Property Record
1330 Lime Kiln Rd
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Packerland Packing Company |
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| Other Name: | JBS Beef Production Facility |
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| Reference Number: | 240054 |
| Location (Address): | 1330 Lime Kiln Rd |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1972 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192023 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Concrete |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2023 - Throughout the mid- to late nineteenth century, slaughtering and meat packing was largely a local decentralized operation in Wisconsin communities with slaughterhouses and small meat markets operating in most communities and on many farms. However, the development and expansion of railroads allowed meat processing industries to centralize around transportation hubs. For this reason, the early meat packing industry in Wisconsin was heavily centered in Milwaukee; however, small regional meat suppliers operated in Brown County by the 1880s. Advances in transportation, mechanization, refrigeration, and sanitation modernized the industry and its facilities through the early and mid-twentieth century; with booms in demand and production during World War I and World War II. During the post-war era, meatpacking plants began to decentralize operations, moving or establishing new facilities closer to both livestock production areas and regional markets. On the southeast side of Green Bay, Packerland Packing Company constructed a large, new meatpacking plant in 1972. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 2023 - Wyatt, Barbara, ed. Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin: Volume 2. Industry 10-6. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |