WHITNALL PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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WHITNALL PARK

Architecture and History Inventory
WHITNALL PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Maintenance Building
Other Name:Maintenance Building
Contributing:
Reference Number:124465
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):WHITNALL PARK
County:Milwaukee
City:Hales Corners
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1935
Additions:
Survey Date:2001
Historic Use:garage
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Fieldstone
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:THIS MAINTENANCE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE 1930S AS A WPA PROJECT FOR WHITNALL PARK AND THE BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDENS. IT IS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE, UNUSUAL IN A SERVICE BUILDING. IT MATCHES THE ADMINISTRATION AND RESTROOM BUILDINGS IN THE GARDENS. IT IS ALSO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFCANT AS A WPA PROJECT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK PROGRAMS OF THE 1930S.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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