Property Record
SE CORNER FRANKLIN RD AND MAIN RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Franklin Feed Mill |
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| Other Name: | FRANKLIN FEED MILL |
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| Reference Number: | 16859 |
| Location (Address): | SE CORNER FRANKLIN RD AND MAIN RD |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Herman |
| Unincorporated Community: | Franklin |
| Town: | 16 |
| Range: | 22 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 19 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1857 |
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| Additions: | 1889 |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Franklin Feed Mill |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/11/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | 19th Century Grist & Flour Mills of Sheboygan County |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property under the name '19th Century Grist and Flouring Mills of Sheboygan County'. 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. MASSIVE 2 1/2 STORY FRAME BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1857 BY D ARPKE, AN IMMIGRANT FROM LIPPE-DETMOLD; IT LATE BECAME THE FIRST ROLLER MILL IN SHEBOYGAN CO. ANOTHER HISTORIC NAME IS DICKHOFF AND ARPKE FLOUR MILL. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 19TH CENTURY GRIST AND FLOUR MILLS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |