Property Record
7864 WHEELER ISLAND RD (ON PLANTING GROUND LAKE)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | |
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| Other Name: | Evans Boat House |
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| Reference Number: | 150641 |
| Location (Address): | 7864 WHEELER ISLAND RD (ON PLANTING GROUND LAKE) |
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| County: | Oneida |
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| Township/Village: | Three Lakes |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 39 |
| Range: | 11 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 29 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Historic Use: | boat house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. This two-story wet boathouse is of frame construction and rests on timber pilings. The roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features three gable dormers and a simple wood cornice. A wooden walkway connects the shoreline to a second-story entrance vestibule on the rear elevation. The facade of the boathouse is three bays with modern overhead doors. The interior bays of the first level of the boathouse feature three boat slips and wood decks. The second story is divided into two bedrooms and a bathroom. Windows on the boathouse include bands of the original multi-light casements and a modern fixed octagonal window on the side elevation. Circa 1990, the concrete pilings were replaced with timber. It is believed that the main house and the boathouse were built by a lawyer from Chicago c. 1920. He worked for the Edward Hines Lumber Company and during a period of financial difficulty was reimbursed with the property and the lumber to construct the buildings. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |