Minden Butter Manufacturing Company

The Minden Butter Manufacturing Company, also known as the Minden Creamery, is a historic creamery building located at 1617 Water St. in Minden, Nevada. Built in 1916, the creamery was designed by noted Nevada architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps. The creamery replaced the Minden Butter Manufacturing Company's first building, which was built in 1908, so the company would have space to pasteurize its products. The company sold butter and other produce under the Windmill brand name and eventually became the largest creamery in Nevada. While the company mainly shipped its goods to the San Francisco area, it also sold internationally; the year before the creamery was built, it sent a large shipment of butter to China.[2] The creamery building is now used by Bently Nevada for manufacturing purposes.[3]

Minden Butter Manufacturing Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1617 Water St. Minden, Nevada
Coordinates	38°57′20″N 119°45′48″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)
Architect	DeLongchamps, Frederic J.
Architectural style	Utilitarian
MPS	Architecture of Frederick J. DeLongchamps TR
NRHP reference No.	86002263[1]
Added to NRHP	August 6, 1986

The creamery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1986.[1]