Cooksville Cheese Factory

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Cooksville Cheese Factory
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Cooksville Cheese Factory
Location Evansville, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°50′06″N89°14′36″W / 42.83487°N 89.24328°W / 42.83487; -89.24328
Built1875
NRHP reference No. 80000395
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

The Cooksville Cheese Factory in Evansville is a remnant of Wisconsin's early dairy industry. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] [2]

In 1875 Benjamin Hoxie started a business in Cooksville to buy milk from local farmers and make cheese. The enterprise was an agricultural cooperative, with the patrons (farmers) sharing ownership and Hoxie the proprietor of the factory. It could process the milk of 600 cows. The business did not last many years, selling the cheese-making equipment in 1884. [3]

The factory is a simple 2-story frame building on a limestone basement, with a one-story wing to the side. The design is simple and utilitarian, other than short cornice returns. [3]

In addition to making cheese, the building was a social hub, a place where farmers met, and possibly the Good Templars. By 1894 it was used as housing. [3]

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References

  1. "Cooksville Cheese Factory". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Nancy Belle Douglas (September 4, 1979). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Cooksville Multiple Resource Area (Partial Inventory)". National Park Service . Retrieved March 15, 2018. With one photo.

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