Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Building 139 |
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| Other Name: | Building 139 |
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| Reference Number: | 141058 |
| Location (Address): | VOLK FIELD CRTC |
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| County: | Juneau |
| City: | Camp Douglas |
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| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 17 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 21 |
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| Year Built: | 1956 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | barrack |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
| Architect: | John J. Flad & Associates;; Mead & Hunt, Inc |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This barracks was one of 43 identical forty-man barracks constructed in 1956 during the expansion of Volk Field CRTC into a permanent training site for use by Air National Guard units. This barracks was constructed in the former 127th Infantry camp (100 area) where concrete tent floors for officers were located. The drawings for the barracks were prepared by John J. Flad & Associates, and Mead & Hunt, Inc., Architects and Engineers, Madison, Wisconsin, through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. Drawings of the barracks buildings dated 1955 indicated that the buildings were standardized for permanent training sites. Examples of these barracks also were documented at Alpena CRTC, Michigan. This typical barracks building is one story and occupies a rectangular footprint. The exterior walls are constructed of concrete block on a concrete slab. Concrete piers are located at intervals along the long elevation walls. Wood drop siding is installed in the upper gable ends with louvered vents in the gable peaks. The gable roof is sheathed in red asphalt shingles. Three metal ventilators project from the roof. A continuous band of wood-frame, four-light hopper windows with a continuous concrete sill is located under the eaves. Single metal doors are centered in each gable end. The barracks originally were open and unheated. The barracks accommodated two rows of 20 bunks each with a center aisle. Wood shelves lined the upper walls below the windows. The interior walls are unpainted. The building currently is used for storage and is relatively unaltered. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Air National Guard, Alpena CRTC and Camp Grayling Weapons Range, Michigan Air National Guard Cultural Resources Evaluation, final report, March 2002. Volk Field CRTC, drawings files, real property records. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |