The Minden Butter Manufacturing Company, also known as the Minden Creamery, is a historic creamery building located at 1617 Water St. in

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, Nevada. Built in 1916, the creamery was designed by noted Nevada architect

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. 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. The creamery building is now used by

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for manufacturing purposes. The creamery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1986.

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* {{Nevada State Historic Places/Douglas Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Nevada Industrial buildings completed in 1916 Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps buildings