Property Record
1700 LIBERTY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Island Park Refectory |
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Other Name: | Island Park Shelter |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 11000 |
Location (Address): | 1700 LIBERTY ST |
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County: | Racine |
City: | Racine |
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Year Built: | 1911 |
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Survey Date: | 200219942016 |
Historic Use: | pavilion |
Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
Wall Material: | Wood |
Architect: | Guilbert and Funston; Jens Jensen |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Root River Parks" exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 2016- The 1911 Jens Jensen-designed shelter, which stands just east of the fields and parking lot, offers restroom facilities and a covered picnic shelter. It features a hip roof with wide eave overhangs, horizontal wood siding, and high horizontal bands of windows with square bracket supports. Jens Jensen designed the park. Shed roofed addition built later. |
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Bibliographic References: | Jens Jensen, sketch of park shelter for Racine, Wisconsin dated 9/1909. Architecture and History Survey. January 2002. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (A) Racine Daily Times, Sept. 23, 1910, p. 5. (B) Fanny S. Stone, ed., History of Racine County (Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1916),1:152-154. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide, 1994. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |