Klevenville Cheese Factory 

Village or Township: Springdale Township

​Address: 2919 CTH P, Klevenville, WI

Years of Operation: <1906 - >1947

Cheesemakers: ​​​​Fred Winger (1913)​

Cheese Types: Brick, Swiss​​

​Patrons: ​Arnold P. Sletto, owner 1913- paid the taxes in 1935​​​​​
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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​
Plat Maps: 1890 & 1954
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1890 - showing Iver Kleven farm - right center
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1954 - Shown at northeast corner of road intersection and south of railroad
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Wisconsin Historical Society Collection
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From before the railroad went through and "Klevenville" was named.
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1890 - showing cheese factory (creamery) north of the railroad. Kleven buildings south of railroad. MIstakenly (?) named Pine Bluff possibly from Bluff Post Office.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Collection
Off site resources
Road View and Map
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