Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY R
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | ROCK MILL |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 16253 |
Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY R |
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County: | Manitowoc |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Cooperstown |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 21 |
Range: | 22 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 12 |
Quarter Section: | |
Quarter/Quarter Section: |
Year Built: | 1847 |
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Additions: | 1934 1878 |
Survey Date: | 1982 |
Historic Use: | mill |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
Structural System: | Timber Frame |
Wall Material: | Clapboard |
Architect: | PIERCE & BRUCE |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Rock Mill |
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National Register Listing Date: | 6/21/1982 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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. THE WATERWHEEL IS A RECONSTRUCTION. THE BUILDING IS SUPPOSEDLY THE OLDEST EXTANT STRUCTURE IN THE COUNTY. ERWIN SCHLEGEMILCH AND HIS FAMILY OWNED THE MILL FROM 1878 UNTIL 1965 WHEN ROBERT AND DORIS LYMAN BOUGHT IT. |
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Bibliographic References: | THE DENMARK PRESS 6/21/1994. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |