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MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK)

Architecture and History Inventory
MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:McCoy Park Monument
Other Name:World War I Memorial Monument
Contributing:
Reference Number:118767
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK)
County:Jefferson
City:Fort Atkinson
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1939
Additions:
Survey Date:1998
Historic Use:commemorative monument/marker
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:Marble
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:This marble monument is the second of two WWI memorials in McCoy Memorial Park (the other is a likeness of a WWI doughboy). The marble monument was erected in 1939, by the Service Star Legion, a war mothers' organization. The monument reads, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/1917-1918/ERECTED BY SERVICE STAR LEGION INC/JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAPTER, FORT ATKINSON, WISC/1938."
Bibliographic References:"The Jefferson County Union," 24 February 1939.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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