Property Record
252 GREEN BAY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CONCORDIA MILL |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 13169 |
| Location (Address): | 252 GREEN BAY RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Cedarburg |
| Unincorporated Community: | HAMILTON |
| Town: | 10 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 35 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1853 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Concordia Mill |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/26/1974 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Mills and Dams Along Cedar Creek) 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. RETURNED EAVES, 6/6 WINDOWS W/HEAVY CUT STONE LINTELS AND SILLS. REAR ADDITION. HABS WI-28-23. A saw mill once operated on this site. Earliest records show that Valentine Hahn built the saw mill, race, and dam. He sold it in 1847 for $1200. There were several transactions of sale of the property. The saw mill changed hands and was eventually purchased by William Gaitzsch, one of the partners in the founding of the Concordia Mill. The saw mill venture proved unprofitable and a partnership was formed with William Gaitzsch and Edward and Theodore Janssen, in the building of the Concordia Mill. Theodore and William died thus leaving the mill in the ownership of Edward. It was later sold to Andreas Bodendorfer for $10,000.00 in 1861. The lintel over the doorway indicated that the mill was built in 1853. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976) Cook, Ruth. Historic Hamilton. Town of Cedarburg Landmarks Commission, 1976. Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |