Chase Grain Elevator

Chase Grain Elevator
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	123 Railroad St. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°10′44″N 89°12′50″W / 43.178762°N 89.213968°W / 43.178762; -89.213968
Built	1922
NRHP reference No.	10000540
Added to NRHP	August 12, 2010

The Chase Grain Elevator is a grain elevator located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.^[1] It was built in 1922 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[2] It is the last known tile elevator remaining in Wisconsin.^[1]

Chase Grain Elevator was constructed in 1922 on the site of a previous Chase & Sons elevator that burned down in the winter of 1921–22. The fireproof tile elevator was planned to have a capacity of 13,500 bushels.^[3] In March 1922, it was estimated to cost $20,000 (approximately US$375,706 today).^[4]

The elevator is said to illustrate experimental construction techniques during the transition from between wood and concrete elevators. Tile elevator construction ended around 1925.^[1]

The elevator consists of two cylindrical grain bins, with a third "pocket" bin created from a semi-circle of tile linking the two main bins.^[1]