Property Record
1405 RIVERSIDE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Rock River Woolen Mills |
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| Other Name: | Panoramic Corporation Packaging Division |
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| Reference Number: | 75917 |
| Location (Address): | 1405 RIVERSIDE DR |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | mill |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Unknown |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The history of this mill dates to 1849 when F. Whittaker built a mill. The mill changed hands several times. In 1880, the mill, then owned by George McLean was destroyed by fire. The oldest portion of the existing mill was built in 1881. McLean owned the mill until 1890 when it was bought by a Canadian and operated as the Rock River Woolen Mills. Throughout its history, it was one of the city's major industries. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. City Directories: 1886, 1891. B. History of Rock County, page 566. C. Wise (1888). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |