Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Building 115 |
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| Other Name: | Building 115 |
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| Reference Number: | 141985 |
| Location (Address): | VOLK FIELD CRTC |
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| County: | Juneau |
| City: | Camp Douglas |
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| 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. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This building was one of five officers mess halls built between 1941 and 1942 at Camp Williams. This mess hall was built in the Infantry Regimental area and was reported as under construction in the June 1941 issue of the Wisconsin National Guard Review. Drawings dated 8 December 1940 were prepared by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengels, State of Wisconsin Military Architect and Engineer. The design of the 1940 officers mess hall was a revision of the earlier rectangular officers mess hall constructed at Camp Headquarters (Building 301) in 1931. The 1940 drawings for the officers mess hall depicted a building occupying a U-shaped footprint that could accommodate 100 officers. The first floor contained the kitchen and dining area with a bathroom for ladies. The full basement contained two fireplaces and additional toilet facilities. A screened porch spanned the front elevation between the front-facing projecting gable wings. The building measures 74 x 40 feet and rests on a stuccoed concrete wall foundation with a metal watertable. The exterior walls are constructed of tan clay tile with red brick corner quoins. The intersecting gable roof is sheathed with composition shingles and has exposed purlins in the upper gable ends. Each upper gable end wall is finished with a band of red brick and has a rectangular wood louvered vent with canted corners. Exterior chimneys project are located on the side elevations. The chimney stacks are constructed of tan clay tile and have brick 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. Some vertical board wood shutters remain in place. The original screened porch on the west elevation was enclosed with wood siding and contains a solid wood unit. Secondary doorways containing metal units and enframed by brick surrounds are located in the side elevations. In 1964, this building was upgraded to serve as the dining hall for the enlisted personnel of the 343rd Fighter Group, Air Defense Command of the U.S. Air Force who were stationed at the installation between 1965 and 1972. The 1964 renovations included enclosing the screened porch with asbestos shingle siding and windows and adding a projecting entry vestibule. In 1969, the building was renovated into a training facility, and a tan clay tile addition accessed by a metal door was added to the north elevation. Subsequently, an addition was constructed on the east elevation. The east addition is accessed by two metal doors. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Volk Field CRTC, real property records, drawings files. Wisconsin National Guard Review, December 1940:12; June 1941; July 1941:15. Wisconsin National Guard Museum, Volk Field CRTC, 1955 Conditions Survey. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |