Property Record
INDIAN LAKE COUNTY PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Scoutcraft Log Cabin |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 4943 |
| Location (Address): | INDIAN LAKE COUNTY PARK |
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| County: | Dane |
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| Township/Village: | Berry |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 8 |
| Range: | 7 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 11 |
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| Year Built: | 1926 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | resort/camp building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | BUILT BY CAMPERS UNDER DIRECTION OF RALPH METCALF, A COUNSELOR, AND INDIAN WHITE EAGLE. Photo code is "MELSON 75." This buildings original location was CAMP INDIANOLA GROUNDS (ACQUIRED BY STATE OF WI FOR GOVERNOR NELSON STATE PARK). The cabin was then taken apart and reassembled at Indian Lake County Park. While it is not labeled as such, it is the Indianola cabin. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Don Sanford Author On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |