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2700 WINTER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2700 WINTER ST

Architecture and History Inventory
2700 WINTER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Ajax Forge Co.
Other Name:Town and Country Lighting and Signs
Contributing:
Reference Number:17895
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2700 WINTER ST
County:Douglas
City:Superior
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:49
Range:14
Direction:W
Section:15
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:SW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1917
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 AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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