Property Record
ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Erickson Fish Camp - Dock |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 225431 |
Location (Address): | ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS) |
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County: | Ashland |
City: | |
Township/Village: | La Pointe |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 35 |
Range: | 3 |
Direction: | W |
Section: | 2 |
Quarter Section: | |
Quarter/Quarter Section: |
Year Built: | |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2008 |
Historic Use: | dock/pier/marina |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
Structural System: | Log |
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Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Rocky Island Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 7/3/2008 |
National Register Multiple Property Name: |
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, Division of Historic Preservation. The earliest buildings on this property were constructed in 1928 for a logging camp. The only structure from this era that remains is the paymaster's office, currently used as a storage shed (contributing). In 1931, after the logging operation ceased, the property was sold and the office was used as a residence until 1948 when Martin Erickson and his son Mel built the Erickson cabin (contributing). Other contributing structures include the generator shed, a dock, a set of stairs, and an engine shed. Non-contributing structures on the property include a wooden flagpole and a second stairway that was constructed in the 1970s. The missive Sitka Spruce logs used in the docs construction were originally "boom logs," chained together to enclose rafts of timber that were hauled form harbors on the North Shore, across Lake Superior to mills in Ashland. The last fifteen feet of the total length has no decking; rather, it consists of large boulders piled up to a level higher than the decking to serve as a breakwater. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |