Property Record
6501 HILLSIDE LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SHOLES PARK PAVILION |
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| Other Name: | JACOBUS PARK PAVILION |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 206941 |
| Location (Address): | 6501 HILLSIDE LN |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Survey Date: | 20112016 |
| Historic Use: | park shelter/building |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Menomonee River Parkway" 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. 2011- One-story, irregular plan pavillion with a basement level overlooking the lagoon. The building has replacement vinyl siding and limestone veneer and a slate roof. A large chimney is located on the south elevation adjacent to the primary entry. Windows are six-over-six replacements. Concrete and limestone steps on the east elevation lead to the lagoon. Thre wood entry doors provide entry into the basement level of the building. A limestone veneer dock is located to the north of the buidling. Sholes Park, established in 1923 and named after Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter and a two term Wisconsin State senator, occupied 31 acres adjacent to the Honey Creek Parkway. In 1932, the park was renamed Jacobus Park after Charles C. Jacobus, a former county supervisor from Wauwatosa. The park, like other locations along the parkway system in Wauwatosa, benefited from depression era relief programs and considerable site work, and in 1936, a pavilion was constructed. The pavilion overlooks a small lagoon. A garage, along with other park improvements, were constructed in Jacobus Park in 1968. A bathhouse and pool were also constructed in the late 1960s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Mead and Hunt. Volume 1: Milwaukee County Parkway Inventory Report. Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, 2012. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |