Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Building 400 |
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| Other Name: | Building 400 |
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| Reference Number: | 142018 |
| 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: | 1942 |
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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 |
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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. Drawings dated 8 December 1940 were prepared by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengels, State of Wisconsin Military Architect and Engineer. The design of the 1940s officer mess hall was a revision of the earlier rectangular officers mess hall constructed at Camp Headquarters (Building 301) in 1931. The 1940 drawing for the officers mess hall depicted a building occupying a U-shaped footprint to 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 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. The building has three exterior chimneys. The chimney stacks are constructed of tan clay tile and have brick corners. The upper stack of the chimney on the south elevation has been cut-off at the roofline. 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 units. The windows have wood lintels and concrete sills. The main entry is located on the west elevation. The former screened porch was enclosed with exterior insulation finish system (i.e. dryvit) and contains a modern glass door in the metal frame. The east elevation has an exposed basement accessed by a metal door. The building currently serves as the base exchange. |
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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 |