Property Record
2700 WINTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Ajax Forge Co. |
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Other Name: | Town and Country Lighting and Signs |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 17895 |
Location (Address): | 2700 WINTER ST |
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County: | Douglas |
City: | Superior |
Township/Village: | |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 49 |
Range: | 14 |
Direction: | W |
Section: | 15 |
Quarter Section: | NW |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
Year Built: | 1917 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 20112019 |
Historic Use: | industrial building |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Brick |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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National Register Listing Date: | |
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Additional Information: | This industrial complex includes four buildings and a railroad spur. The largest building is a two-story pole building with metal siding, a front gable roof, a single-leaf entry door, and a metal overhead door. There is a one-story pole building with a metal siding, a metal overhead door, and a front gable roof. There is a large two-story shed roof pole building with metal siding and two metal overhead doors. There is a small wooden building with a side gable roof, a single leaf entry door, and a nine-light fixed window. The railroad spur is comprised of a single set of active tracks on a raised bed of stone ballast. The tracks consist of steel rails laid on wood ties (2011). SIMPLE BRICK BLDGS INCLUDE MACHINERY BLDG AND OFFICE. VERY SHALLOW STEPPED PARAPET WALLS. |
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Bibliographic References: | Phase I and II Architectural History Survey for the Northern Light Express Project, Anoka, Carlton, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabex, Pine and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota, and Douglas County, Wisconsin: Volume 1. The 106 Group, May 2013. 1929 SUPERIOR WATERFRONT MAP. City directory. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |