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113 E EXCHANGE ST

Historic Name:
Lynch and Walker Flouring Mills

Other Name:
OLD FEED MILL

Reference Number:
5504

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Property Location

Location (Address)

113 E EXCHANGE ST

County

Dane

City/Village

Mazomanie

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1857

Additions

1876

Survey Date

1978

Historic Use

mill

Architectural Style

Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Structural System

Wall Material

Fieldstone

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. Mill was destroyed by fire in 1900 and rebuilt in the same year. An addition was built in 1920.[A] SEE DAD MISC. DANE CO. 5/77-1 FOR NEGATIVE. "The oldest part of this flouring mill was built for George F. Lynch and George H. Walker, who had purchased the water right to Lake Marion. By 1886 several additions had been made by successive owners until the mill had grown to a length of 160 feet. Constructed with thick walls of rough-cut fieldstone over a wood frame, it employed two water-driven turbines to power its grinding machinery for almost a hundred years. In 1883 a group of local businessmen installed a dynamo to generate electricity for the downtown business district. From 1888 to 1892 the mill also provided water to downtown mains for fire protection. Although much of the present structure is a result of rebuilding following a 1900 fire, it still looks much as it did in the mid-nineteenth century. Used continuously as a mill until 1990, it is currently under restoration for use as a restaurant." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.

Bibliographic References

[A] Mazomanie Sickle-Cross Plains Arrow, 7/2/92 (also source for historic name). BLACK EARTH-DANE CO. NEWS 8/4/1994. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 4/28/1994. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 2/15/1995. BLACK EARTH DANE CO. NEWS, MAZOMANIE SICKLE, CROSS PLAINS ARROW 10/5/1995. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Mazomanie Downtown Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Aug 19, 1992

State Register Listing Date

Mar 13, 1992

Contributing

Yes

mill Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Dane
County

Mazomanie
Community

1850-1859
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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