forums
new posts
donate
UER Store
events
location db
db map
search
members
faq
terms of service
privacy policy
register
login




UER Forum > US: Great Lakes > Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations (Viewed 709 times)
Aran 


Location: Kansas City
Gender: Male
Total Likes: 1839 likes


Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.

 |  | 
Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations
< on 12/13/2019 9:11 PM >
Reply with Quote
Posted on Forum: UER Forum
Garver Feed Mill was one of the most well known abandonments in Madison, right behind the demolished Royster Clark fertilizer plant. It was originally a sugar beet mill, before being converted to an animal feed factory in the 1930's. It was abandoned in 1997, and sat vacant for twenty years- two long decades that took their toll on the building between vandals, scrappers, and arsonists.

In late 2017 work began to renovate the building into an event center and food court, work which concluded in the summer of 2019. Garver is open for business again, featuring an Ian's Pizza, kombucha brewery, yoga studio, and several other businesses.

Here are some of the photos I took back when it was abandoned.

http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=124133
http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=127503

Now that it has been renovated, I went back a few weeks ago to recreate some of my old shots so I could merge the pre- and post- renovation pictures together. And without further ado, here they are.

1. http://www.uer.ca/...ify&msgid=1939000#


2.


3.


4.


5.


6.


Ian's Pizza, one of the more popular pizza places in town, opened up a shop there. The pizza was decent. They even had a bunch of old machinery and equipment from the mill on display along the walls, some of which I recognized from when I explored it.

7.


I'd recommend checking it out if you're ever in Madison, if only for the sake of its history.



[last edit 12/13/2019 9:13 PM by Aran - edited 1 times]

"Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there.

relik 


Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
Total Likes: 1081 likes


There is no truth, Only a perspective.

 |  |  | dickr my flickr.
Re: Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations
< Reply # 1 on 12/16/2019 2:58 AM >
Reply with Quote
Posted on Forum: UER Forum
Woah! I had heard redevelopment was underway. I'll have to make a return trip sometime. Thanks for sharing!




"When it rains, just find bigger drains."
kenfagerdotcom 


Location: Madison, WI
Gender: Male
Total Likes: 458 likes


American Urbex... yeah. That was me.

 |  |  | kenfager.com
Re: Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations
< Reply # 2 on 12/16/2019 2:38 PM >
Reply with Quote
Posted on Forum: UER Forum
I tried twice before I moved to Madison to get in there, and wasn't really successful. Now that I live here it was always... eh... I'll get around to it. But I'm glad they were able to repurpose the site.

Controversial Opinion: Ian's Pizza isn't that great. FightMeIRL.gif.





Flickr: http://www.flickr....os/kenfagerdotcom/
Aran 


Location: Kansas City
Gender: Male
Total Likes: 1839 likes


Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.

 |  | 
Re: Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations
< Reply # 3 on 12/16/2019 6:34 PM >
Reply with Quote
Posted on Forum: UER Forum
Posted by kenfagerdotcom

Controversial Opinion: Ian's Pizza isn't that great. FightMeIRL.gif.




Nah, I agree with you on that. Their primary customer base (at least around downtown) is drunk college students and they know it. Intoxicated students don't care that much about quality when it's 1AM and they're just leaving Whiskey's, KK, or Monday's. after the fifth round of shots.

Now Union South has some surprisingly decent pizza, better than you'd expect from a student union.



[last edit 12/16/2019 6:34 PM by Aran - edited 1 times]

"Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there.

yoyo 


Total Likes: 8 likes




 |  | 
Re: Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations
< Reply # 4 on 12/26/2019 4:11 AM >
Reply with Quote
Posted on Forum: UER Forum
Thanks for the pictures! Having been there many times to appreciate it's crumbling beauty, and even being honored by having a ridiculous security measure placed over my personal entrance, I have not seen it in it's restored state. It's cool that they fixed it up, but I'll have to overcome my selfish nostalgia, and visit.




UER Forum > US: Great Lakes > Garver Feed Mill, Before and After Renovations (Viewed 709 times)


Add a poll to this thread



This thread is currently Public. Anyone, including search engines, may see it.



All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire.
To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT
View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield
This page was generated for you in 93 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 737080894 pages have been generated.