Parkin Ice Cream Company - Marshfield WI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member REUAHNESIE
N 44° 39.550 W 090° 09.836
15T E 724847 N 4949002
The Parkin Family was involved in the movement to create a national dairy marketing compact. This dairy facility built in 1941 was the home of the Perkin Ice Cream Company.
Waymark Code: WMGEWA
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 1

In the 1920's W.L. Perkin purchased the McCrillis Ice Cream Company creating the Perkin Ice Cream Company. The specialties were molded ice cream products. After a fire in 1941, a new brick building was erected. Today, ice cream is no longer produced in this building. It is now a brewpub and restaurant know as West Fourteenth Street. A more formal dining area upstairs is known as Perkin Place.

The Parkin Ice Cream Company building is the last remaining largely-intact building representing the heyday of the modern dairy industry in Marshfield. At the time of its construction, the building was a "state-of-the-art" dairy processing plant, bringing new technology to the industry.
Street address:
108 W. 9th Street
Marshfield, WI USA
54449


County / Borough / Parish: Wood County

Year listed: 2009

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event

Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949

Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current function: Commerce/Trade

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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