Klevenville Cheese Factory

CHEESE FACTORY LIST

Klevenville Cheese Factory

Springdale Township

2919 CTH P, Klevenville

1890 - showing cheese factory (creamery) north of the railroad. Kleven buildings south of railroad. MIstakenly (?) named Pine Bluff possibly from Bluff Post Office.

1954 - shown at northeast corner of road intersection and south of railroad

Off site resources
Road View and Map

Operated: <1906 - >1947

Cheesemakers: Fred Winger (1913)

Cheese Types: Brick, Swiss

Patrons: Arnold P. Sletto, owner 1913- paid the taxes in 1935

Notes: Talof Lee (or Lee Tallof); James Farrell; mgrs. At the time Lee Tallof was manager (1909), Arnold Sletto had his own cheese factory on his farm which was on the W-side of Klevenville.

Prior to the cheese factory, Klevenville had a creamery that closed in 1895.

Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of WI: Klevenville 1906, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1930. The site was known as Bluff or Pine Bluff PO before it became Klevenville in 1884. There was a Bluff Cheese Factory listed in 1896 in Springdale - possibly this one.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory- Architectural Style: Astylistic Utilitarian Building. Wall Material: Clapboard. Basement story clad in hollow tile. Roof covered in standing seam metal

From before the railroad went through and "Klevenville" was named.

1890 - showing Iver Kleven farm - right center

Wisconsin Historical Society Collection

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