9161 KEMP RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

9161 KEMP RD

Architecture and History Inventory
9161 KEMP RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:KEMP FAMILY LODGE COMPLEX: BOATHOUSE
Other Name:Kemp Natural Resources Station-0705
Contributing:
Reference Number:81397
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):9161 KEMP RD
County:Oneida
City:
Township/Village:Woodruff
Unincorporated Community:
Town:38
Range:6
Direction:E
Section:25
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1924
Additions:
Survey Date:2005
Historic Use:boat house
Architectural Style:Craftsman
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' (Kemp Family Lodge Complex) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. The site file also contains documentation and correspondence relating to Memorandum of Agreement stipulations as well as Determination of Eligibility documentation. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.

Additional records associated with this property include: Lodge (AHI 160901), Dining Hall/Kitchen (AHI 160921), Garage (AHI 160941), Garage/Staff Housing (AHI 160961), and Gasoline Storage Building (AHI 160981).

This two story Craftsman styled boathouse features a hipped roof with exposed rafter ends. A one story addition is in poor condition.

Part of a large estate built by the Kemp family, Madison dairy owners. Now owned by the University of Wisconsin Madison and used as a research facility.

THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1924 FOR THE KEMP FAMILY.
Bibliographic References:KEMP'S POINT. KEMP NATURAL RESOURCES STATION, VOL. 2, NO. 1-SPRING 2001, P. 5 (ILLUS.). NEWSLETTER THAT CAN BE SEEN AT <WWW.KEMP.WISC.EDU/>
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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