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1700 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1700 LIBERTY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1700 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Island Park Refectory
Other Name:Island Park Shelter
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:11000
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1700 LIBERTY ST
County:Racine
City:Racine
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1911
Additions:
Survey Date:200219942016
Historic Use:pavilion
Architectural Style:Prairie School
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Wood
Architect: Guilbert and Funston; Jens Jensen
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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