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128 N COMMERCIAL

Historic Name:
BADGER-GLOBE PAPER MILL
Other Name:
KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION
Reference Number:
61637

Property Location

Location (Address)
128 N COMMERCIAL
County
Winnebago
City/Village
Neenah
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1929
Additions
Survey Date
1988,2019
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Concrete Beam
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Y
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
F is short for FCS negatives.

#650: Mill Buildings.

FCS 7/13 - Kimberly Clark Badger Globe Mill - a single sidewall of this early, rectangular, stone portion of the mill complex is visible. Sandwiched between FCS 7/12 and FCS 7/14, it is three bays wide and three stories tall, and has round arched windows and a round arched ground story doorway. The left side door and first and second story windows have weooden frames. The third story arches have been reduced with metal panels and have square window inserts. In each story, wall plates for tie rods are set at or above the level of joists or rafters. The wall4 cornice is a tile trimmed parapet.

The Reliance Mill, built in 1868d by John R. Kimberly, J.A. KLimberlyd and Havilah Babcock, is the only flour mills till standing in Neenah. It is the only remnant of the city's once prominent industry, later incorporated into Kimberly Clark's Badger Glove Mill.

Altered stone mill with segmental arch windows.
Bibliographic References
A.f Cunningham's History of Neenah, page 197.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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