Property Record
715 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BOSCOBEL MILL; SYLVESTER BORTHERS FLOUR MILL |
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| Other Name: | BOSCOBEL FARMER'S EXCHANGE |
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| Reference Number: | 44167 |
| Location (Address): | 715 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Boscobel |
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| Year Built: | 1867 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: THE MILL IS A TWO STORY STRUCTURE, (WITH BASEMENT) CONSTRUCTED OF ROUGH CUT STONE. THE ROOF IS A SIMPLE GABLE WITH FRAME MONITOR AT THE RIDGE. THIS STRUCTURE IS THE EARLIEST STONE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN THE CITY AND IS SIGNIFICANT AS A TYPE OF BUILDING. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: ACCORDING TO THE BOSCOBEL BROAD AXE, THE FLOUR MILL WAS INITIATED BY CAPTAIN D.R. SYLVESTER, WHO WAS LOCATED (IN 1866) IN CASTLE ROCK AND SHIPPED FLOUR TO BOSCOBEL. SYLVESTER PROPOSED LOCATING THE MILL ON HIGH GROUND, NORTH OF TOWN AND CREATING A RACEWAY DOWN WISCONSIN AVENUE, WHICH COULD BE USED AS A MEANS OF FIRE PROTECTION. (A) THE MILL WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOSCOBEL. PRIOR TO ITS CONSTRUCTION, GRAIN HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO MILLS IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. BY 1868, THE MILL WAS OPERATING FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND ATTRACTING BUSINESS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION. PREVIOUS OWNERS DATES USES H.B. EDWARDS 1892 FLOUR MILL (D) NAUERT & DILGER 1899 FLOUR MILL (E) B. FARMER'S EXCHANGE 1927-DATE FEED MILL (F) |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. BOSCOBEL BROAD AXE. VOL 4. NO.7. FEB 15, 1866 P.1; BOSCOBEL BROAD AXE. VOL. 4. NO. 20. 5/17/1866, P.4. B. MAP OF BOSCOBEL - INSET ON GRANT CO. MAP 1868. C. SANBORN PERRIS MAP - BOSCOBEL, 1884. D. SANBORN PERRIS MAP - BOSCOBEL, 1892. E. SANBORN PERRIS MAP - BOSCOBEL, 1899, 1904, 1912. F. SANBORN PERRIS MAP - BOSCOBEL, 1927. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |