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Built in 1864, the mill was one of many wool- and flax-processing factories that opened during the American Civil War, due to a shortage of cotton textiles formerly supplied by southern states. The mill produced yarns, blankets, and flannels, and was the largest woolen mill west of Philadelphia in the 19th century. The mill closed in 1968 and ...
The Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill and the Cedarburg Mill are separately entered in the NRHP. These are also considered "pivotal" by the NRHP nomination: The Cedarburg Brewery Complex at W62 N714-730 Riveredge Drive was begun in the 1840s, making it one of the oldest breweries in southeast Wisconsin. The main brewery was built in 1847-48 of ...
The mill was constructed next to the Grafton Flour Mill in 1880 at a cost of $40,000 to make worsted yarn and was the only one of its kind west of Philadelphia. [1] In 1882, a group of investors bought the mill and formed the Grafton Worsted Company. Diedrich Wittenberg, the president of the group, was also the owner of the Cedarburg Woolen ...
The 1855 Cedarburg Mill building, with a 1926 Wadham's filling station on the right. The 1864 Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill, which currently houses shops, restaurants, and a winery. The first white settlement in the Cedarburg area was a community called "New Dublin," which later became Hamilton in the town of Cedarburg.
Much of old downtown Cedarburg, including the 1847 Cedarburg Brewery Complex, the 1853 Greek Revival Schroeder house, the 1853 Stagecoach Inn, the 1870 Romanesque Revival St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, the 1870 Italianate Hoehn Furniture Store, the 1873 Groth's Hardware, the 1882 Gothic Revival Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, the ...
Cedarburg Woolen Co. Worsted Mill; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Car Shop Historic District; City of Beloit Waterworks and Pump Station; Cooksville Cheese Factory; J. B. Courtney Woolen Mills
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The Cedarburg History Museum is located in the historic Hilgen & Schroeder Mill Store, which is also home to the Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce and Cedarburg Visitor Center. The museum acquired the space in 2015 and began programming under the auspices of the Cedarburg Cultural Center in 2017. [ 1 ]