Property Record
325 N 8th Avenue
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | West Bend Fire Station |
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| Reference Number: | 245453 |
| Location (Address): | 325 N 8th Avenue |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | West Bend |
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| Year Built: | 1965 |
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| Survey Date: | 2023 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
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| Wall Material: | Pebble Dash |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2023 - This Brutalist Fire Station was constructed circa 1965. Built into a hillside as STH 33 slopes eastward towards the 7th Avenue intersection, the primary elevation faces west and is one-story in height, while rear elevation – containing the fire engine bays – faces east and is two stories in height. The flat-roofed building is constructed of pebble-dash concrete panels on the upper story, and blue-glazed brick on the exposed lower story and fire hose tower. The glass-door entrance is located in the center of the western elevation beneath a projection of the flat concrete roofline. The wide cornice is defined throughout the building, as well as at the top of the fire tower, by a row of exaggerated modillions. Fenestration throughout is limited to banks of tall narrow windows separated by wide expanses of pebble-dash concrete on the first story. A square fire tower of blue-glazed brick is located on the southern elevation, while on the western elevation, six overhead garage bay doors open onto a large concrete apron in the foreground. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |