9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Garden House - Boerner Botanical Garden
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:169904
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):9400 BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY
County:Milwaukee
City:Hales Corners
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:21
Direction:E
Section:32
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1935
Additions:
Survey Date:20112002
Historic Use:other
Architectural Style:
Structural System:
Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect: George Spinti
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Root River Parkway
National Register Listing Date:1/29/2013
State Register Listing Date:8/19/2011
National Register Multiple Property Name:Milwaukee County Parkway System
NOTES
Additional Information:2011- Resurveyed; appearance unchanged. Duplicate AHI record 124466. 2010- This one-and-one-half-story side gable building was constructed by workers from the WPA between 1935 and 1941. The building is clad in fieldstone and has a wood shingle roof and multi-light windows. It served as the administration building with offices, program space, and gift shop. 2011- Resurveyed; appearance unchanged. Duplicate AHI record 169904. 2001- THIS COLONIAL REVIVAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1935-36 AS A WPA PROJECT FOR THE BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDENS. IT IS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE AND FOR ITS FIELDSTONE CONSTRUCTION. IT IS ALSO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE WPA, THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK PROGRAM DURING THE 1930S. Building was constructed as part of the Works Progress Administration.
Bibliographic References:Hales Corners Historic Preservation Commission brochure, 2002.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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