Gooseville Mill/Grist Mill

Gooseville Mill/Grist Mill

The Gooseville Mill/Grist Mill from the side
Location Silver Creek-Cascade Rd., Gooseville, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°35′16″N 88°1′14″W / 43.58778°N 88.02056°W / 43.58778; -88.02056Coordinates: 43°35′16″N 88°1′14″W / 43.58778°N 88.02056°W / 43.58778; -88.02056
Area less than one acre
Built 1879
MPS 19th Century Grist and Flouring Mills of Sheboygan County TR
NRHP Reference # 84000673[1]
Added to NRHP December 27, 1984

The Gooseville Mill/Grist Mill is a historic mill on the North Branch Milwaukee River in Gooseville, Wisconsin. The mill was built in 1879 to replace an 1855 mill that had burned down. The mill is a small custom mill with board and batten siding and is typical of the custom mills common in Sheboygan County in the 1800s. A Lefel turbine powered the mill, replacing the paddle wheel used in the 1855 mill. A burr mill was used to grind the grain processed at the mill. As of 1984, the mill was still operational and occasionally used as a sawmill.[2][3][4]

The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1984.[1]

There is a popular urban legend surrounding the mill of two small boys who died nearby, and haunt the mill at night.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rowe, Miriam (January 10, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: 19th Century Grist and Flouring Mills of Sheboygan County TR" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. "Gooseville Mill/Grist Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. Rowe, Miriam (1983-08-15). "Gooseville Mill" (PDF). Intensive Survey Form. State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved 2016-06-03.


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