Fox River Paper Company Historic District
The Fox River Paper Company Mills
Fox River Paper Company Historic District is located in Wisconsin
Fox River Paper Company Historic District
Fox River Paper Company Historic District is located in the United States
Fox River Paper Company Historic District
Location405-406, 415 S. Olde Oneida St., Appleton, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°15′31″N 88°24′18″W / 44.25861°N 88.40500°W / 44.25861; -88.40500
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1883 (1883)-1915 (1915)
ArchitectE.D. Jones
Architectural styleRomanesque and Italianate
NRHP reference No.90000639[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1990

The Fox River Paper Company Historic District, now known as the Historic Fox River Mills, is a complex of paper mill buildings in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, built from 1883 to 1915.[2] The historic district includes the Romanesque-styled Ravine/Rag Mills,[3] the Italianate-styled Lincoln Mill which originally milled flour,[4] and the Italianate-styled Fox River Mill.[5] The site is now used as apartments but also retains a functioning hydroelectric canal and privately owned generating station.[6] This hydroelectric infrastructure continues a tradition of electricity from water power dating from the 1880s which makes the Lower Fox River the oldest hydroelectric generation region in the United States.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Joyce McKay (May 17, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fox River Paper Company Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 29, 2016. Accompanying 33 photos from May 1989.
  3. ↑ "Property Record: Ravine/Rag Mills". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Property Record: Lincoln Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Property Record: Fox River Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Middle Appleton P-7264". National map of hydropower dams. Hydropower Reform Coalition. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  7. ↑ Division of Hydropower Licensing (2020-06-01). "ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR HYDROPOWER LICENSE Kimberly Hydroelectric Project" (PDF) (Press release). Washington, D.C.: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2023-03-19. With a power plant placed in operation at Appleton, Wisconsin in 1882, hydroelectric power production has had a longer history in the Lower Fox River area than anywhere else in the country.
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