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280 N MAIN ST

Historic Name:
J and C Wipf Mills

Other Name:
Iola Mills Museum

Reference Number:
71388

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Property Location

Location (Address)

280 N MAIN ST

County

Waupaca

City/Village

Iola

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1862

Additions

Survey Date

1994

Historic Use

mill

Architectural Style

Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Structural System

Balloon Frame

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. Three story clapboard frame building with cross gable roof. The roof is capped with a smaller, frame rectangular gable roof structure. The building was built by Henry Wipf, a Swiss immigrant, and his two sons in 1862.

Bibliographic References

Appleton Post Crescent 8/6/2000.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Wipf, J. & C., Mills

National Register Listing Date

Dec 08, 1987

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

mill Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Waupaca
County

Iola
Community

1860-1869
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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