Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Building 315 |
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Other Name: | Building 315 |
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Reference Number: | 141981 |
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: | 1941 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2006 |
Historic Use: | dining hall |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
Structural System: | Masonry |
Wall Material: | Tile |
Architect: | Hengels, Henry C. |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | This enlisted men's mess hall was constructed in the 135th Medical Regiment area. It was one of three additional mess halls reported as under construction in the June 1941 issue of the Wisconsin National Guard Review. This mess hall was designed by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengels, State of Wisconsin Military Architect and Engineer. The permanent mess hall was divided into two spaces: a kitchen and a dining area. The building could accommodate 100 persons and was oriented so that the dining area faced the troop encampment. Troops accessed the building through double doors that occupied the front gable end. The kitchen at the rear of the building had a separate single door. The 1940 design of the permanent mess halls had an interior brick chimney and an exterior icebox door located near a corner of the kitchen. The exterior icebox door was omitted during the construction of this mess hall, but the building had an interior chimney (now removed). The building measures 25 x 65 feet and rests on a stuccoed concrete wall foundation. The exterior walls are constructed of tan clay tile with red brick corner quoins. The gable roof is sheathed with composition shingles. Exposed purlin ends project from the end walls; the current eave is sheathed in metal. Each upper gable end wall is finished with a band of red brick and has a rectangular wood louvered vent with canted corners. The windows are metal-frame, one-over-one-light, double-hung sash units that replaced the original wood-frame, six-over-six-light, double-hung sash. The windows have wood lintels and concrete sills. The original doorway was located in the north elevation and contained a pair of double wood doors. The door currently is infilled with tan clay tiles, but the original wood lintel with its brick surround remains. The original doorway on the south end was infilled and made into a window. A few vertical wood board window shutters have been retained. After the property was leased for use by the Air National Guard in 1954, this building was converted into barracks through the construction of individual rooms, a dayroom, indoor plumbing, and heat. |
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Bibliographic References: | Volk Field CRTC, real property records, drawings files. Wisconsin National Guard Review, December 1940:12; June 1941. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives, Madison, blueprint drawings, Camp Williams. Wisconsin National Guard Museum, Volk Field CRTC, 1955 Conditions Survey. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |