Astor Fur Warehouse

Infobox_nrhp | name =Astor Fur Warehouse
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 3
lat_seconds = 17.96
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 91
long_minutes = 9
long_seconds = 36.33
long_direction = W
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
built =1828
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= October 09, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=609&ResourceType=Building
title=Astor Fur Warehouse
accessdate=2007-11-07|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000800

Astor Fur Warehouse, built in 1828, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, is a site significant for its use by the American Fur Company. It is the only known surviving fur trade warehouse in the upper Mississippi valley.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000800.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Astor Fur Warehouse / American Fur Company Warehouse] |387 KB|date=December 9, 1984 |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000800.pdf Accompanying 4 photos, exterior and interior, from 1936, 1975, and undated.] |775 KB]

It is located at Bolvin and Water Streets, on St. Feriole Island. It was flooded in 2001.

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