Property Record
RIVER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Little Chute Lock Shack, LOCK #2 |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52352 |
| Location (Address): | RIVER ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Little Chute |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | dam/lock |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/7/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/10/1992 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Waterway Resources of the Lower Fox River |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District 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-Public History. Photo Code: FCS 5/22. This single story, front gabled shed is used as the locktender's station. Clad with drop siding and roofed with asphalt shingles. it has walls bounded by pilaster strips. The building, positioned immediately to the southwest of the lock's right, upstream corner, is perched on the lock embankment on a foundation of wooden blocks. The drop siding at the rear continues below the sill and is pierced by a flush, vertical hatch. The roof has a plain cornice and a metal smokestack which protrudes at the rear of the upstream slope, The front door and single window in each side have plain surounds. The lintels of two small window sin the rear wall are level with those of the sidewall windows. OTHER RELATED STRUCTURES INCLUDE THE LOCK AND THE LOCKKEEPER'S HOUSE. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |