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601 LAKE AVE

Historic Name:
Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252

Other Name:

Reference Number:
11018

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Property Location

Location (Address)

601 LAKE AVE

County

Racine

City/Village

Racine

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1912

Additions

Survey Date

1980

Historic Use

social recreational/fraternal hall

Architectural Style

Neoclassical/Beaux Arts

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

A. Arthur Guilbert and Edmund B. Funston

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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. BRACKETED CORNICE. KEYSTONES OVER WINDOWS. DESIGNED BY ARTHUR GUILBERT (1869-1922) A LOCAL ARCHITECT WHO PRACTICED HERE FROM 1903 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1922.tHE CLUBHOUSE WAS BUILT BY RACINE LODGE NO.252 OF THE BENEVOLET AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANIZED IN 1893. AMONG ITS MEMBERS WERE MANY OF RACINE'S LEADING BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS, SUCH AS ALEXANDER HORLICK AND WALTER S. GOODMAN. THE LODGE MAINTAINED THE CLUBHOUSE UNTIL 1985, WHEN IT WAS SOLD AND REMODELED FOR OFFICES.

Bibliographic References

Blueprints. HISTORIC 6TH ST BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252

National Register Listing Date

Sep 07, 1984

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

social recreational/fraternal hall Neoclassical/Beaux Arts

Racine
County

Racine
Community

1910-1919
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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