Couple’s restored 170-year-old Wisconsin grain mill home sells for $750,000

Representative Image of a historic grain mill transformed into a cozy country home with vintage furnishings and preserved industrial features (AI-generated image) A deteriorating grain mill in rural Wisconsin was given a second life as a country home after years of work by Ross and Theresa Halverson, who had backgrounds as antiques dealers. In December 2010, the mill’s then-owner told Ross Halverson that he planned to demolish the building. Halverson took it on the condition that he move it, and the structure was relocated roughly a mile in March 2011. The mill, which dates to the 1850s, needed extensive repairs, including work on floors that were unsafe to walk on. The couple adapted the former industrial building for residential use while retaining elements of its original materials and machinery. Its renovated interior combined an open layout, vintage furnishings and a farmhouse-style kitchen. The property at 33511 Old Mill Drive in Lone Rock, Wisconsin, was later marketed as a furnished historic mill conversion. Shorewest’s listing search reports a sale for $750,000 on October 9, 2026, but the transaction has not been independently confirmed.How a historic mill was moved across...