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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

Historic Name:
Hadland Fishing Camp

Other Name:

Reference Number:
2489

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Property Location

Location (Address)

ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

County

Ashland

City/Village

Township

La Pointe

Unincorporated community

Town

53

Range

2

Direction

W

Section

19

Quarter Section

SW

Quarter Quarter Section

NW

Property Features

Year Built

1920

Additions

Survey Date

1975

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Side Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Log

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

FIRST BLDG BUILT IN 1920 WITH MORE ADDED AT NEW SITE IN 1938 TWO LOG STRUCTURES AND OTHER RELATED STRUCTURES THE LAST FISHING CAMP TO OPERATE ON THE APOSTLE ISLANDS HADLAND FROM NORWAY IN 1905* [Date Cnst:(A)].
THIS GROUP OF BUILDINGS CONTAINS TWO LOG STRUCTURES AND NUMEROUS FRAME BUILDINGS.

Extant structures in the camp include Fried's Cabin (contributing, referred to as Building A in the individual nomination), a privy (non-contributing), the net reel yard (contributing), the float drying platform (contributing) and a wooden bench (non-contributing).

Structures listed in the individual nomination that are no longer extant (2008) include: Hadland Cabin (Building C), Erickson's storage shed (Building D), Hadland Family Cabin (Building B), and the ice house (Building E).

The camp has been unoccupied since the Hadland brothers vacated in 1998.

Bibliographic References

[A] NRHP NOMINATION FORM

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Hadland Fishing Camp

National Register Listing Date

Aug 18, 1977

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Side Gabled

Ashland
County

La Pointe
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI2489

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