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LEONARD-LEOTA PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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LEONARD-LEOTA PARK

Architecture and History Inventory
LEONARD-LEOTA PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:LEOTA PARK HORSESHOE LAGOON (WEST)
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:171481
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):LEONARD-LEOTA PARK
County:Rock
City:Evansville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1936
Additions:
Survey Date:2010
Historic Use:designed landscape feature
Architectural Style:Rustic Style
Structural System:
Wall Material:Limestone
Architect: Fera, Wpa
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Leonard-Leota Park
National Register Listing Date:9/4/2012
State Register Listing Date:8/19/2011
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A NATURAL OXBOW BEND IN ALLEN'S CREEK WAS TURNED INTO A LANDSCAPED ISLAND PARK FEATURE BY FERA AND WPA LABOR BETWEEN 1935 AND 1936. THE ISLAND IS CONNECTED TO THE MAINLAND BY TWO STONE BRIDGES AND THERE IS ALSO A DUCK HOUSE AND A PICNIC TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS, ALL MADE OUT OF LIMESTONE IN THE RUSTIC STYLE.

Additional records associated with this property: Leonard and Leota Parks (AHI 29139), Lake Leota Dam (AHI 74758), Leota Park Bell Tower (AHI 140860), Henneberry Shelter House (AHI 140861), Leota Park Bath House (AHI 140943), Leonard-Leota Park Skater#25;s Warming House and Bandstand (AHI 140944), Leota Park Store Building (AHI 140945), Leota Park Antes Drive Bridge (AHI 171381), Allen#25;s Creek Straightening and Rip-Rapping (AHI 171441), Lake Leota Dam Stepped Falls (AHI 171461), Leota Park Horseshoe Lagoon (East) (AHI 171501), Leota Park North Baseball Diamond Bathroom Building (AHI 171761), Allen#25;s Creek Foot Bridge (AHI 171801).
Bibliographic References:Williams, B. Keith. Evansville City Parks: 1883-1986. Evansville, WI: Star Printing Co. 1987. Heggland, Timothy F. Leonard-Leota Park Historic District National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. January 17, 2011.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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