Fox River Paper Company Historic District

405-406, 415 S. Olde Oneida St., Appleton, Wisconsin. County/parish: Outagamie.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 19, 1990. NRIS 90000639.

3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Fox River Mill
  • Lincoln Mill
  • Rag Mill
  • Ravine Mill

From Wikipedia:

Fox River Paper Company Historic District

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. The historic district includes the Romanesque-styled Ravine/Rag Mills, the Italianate-styled Lincoln Mill which originally milled flour, and the Italianate-styled Fox River Mill. The site is now used as apartments but also retains a functioning hydroelectric canal and privately owned generating station. 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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106781990

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