Property Record
812 Labaree St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Riverside Park Bandstand |
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| Reference Number: | 95982 |
| Location (Address): | 812 Labaree St |
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| County: | Dodge |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862025 |
| Historic Use: | bandstand/bandshell |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Architect: | Clas, Shepherd & Clas |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Located on the northerly half of the island and closer to the west shoreline, this octagonal structure is set on a stone slab. Eight stone supports with stylized “capitals” support a largely flat roof (with a central tent) that is covered in copper. Decorative exposed wooden rafters accent the roof’s underside, while sawn wooden trim extends between each support. Designed by the Milwaukee architectural firm of Clas, Shepherd & Clas, this structure was originally built by contractor J.W. Brennan in 1927 as the park’s bandstand. When built, it was first located northeast of the current (1954) bandshell. In circa 1954, the bandstand was deconstructed and reconstructed as a gazebo at its current location, albeit without the brick basement and metal railing. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Park Board Meeting Minutes, 28 May 1926 (plan drawn by Clas, Shepherd & Clas), 7 January 1927 (plans and specs), 5 February 1927, 9 February 1927, 11 March 1927 (bids received with award to J.W. Brennan) in Watertown (Wis.) Board of Park Commissioners, Minutes, 1908-1935 (Jefferson Series 15), Bound volume in possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, On file at the UW-Whitewater Area Research Center, Whitewater, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |