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Minden Flour Milling Company

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1906, F. G. Wezer. 1908, additions. 1609 Railroad Ave.
  • Minden Flour Milling Company (Julie Nicoletta)
  • Minden Flour Milling Company (Bret Morgan)

Built for the Dangberg company, the mill consists of two sections: a three-story brick mill building with a gable roof and stepped parapet gable end walls and a cluster of four 45-foot-high steel silos covered by a sheet-metal gable roof. A three-and-one-half-story corrugated sheet-metal enclosure connects the silos to the mill building. One-story additions on the south and east sides of the brick structure were completed in 1908. Despite its utilitarian style, the mill has refined touches, including pilaster strips separating the walls into bays.

The oldest and most prominent of the three structures in the complex, the mill has a striking appearance, towering over U.S. 395. During the first decade of Minden's existence, it was the tallest building in town. It is now the only remaining flour mill of five that were built in the Carson Valley from 1854 to 1906. These structures played an important role in early Nevada, not only providing flour for emigrants heading west but also helping settlers to establish a local milling industry.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Julie Nicoletta
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What's Nearby

Offices (Minden Butter Manufacturing Company)
Offices (Minden Wool Warehouse)
Carson Valley Improvement Club
House (Dangberg House)
Douglas County Offices (Minden Inn)

Citation

Julie Nicoletta, "Minden Flour Milling Company", [Minden, Nevada], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/NV-01-NW089.

Print Source

Buildings of Nevada, Julie Nicoletta. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 118-118.

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