page_title: Swany White Flour Mills
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Swany White Flour Mills / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Swany White Flour Mills: rear view of the mill's original powerhouse smokestack (left), a modern building constructed to replace the 1898 mill lost in a 2011 fire (center), and the 1900 miller's house (partially visible on right). Viewed from the southwest. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82003043 More images
context_page_description: Swany White Flour Mills is a flour manufacturing and wholesaling company based in Freeport, Minnesota, United States. It was established in the late 19th century and has been owned by the same family since 1903. On December 27, 2011, the company's historic 114-year-old mill burned down. Construction on a new facility began the following summer, and Swany White Flour Mills was able to remain in business.
  The mill complex had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House for its local significance in the theme of commerce. In addition to the 1898 mill, which was expanded to three stories in 1912, the complex consisted of an attached brick powerhouse, the adjacent miller's house built in 1900, and a disused freestanding brick smokestack. It was the last remaining 19th-century mill in use in Minnesota. The miller's house and smokestack still stand, with the 2012 replacement mill between them, and the property has not been delisted from the National Register.
context_section_description: For white flour, Swany White had used the same milling equipment since 1913.  It had a milling capacity of about 1,000 pounds (450 kg) per hour, or 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) per business day.  This was a fraction of the milling capacity of most mills.  It is notable that Swany White Flour had continued to operate as a small independent while most other small regional producers have either given up or sold out.
  For its conventional products, the mill had a commercial presence mainly in the Upper Midwest, however its organic products were distributed more widely.  In addition to sales to distributors and retailers, Swany White had a retail outlet at the mill in Freeport.  The mill's most popular product was a bleached flour sold under the brand name Faith's Best, which accounted for about 60% of all sales.
caption: Rear view of the original smokestack and replacement mill building
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