Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site
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The W. R. Stafford Planing Mill Site was the site of a mill, located on Huron Street in Port Hope, Michigan. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. After the disastrous forest fire of 1881, a planing mill building was constructed at this site. Planing mill opened in about 1882. The mill building contained a planing mill on the first floor and sash and door factory run by Duncan McKenzie and George Drury on the second floor. The planing mill and associated factory were major employers in the area at the end of the 19th century, as the lumbering trade wound down. The operation closed in the mid-1890s. In 1905, the building was leased to Gustave Marquardt and to use a pea mill, where peas were cleaned and sacked. In 1912, disease destroyed the local pea crop, and the business shut down. The mill building was eventually torn down, and as of 1987, only the chimney was left. As of 2017, the chimney was also gone. The planing mill site sits in the woods near the shore of Lake Huron. It contains the foundations of the old mill, measuring about 80 feet by 36 feet. The site also contained at one time a 50-foot high chimney, measuring six feet six inches by six feet at the base. The chimney was constructed of red brick and tapered upward.
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When was Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site listed on the National Register?
Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1987.
What type of historic resource is Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site?
Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Stafford, W. R., Planing Mill Site is recorded as the industrial era.
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