Property Record
2980 COUNTY HIGHWAY MM
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Werth Capitol Fur Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 239896 |
| Location (Address): | 2980 COUNTY HIGHWAY MM |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Fitchburg |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 2019 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Capitol Fox Farm Now has 263 Foxes; Get Best of Care,” The Capital Times, 31 December 1929, 60; A 1964 photo in the local paper includes the building at the rear, along with the mink shelters, photo and caption, The Capital Times, 1 February 1964, 11, top right; Ron Seely, “Their Bread and Butter Come from Mink,” Wisconsin State Journal, 24 January 1980, 1, this article indicates that Wisconsin produced 31% of the mink in the United States; “Fur Farmer Anton Werth Makes Hall of Fame,” The Capital Times, 5 November 1987, 2; Jennifer A. Galloway, “State Mink Ranchers Face Shrunken Market,” Wisconsin State Journal, 5 January 1995, 35 CHECK; “Fitchburg Mink Farmer Werth Dies,” Wisconsin State Journal, 19 December 1999, 12/1; .“John Werth,” Obituary, Wisconsin State Journal, 16 September 2018, C10. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |