Property Record
15773 52ND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Superintendents Residence - WI Home for the Feebleminded |
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| Other Name: | Northern Wisconsin Center for the Develop Disabled Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 27599 |
| Location (Address): | 15773 52ND AVE |
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| County: | Chippewa |
| City: | Chippewa Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Two 'site files' (Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded & Superintendent's Residence - WI Home for the Feebleminded) exists for this property. They contain additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. They are public records and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Four roof dormers with pedimented gables supported by short capped square columns; sidelighted entrance door (now gone) with liaster and projecting cornice surround; projecting window cornice. In a rather simplified Neo-Colonial interpretation of the Georgian style, this hipped roof frame residence of symmetrical design located on the grounds of the Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded has multiple roof dormers with the gable ends in the form of a pediment supported by short squat columns and a classical detailed entrance. Constructed by the Stanley Brothers Construction Company for $4,386.00 in 1901, this residence is designed in a updated version of the original colonial Georgian house. This Georgian Revival residence located on the grounds of the institutional care complex now known as the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled is architecturally significant as one of two good examples of the Georgian Revival style as built in Chippewa Falls in the first decade of the 20th century. The Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded was established by the state legislature in 1895 which appropriated $100,000 to purchase land an construct suitable buildings. The first resident was admitted in June of that year. In 1923, the name was changed to the Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School. It is currently known as the Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled. This building was constructed in 1901 as the residence for employees of the Home. This building is of significant historical interest to the State of Wisconsin because it is part of the historic development of the Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded. The creation of the Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded established the state's commitment to the care of the developmentally disabled. It is noteworthy that this building within the institution was constructed by a local firm. RELATED BUILDINGS: outbuildings (11/33, 34, 36, 37), cottages (15/21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36), residence (15/33), admin/chapel (15/23, 31, 37). The book "Island of Refuge" states that the employee housing had been phased out by 1977. The record showed that it was surveyed in 1984 and based on site plans, the building was gone by 1999. It was moved to 15773 52nd Ave. Chippewa Falls, WI 54729. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Chippewa (WI) Daily Independent 30 August, 1901. (B) A History of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin and the State Institutions, 1849-1939 (Madison, Wisconsin: State Board of Control, 1939), pp. 179-180. (C) "Building Inventory," Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Chippewa Falls (Eau Claire: Department of Health and Social Services), unpublished statistics sheet. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |