Mary St., Freeport, Minnesota. County/parish: Stearns.
Removed from the National Register of Historic Places June 24, 2025. NRIS 82003043.
Part of Stearns County MRA (NRIS 64000379).
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Swany White Flour Mills is a flour manufacturing and wholesaling company based in Freeport, Minnesota, United States. It was established in the late 19th century and has been owned by the same family since 1903. On December 27, 2011, the company's historic 114-year-old mill burned down. Construction on a new facility began the following summer, and Swany White Flour Mills was able to remain in business.
The mill complex had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House for its local significance in the theme of commerce. In addition to the 1898 mill, which was expanded to three stories in 1912, the complex consisted of an attached brick powerhouse, the adjacent miller's house built in 1900, and a disused freestanding brick smokestack. It was the last remaining 19th-century mill in use in Minnesota. The miller's house and smokestack still stand, with the 2012 replacement mill between them. The property was delisted from the National Register in 2024.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201048