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The Ortonville Mill is a 2-1/2 story Greek Revival structure, made with a hand-hewn timber frame and sitting on an unpaved basement. The original section of the mill measures 36 feet by 48 feet; at some early point a large room was added on bringing the total length to 108 feet. Most of the original windows are nine over six sliding sash units.
The museum grounds also include the 1904 World's Fair Swedish Pavilion and other buildings with local history exhibits, especially pertaining to Swedish-American history. The museum is open Monday-Saturday, year round, except for specific holidays. The mill building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
After the fair, the Pavilion was moved to Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where it was used for classroom, library, museum and department facilities for the art department. [2] The Swedish Pavilion was moved to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, - now the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum - also in Lindsborg, in 1969. The ...
Millers will run the only working mill in the Midwest that uses 19th century technology for a few hours during Millfest on May 4 in Lindsborg. Watch a 128-year-old mill run at Millfest 2024 in ...
The fair's 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2; 1.9 sq mi) site, designed by George Kessler, [10] was located at the present-day grounds of Forest Park and on the campus of Washington University, and was the largest fair (in area) to date. There were over 1,500 buildings, connected by some 75 miles (121 km) of roads and walkways.
Lighthouse and museum Old Mill Museum: Dundee: Monroe: Southeast Michigan: Local history: Fashion, furniture, farm life, Native Americans, legacy of Henry Ford Old Post Office Museum: Grand Marais: Alger: Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Local history: Operated by the Grand Marais Historical Society [37] Old Presque Isle Light: Presque Isle ...
Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , its population was 3,776. [ 3 ] Lindsborg is known for its large Swedish , other Nordic and Scandinavian heritages.
Museum Village at Old Smith's Clove, Monroe; Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Old Bethpage; Old Stone Fort, Schoharie; Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn; Aaron House of Niagara Falls, [Niagara Falls] North Carolina. A museum interpreter explains aspects of a 19th-century apothecary in Old Salem. Bethabara Historic District, Winston-Salem