George B. M. Wisehaupt established a grain, coal and lumber business at a location near the Pennsylvania Railroad along Milford Street. In addition he formed a farm machinery business at the intersection of Main and Second Streets.
Later the mill was owned by Horace Frazer (husband of Laura Wisehaupt), daughter of John and Mary Jane Wisehaupt. Later George Wisehaupt's son Frank acquired the mill, then John Stake, then Charles Goodman and later John Anstine who operated it as Annlick Farm Supply.
In 1932 the lumber portion of the business was sold to the H. C. Hower Lumber Company.
Growmark started in 1927 when nine of the local agricultural supply cooperatives in Illinois, which had started early in the 1920s, formed Illinois Farm Supply Company. After purchasing the Port Royal property, Growmark replaced the original buildings with new ones.
Sitting along the left side of the PRR tracks is the Wisehaupt Grain Mill and Elevator. Across the tracks is the RAILROAD HOUSE. The Hotel Royal is visible at the far left of the photo. (The photo was taken from atop the Railroad Bridge.)
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ADVERTISEMENT: Wisehaupt advertisement for the farm machinery portion of the enterprise. This portion of the business was eventually operated from a garage located at the north east corner of Main and Second Streets and would still later become Kohler Farm Supply. (Advertisement courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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GOODMAN HOME AND MILL (A portion of a steel beam is visible at the very bottom of the photo. The beam was being transported across the railroad tracks for construction of the steel Juniata River Bridge. For this purpose, the closed Milford Street Crossing must have been opened.) (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor.)
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CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP - Charles Goodman (left) has sold his farm supply business in Port Royal to John B. Anstine (right). Goodman's Mill will now be operated by Mr. Anstine under the name Annlick Farm Supply, Inc. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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ANNLICK FARM SUPPLY - The former WISEHAUPT GRAIN ELEVATOR is operating as ANNLICK FARM SUPPLy. (Note the railroad train approaching on the right of the photo.) (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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ADVERTISEMENT: Annlick Mill Winter Seed Sale. (Advertisement courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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After purchasing the property, GROWMARK FS dismantled the original mill buildings and replaced them with the steel buildings shown in this photo. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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MILL COMPLEX
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LOOKING NORTH FROM THE RAILROAD BRIDGE - Note that the four rail lines have been reduced to two. One pf the POMEROY HOUSES is at the far right of the photo, the new retainung wall for the bridge exit ramp is on the right below the Pomeroy House, the footprint of the Port Royal PRR Station is in the bottom left of the photo and the Growmark buildings are where the Wisehaupt Mill was formerly located. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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ADVERTISEMENT from 1929 PRHS Yearbook.
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ADVERTISEMENT A 1923 advertisement for the Wisehaupt Mill. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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