Property Record
9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Boerner Botanical Gardens & Arboretum |
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Other Name: | Boerner Botanical Gardens |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 169861 |
Location (Address): | 9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City: | Hales Corners |
Township/Village: | |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 6 |
Range: | 21 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 32 |
Quarter Section: | SE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1933 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2011 |
Historic Use: | garden |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Root River Parkway |
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National Register Listing Date: | 1/29/2013 |
State Register Listing Date: | 8/19/2011 |
National Register Multiple Property Name: | Milwaukee County Parkway System |
Additional Information: | 2011- Resurveyed; appearance unchanged. 2010- The original Botanical Garden featured Annual, Perennial, Rock, Rose and Peony Gardens. Subsequent additions to the Botanical Gardens include the Trial Garden in 1950, Herb Garden in 1953, Bog Walk in 1966, and the Daylily Walk and Shrub Rose Collection in 1972. Visitors walk through the gardens using gravel footpaths and paved walkways. Reflective pools, fountains, and a pergola are located throughout the designed landscape of the gardens. |
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Bibliographic References: | . |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |