Property Record
6235 EVERGREEN LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Larry Doolittle's Evergreen Lodge |
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| Other Name: | Evergreen Lodge (lodge) |
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| Reference Number: | 132214 |
| Location (Address): | 6235 EVERGREEN LN |
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| County: | Vilas |
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| Township/Village: | Boulder Junction |
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| Town: | 42 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 1 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | resort/health spa |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The property consists of the main lodge and twelve cabins, as well as a few ancillary buildings--most of which are constructed of vertical log. This resort was established by Larry Doolittle in 1929. After working with his brother Al at Rocky Reef Reef Resort on Trout Lake, Al purchased two, forty-two acre parcels and seven lake lots on Little Crooked Lake in 1928. That first winter Larry and his son Kenneth erected the lodge and two cabins from cedar logs from the property itself and the resort opened the following summer. Expansion occurred over the next two years and, in 1931, Larry's son Syd joined in running the resort for the next three summers and son Lester worked as a guide. The Doolittles retained the resort until 1947, when they sold to the Rhodas and the Marschkes, who operated it until 1972. That year it was sold to Frank and LaVergn Voda, who operated the resort until selling to John Sprister in 1982. Current owners Noel and Laurel Malicki purchased the property in 1986. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Conversation with Laurel Malicki, Current owner of Evergreen Lodge. Shirley Doolittle, Boulder Junction: The Early Years, 1880s to 1950s (Boulder Junction, WI: Friends of the Library, c1996), 74. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |