Property Record
PARK ST IN WASHINGTON PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Wittenberg Band Shell |
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| Reference Number: | 40857 |
| Location (Address): | PARK ST IN WASHINGTON PARK |
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| County: | Shawano |
| City: | Wittenberg |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | opera house/concert hall |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | A 'site file' exists for this property. 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, Division of Historic Preservation. According to the Wittenberg Enterprise News, this was a WPA project. The building was erected in 1940 and was contructed of a series of half circle bents called a "Peshtigo arch" that may be an illusion to the Unit Structures, Inc glue laminated trusses of Peshtigo, WI. the band shell is 20 feet high and 40 wide, 25 feet deep. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "New Band Shell Being Completed," The Wittenberg Enterprise News, 5/16/1940 Wittenberg Enterprise News, 12/7/39. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |