Property Record
WHITNALL PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Maintenance Building |
|---|---|
| Other Name: | Maintenance Building |
| Contributing: | |
| Reference Number: | 124465 |
| Location (Address): | WHITNALL PARK |
|---|---|
| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Hales Corners |
| Township/Village: | |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | |
| Range: | |
| Direction: | |
| Section: | |
| Quarter Section: | |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: |
| Year Built: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | garage (residential) |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
|---|---|
| National Register Listing Date: | |
| State Register Listing Date: |
| 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: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |