Property Record
SE SHORE, SAND ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Camp Stella - Dock and Stairs |
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| Other Name: | |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 229382 |
| Location (Address): | SE SHORE, SAND ISLAND, APOSTLE ISLANDS |
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| County: | Bayfield |
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| Township/Village: | Bayfield |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 52 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1886 |
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| Additions: | 1938 |
| Survey Date: | 2014 |
| Historic Use: | |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Log |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Shaw Point Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/27/2020 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/22/2019 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property under the name "Shaw Point Historic District." 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. South of the Camp Stella lodge, log stairs lead down the bluff to a wood dock. The treads, as well as an intermediate landing, are half-log while the stringers, posts, and railings are full logs. The wood dock is L-shaped. The longer leg is slightly angled and is supported by steel-tube piles, while the shorter leg is supported with log piles. Riprap protects the lake-facing corner of the dock. A dock has been in this location since Samuel Fifield established Camp Stella around 1886. Burt Hill rebuilt the dock for the Andersen and Phipps families in 1938. Subsequent repairs have been made and a new set of half-log stairs was installed around 2010. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Peterson, Sherree. “Camp Stella: Meeting Place of Kindred Souls.” 1997. Report prepared for Eastern National Park and Monument Association. Transcript of Burt Hill Diary, Bayfield Heritage Association, Bayfield, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |