STATE HIGHWAY 88 AND ELK CREEK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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STATE HIGHWAY 88 AND ELK CREEK

Architecture and History Inventory
STATE HIGHWAY 88 AND ELK CREEK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Rainbow Lake Park
Other Name:Rainbow Lake Park
Contributing:
Reference Number:122045
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):STATE HIGHWAY 88 AND ELK CREEK
County:Buffalo
City:
Township/Village:Gilmanton
Unincorporated Community:
Town:23
Range:11
Direction:W
Section:14
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:20012017
Historic Use:park
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:
Architect:
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:April 2001-Rainbow Lake Park features a pond stocked with fish, a shelter and rest rooms. It is located east of STH 88 on the site of the former millpond. Flood waters, which caused damage to the dam on a regular basis, eventually forced the mill to convert to electrical power. The dam was not replaced after it failed during a severe flood and the pond area was left vacant for years until the Sportsmen#25;s Club was encouraged by the community at large to undertake the construction of a recreational facility featuring a smaller pond and a park for community use. Rainbow Lake Park was established in the mid-1970s.

2017- "Rainbow Lake Park is located on the east side of STH 88 at the south end of the unincorporated community of Gilmanton. Located on the site of a former millpond, the park comprises a small pond, parking area, and recreational facilities. Structures consist of a c.1975, gable-roof, open-air picnic shelter, small gable roof restroom building, and several playground structures. Modern wood fishing piers extend from the shoreline north and east of the picnic shelter, and a wood sign is located on the north side of the driveway leading from STH 88."
-"STH 88: CTH U to STH 37", WisDOT#7730-02-30, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (2017).
Bibliographic References:Amidon, 1986: 74-75.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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