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213 S OBORN ST

Historic Name:
Crescent Roller Mills

Other Name:
Fisher-Fallgatter Mill

Reference Number:
27393

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Property Location

Location (Address)

213 S OBORN ST

County

Waupaca

City/Village

Waupaca

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1884

Additions

1913

Survey Date

1998

Historic Use

mill

Architectural Style

Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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. BUILDERS WERE ROBERTS AND OBORN. HAER WI-1. LAST WATER-POWERED MILL TO OPERATE IN THE STATE. The building is a three-story industrial structure with a clapboard exterior and a very low-pitched gable roof. The building sits on a fieldstone foundation. A two-story ell projects from the south elevation and a one-story addition projects from this ell. The Crescent Roller Mills was listed in the National Register for architecture, as a type of construction, a historic flour mill. It is a good example of an important type of nineteenth century industry, the flour or grist mill. The building was also listed for its significance to local history because of its long time use as a flour mill, even grinding specialty flour into the 1960s. It was an important industry in the city and represents the era when Wisconsin was an important producer of wheat.

Bibliographic References

National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Crescent Roller Mills. On file in the Historic Preservation Division of the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Crescent Roller Mills

National Register Listing Date

Dec 20, 1978

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

mill Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Waupaca
County

Waupaca
Community

1880-1889
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI27393

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