Property Record
316 COURT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | L.O.O.M. NO. 282 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE |
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| Other Name: | AFL/CIO LABOR HALL |
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| Reference Number: | 66798 |
| Location (Address): | 316 COURT ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | social recreational/fraternal hall |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: SIMPLE CROSSETTED WINDOW FRAMES AND CONTRAST BETWEEN STONE AND BRICK WORK CONTRIBUTE TO THE JACOBEAN CHARACTER OF THIS BUILDING. THE PROPORTIONS, HOWEVER, ARE BROAD WITH THE BUILDING CAPPED BY A LOW GABLE ROOF. IN COMPARISON, THE EAGLES BUILDING (OS 10/6) IS A WELL DEVELOPED EXAMPLE OF THIS JACOBEAN STYLE. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: THE LABOR HALL WAS ACQUIRED FROM THE LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE IN 1944. PRIOR TO THE MOOSE OWNING IT, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY THE SONS OF HERMAN - A GERMAN FRATERNAL GROUP - WHO, IN TURN, PURCHASED THE BUILDING FROM THE GERMAN-ENGLISH ACADEMY IN 1895. THE GERMAN-ENGLISH ACADEMY BUILT THEIR BUILDING IN 1875 FOLLOWING THE GREAT FIRE. THE SONS OF HERMAN UNDERTOOK A MASSIVE REMODELING OF THEIR BUILDING IN 1898 WHICH INCLUDED A NEW BRICK VENEER OVER THE FRAME BUILDING. IT IS SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR HOWEVER, IF THE EXISTING BUILDING IS THE MADE OVER BUILDING OR A SUBSEQUENT BUILDING. (C) INSPECTION OF THE STONE WALLED BASEMENT WOULD INDICATE THE FOUNDATION, AT LEAST, DATES FROM THE 1875 DATE. PREVIOUS OWNERS DATES USES GERMAN-ENGLISH ACADEMY 1875-1895 SCHOOL SONS OF HERMAN 1895-1913 FRATERNAL CLUB LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE 1913-1944 FRATERNAL CLUB AFL-CIO 1944- HALL AND BAR |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. PLAQUE ON BUILDING. B. KARSTEADT, OSHKOSH 100 YEARS A CITY. P. 204. C. OSHKOSH DAILY NORTHWESTERN, JUNE 5, 1953. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |