Property Record
10424 STH 27, ON BANK OF NAMEKAGON RIVER
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HAYWARD WATER WORKS |
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| Other Name: | VACANT/FOR SALE (2015) |
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| Reference Number: | 18564 |
| Location (Address): | 10424 STH 27, ON BANK OF NAMEKAGON RIVER |
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| County: | Sawyer |
| City: | Hayward |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 197520152014 |
| Historic Use: | other |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2014- "The Hayward Water Works has two components, a brick building that was originally a pump house (AHI #18564) and an immediately adjacent, steel water tower (AHI #229979). The one-plus story building has a flat, built-up roof. The structure is very plain and constructed of brick stretchers in a running bond that rises from a stone foundation. Rectangular in shape, the northwest corner is recessed, although a subsequently constructed, one-story, frame entry porch squares-off the corner today. Part of the structure has a very modest cornice. At least several windows, those on the north-facing facade, for example, were narrow, extended the general height of the building and were crowned with arches. Most of those windows have been infilled and contain only double-hung sashes today. A rectangular, two-pane picture window is the only opening on the west side of the structure. A large, frame addition extends to the east. The water tower is a utilitarian structure carried by four steel legs that rise from concrete anchors. The water storage tank is cylindrical and crowned with a conical roof. Prominently painted on the tower is the name "Hayward." Several communication-related antennae are anchored to the tank and project above it. The tower remains today for the sake of the antennae. The pipe that accommodated the passage of water into and out of the tank was removed in 2014. The City of Hayward claimed a water system no later than 1898 that had a 71,428 gallon per hour capacity. By 1909, however the system had a new pump house with two units that, combined, could draw 96,000 gallons of water per hour. Adjacent to the pump house is a steel water tower that was constructed in 1910, reportedly by the Chicago Iron Works. The pump house was subsequently sold at some point and was most recently used as a commercial industrial prope1ty with no evidence remaining inside of its water system history. And, as noted above, the water tower no longer serves its historic purpose, given the removal of its primary fill/drain pipe." - "STH 27, Michigan Avenue to Railroad Street", WisDOT ID #8140-00-00, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel) (2014). THIS STRUCTURE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO BE THE ONLY REMAINING STRUCTURE FROM THE NORTH WI LUMBER CO MILL. A CAREFUL REVIEW OF SANBORN MAPS, HOWEVER, CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE BUILDING AS BEING BUILT BETWEEN 1898 AND 1909. THE PRE-1898 BUILDING IS FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS THE HAYWARD WATER WORKS, AS IS THE 1909 BUILDING WHICH, MINUS THE ADDITION TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, GENERALLY MATCHES THE PRESENT CONFIGURATION. MILL PROPERTY WAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE WATER WORKS BUILDING, BUT NO EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A SPECIFIC LINKAGE (ENTERED 2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |