAY 108
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mindoro Cut |
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| Other Name: | Mindoro Cut |
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| Reference Number: | 122119 |
| Location (Address): | STATE HIGHWAY 108 |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Farmington |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 17 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 4 |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2002 |
| Historic Use: | roadway |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | |
| Architect: | Miller, Louis A. |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mindoro Cut |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/15/2007 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/13/2006 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| 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. Wisconsin Registered Landmark #79. The Mindoro Cut is a roadway excavation making a "cut" through the hill for the West Salem/Mindoro Road. The Mindoro Cut is located in the Town of Farmington along STH 108. This cut is the second deepest cut built by hand in the Western Hemisphere and the oldest functional cut which has not been improved upon. Work began on the cut in 1907. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |