Property Record
5278 N LAKEVIEW RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago & North Western Depot |
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| Other Name: | Mercer Area Historical Society Museum |
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| Reference Number: | 79583 |
| Location (Address): | 5278 N LAKEVIEW RD |
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| County: | Iron |
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| Township/Village: | Mercer |
| Unincorporated Community: | MERCER |
| Town: | 43 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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: | 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, State Historic Preservation Office. "Until the 1930s, most visitor to Mercer's resorts came through this depot. Built in 1905, to replace an earlier depot farther north, the C&NW's decision to place the depot here led to the relocation of the entire business district, which had been developing near Echo Lake. The town essentially rebuilt itself around the new depot in order to take advantage of incoming goods and visitors. Most of the surrounding resorts hired or contracted for men to meet visitors at the depot and ferry them to the resorts by wagon, auto, or boat." Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ironwood Daily Globe 7/30/1998. Hurley Iron County Miner 7/16/1998. MINOCQUA LAKELAND TIMES 6/22/1996. MINOCQUA LAKELAND TIMES 8/20/1996. “Architecture/History Survey. USH 51: Beachway Dr. To CTH J (USH 51) & Local Streets, Mercer.” WHS project number 10-0835/IR. September 2008, and May 2010. C. Ahlgren, R. Bankowitz, and J. Vogel Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |