Sand Island
Historic Name: | Shaw Point Historic District |
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Reference Number: | 100005371 |
Location (Address): | Sand Island |
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County: | Bayfield |
City/Village: | |
Township: | Bayfield |
Shaw Point Historic District Sand Island, Bayfield, Bayfield County The Shaw Point Historic District is a collection of three neighboring properties along the southeastern shoreline of Sand Island, one of twenty-two islands that form the Apostle Islands archipelago off of the Bayfield Peninsula in northern Wisconsin. The district has buildings, structures, and landscape features that reflect the interconnected commercial, agricultural, recreational, and seasonal residential development of the islands. The oldest property is the Shaw-Hill Farm, which was established in 1870 as a commercial fishing camp and farm. Camp Stella, a summer resort founded in 1886, came next in the district’s evolution. Nearly two decades passed before the district saw its next transition with the 1909 addition of the Campbell-Jensch Property, which was the first site along Sand Island’s southern shore to be used solely as a second home. Eventually, however, the Shaw-Hill Farm and Camp Stella became private seasonal getaways as commercial fishing and summer resorts dwindled in economic importance in the twentieth century. By mid-century, recreational tourism had become a primary economic driver throughout northern Wisconsin, but development on the islands was generally halted with the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in 1970. The federal government acquired much of the land to preserve the islands for their geographic, scenic, and scientific values, but several longtime residents—including those at Shaw Point—established life estates for their properties that allow them to continue residing on the island for the lifetime of those listed on the deed. |
Period of Significance: | 1870-1970 |
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Area of Significance: | Commerce |
Area of Significance: | Agriculture |
Area of Significance: | Entertainment/Recreation |
Area of Significance: | Maritime History |
Area of Significance: | Exploration/Settlement |
Area of Significance: | Industry |
Area of Significance: | Architecture |
Applicable Criteria: | Event |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Historic Use: | Agriculture/Subsistence: Fishing Facility Or Site |
Historic Use: | Agriculture/Subsistence: Agricultural Outbuildings |
Historic Use: | Agriculture/Subsistence: Storage |
Historic Use: | Government: Post Office |
Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Department Store |
Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store |
Historic Use: | Recreation And Culture: Outdoor Recreation |
Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
Historic Use: | Domestic: Camp |
Historic Use: | Domestic: Secondary Structure |
Architectural Style: | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
Architectural Style: | Other |
Resource Type: | District |
Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 07/27/2020 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/22/2019 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 22 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 1 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 2 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 1 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 2 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |