Global InformationFox River Paper Company Historic District information
Fox River Paper Company Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 The Fox River Paper Company Mills | |
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| Location | 405-406, 415 S. Olde Oneida St., Appleton, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°15′31″N 88°24′18″W / 44.25861°N 88.40500°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1883-1915 |
| Architect | E.D. Jones |
| Architectural style | Romanesque and Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000639[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 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]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Property Record: Ravine/Rag Mills". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Property Record: Lincoln Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Property Record: Fox River Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Middle Appleton P-7264". National map of hydropower dams. Hydropower Reform Coalition. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ 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.