Property Record
12 E 3RD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HASKELL CLUB HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | Washburn Hospital |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 153901 |
| Location (Address): | 12 E 3RD ST |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | Washburn |
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| Year Built: | 1918 |
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| Additions: | 1959 1956 |
| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | social recreational/fraternal hall |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
| Architect: | THOMAS J. SHEFCHIK 1955/1959 |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | East Third Street Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/18/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | ORIGINAL PART OF THE BUILDING (MIDDLE)WAS BUILT BY THE DUPONT CO. TO HOUSE A CLUB HOUSE FOR THEIR BARKSDALE PLANT SUPERVISORS. THE CLUB HOUSE WAS BUILT IN AND WAS CALLED THE HASKELL CLUB HOUSE. IN 1922 THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED BY DR. ALBERT AXLEY FOR USE AS A HOSPITAL AND BY 1940 IT WAS KNOWN AS THE WASHBURN HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL WAS EXPANDED IN 1955 (THE NE END) AND COMPLETED IN 1956, AND EXPANDED AGAIN IN 1959 (THE SW END) AND BOTH ADDITIONS WERE DESIGNED BY THOMAS J. SHEFCHIK, A DULUTH, MN ARCHITECT. THE WHOLE IS NOW CLAD IN VINYL SIDING. |
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| Bibliographic References: | FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF WASHBURN, WI. NEW YORK: SANBORN-PERRIS MAP CO., 1918, 1926, 1926 (UPDATED TO 1940). HISTORIC CITY OF WASHBURN REAL ESTATE TAX ROLLS. ASHLAND PRESS: SEPT. 16, 1955; JAN. 31, 1959. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |