Property Record
1926 HALL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARINETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE |
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| Other Name: | MARINETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 22860 |
| Location (Address): | 1926 HALL AVE |
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| County: | Marinette |
| City: | Marinette |
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| Year Built: | 1942 |
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| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | courthouse |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
| Architect: | Max Hanisch |
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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' 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-Public History. HIGH FOUNDATION. SLIGHTLY PROJECTING ENTRANCE BAYS W/RECESSED WINDOWS. VERY SIMPLE GEOMETRIC TRIM ON PARAPETS. SLIGHTLY RECESSED WINDOWS W/SPANDREL PANELS. 4TH & 5TH FLRS ARE SET BACK FROM BLDG EDGE. May 2001-The Marinette County Courthouse, erected in 1942 (datestone), is an Art Deco building, four stories tall on a raised basement. Finished with smooth faced, cream and gray stone, it exhibits 1/1 aluminum windows in reduced openings. The front façade of the Courthouse features a three story, parapeted, projecting entrance pavilion. The entrance and two stories of paired windows above are recessed within a rectangular opening framed with a stylized and oversized bead and reel molding. On either side of the pair of doors, four stone panels appear, carved with scenes representing events in the history of Marinette County. Above the entrance, a stone panel appears with the letters reading: MARINETTE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. A stone eagle is perched above this panel. However, the project to reconstruct USH 41 proposes to reconstruct the roadway at a reduced width, and match the sidewalk in kind and in place in front of the courthouse. This project has no potential to affect the historic character of the Marinette County Courthouse. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |