Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY X
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | The Morning of Life |
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| Other Name: | The Morning of Life |
| Contributing: | |
| Reference Number: | 15799 |
| Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY X |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Mackford |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 14 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 23 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | statue/sculpture |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | CLARENCE ADDISON SHALER |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
| State Register Listing Date: |
| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. AT GRAVE SITE OF CLARA SHALER, THE SCULPTOR'S SISTER. LIFE SIZE FIGURE REPRESENTS CLARA, WHO DIED IN MORNING OF HER LIFE. CONSIDERED SHALER'S MOST SENSITIVE SCULPTURE. Entitled "Shaler Statues Thematic" in Dodge Co. See SOS! files at National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic name, construction date: carved on statue. MARKESAN HERALD 7/27/1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |