Property Record
12946 PALMER LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Voss' Birchwood Lodge Resort: Evergreen Cabin |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232907 |
| Location (Address): | 12946 PALMER LN |
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| County: | Vilas |
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| Township/Village: | Manitowish Waters |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | resort/camp building |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
| Architect: | Hanson, Palmer |
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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 two-bedroom cabin was built and first occupied by Palmer Hanson late in 1923 while he was planning a new lodge building for the resort. The next year he built the new lodge building that is still the Voss resort's principal building today. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ruth Dickerson Gardner. Lunch at Boney's Mound: A Portrait of Family and Friends. Manitowish Waters, 1997, p. 248, Privately Printed. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |