Property Record
12958 RUTH VOSS LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Voss' Birchwood Lodge Resort: Homestead Cabin |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232903 |
| Location (Address): | 12958 RUTH VOSS LN |
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| County: | Vilas |
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| Township/Village: | Manitowish Waters |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | resort/camp building |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Voss, Henry A. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Voss' Birchwood Lodge |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/8/2018 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 12/1/2017 |
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| Additional Information: | This was the first building built by Henry A. Voss and served as the resort's first lodge until the second one was built in 1919. This building was originally clad in vertical logs but was resided with cedar clapboards in the late 1950's. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ruth Dickerson Gardner. Lunch at Boney's Mound: A Portrait of Family and Friends. Manitowish Waters, 1997, p. 232 (illustrated), Privately Printed. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |