Property Record
WHITNALL PARK - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CCC Camp Barracks |
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| Other Name: | Community Building |
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| Reference Number: | 124464 |
| Location (Address): | WHITNALL PARK - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Hales Corners |
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| Year Built: | 1933 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | dormitory |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2011- Resurveyed; appearance unchanged. Duplicate records AHI 122654 and 169881 2001- This simple building is the only extant structure related to the 1930s CCC Camp that was located in Whitnal Park. The CCC men did much of the pyscical construction of the park during the 1930s. The CCC was one of the most importatn of the "New Deal" projgrams to assist people in the 1930s, this one assisting young men. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |