Property Record
SE SHORE, SAND ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Shaw-Hill Farm - Workshop |
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| Other Name: | Blacksmith Shop |
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| Reference Number: | 12627 |
| Location (Address): | SE SHORE, SAND ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Bayfield |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 52 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19752014 |
| Historic Use: | Domestic - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Shaw Farm |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/18/1976 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Shaw Point Historic District |
| National Register Listing Date: | 7/27/2020 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/22/2019 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Shaw Farms) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. A 'site file' exists for this property under the name "Shaw Point Historic District." It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 1 OF A GROUP OF FIVE BLDGS BUILT BETWEEN 1870 AND 1900 SEE NRHP NOMIATION FORM FO R COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND STATEMENT GREATLY ALTERED SHED/WORKSHOP NEAR-COLLAPSE SEE R#1100,12624-12627 FOR RELATED BLDGS This building was constructed by Frank Shaw in the late nineteenth century. It was used as a workshop, sail loft, and a blacksmith shop. Today, it is used for storage and there is a sleeping loft on the second story. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] SEE NRHP NOMINATION FORM Alanen, Arnold R. “The Shaw-Hill Farm Site On Sand Island (Apostle Islands National Lakeshore): Biographical and Site-Related Information.” June 1990. Report prepared by the Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Natural Resources, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin. Parnes, Herschel, L. D. “Shaw Farm.” National Register of Historic Places nomination. August 5, 1975. Snyder, Dave. “Sketch Map of Sand Island’s Shaw Point, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, 1994, not to scale.” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore archives, Bayfield, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |