Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Building 403 |
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| Other Name: | Building 403 |
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| Reference Number: | 142058 |
| 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: | 1940 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | bath house |
| Architectural Style: | Side 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 constructed as an officer bath and latrine and was designed by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengels, State of Wisconsin Military Architect and Engineer. The building measures 60 x 25 feet and rests on a 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 with exposed purlin ends on the south gable. Two interior brick chimney stacks and five metal vents project from the roof. The windows are wood-frame, three-over-three-light, double-hung sash units. The windows have wood lintels and concrete sills. Two metal doors are located in the south end. The doorways have brick surrounds. A single metal door and paired, five-panel, wood doors occupy the west elevation. An overhead track door, which is a later addition, occupies the north end and the upper gable end was resheathed with wood siding. Most of the original vertical wood board window shutters have been removed. This building was patterned after the officer bath and latrine buildings constructed in 1934 and probably originally contained 10 water closets, 12 enameled basins, and 12 shower stalls. Hot water was provided by a steam boiler. The building served as a bath and latrine until the barracks were renovated to include interior bathrooms during the 1980s and 1990s. The building was reused for storage and the overhead track door in the north end was installed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Volk Field CRTC, real property records, drawings files. Wisconsin National Guard Review, December 1940:12; May 1934. Wisconsin National Guard Biennial Report 30 June 1940 to 30 June 1942 Wisconsin National Guard Museum, Volk Field CRTC, 1955 Conditions Survey. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives, Madison, blueprint drawings, Camp Williams. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |