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4400 ESTABROOK PKWY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

4400 ESTABROOK PKWY

Architecture and History Inventory
4400 ESTABROOK PKWY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Comfort Station (Estabrook Park)
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:191953
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):4400 ESTABROOK PKWY
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1937
Additions:
Survey Date:2010
Historic Use:bath house/restroom facility
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Limestone
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Milwaukee River Parkway
National Register Listing Date:11/6/2012
State Register Listing Date:8/19/2011
National Register Multiple Property Name:Milwaukee County Parkway System
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. The comfort station, features a sheltered picnic area, restrooms, and an interior gathering space. The building has an irregular footprint and is clad in a combination of ashlar stone, stucco, and decorative half-timbering. The gable roof features an interior stone chimney and extends over a concrete pad sheltering picnic tables on the north and west elevations. A service window is located on north elevation. A gable portico shelters an entrance to the building on the west elevation and a one-story side gable wing with restroom facilities is located on the east elevation. The building displays decorative details reminiscent of the Tudor Revival style, such as decorative half-timbering, paired multi-light casement windows, prominent chimney, and patterned stickwork.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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