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RIVER ST

Historic Name:

Other Name:
Little Chute Lock Shack, LOCK #2

Reference Number:
52352

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Property Location

Location (Address)

RIVER ST

County

Outagamie

City/Village

Little Chute

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1917

Additions

Survey Date

1988

Historic Use

dam/lock

Architectural Style

Front Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Drop Siding

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' titled Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Photo Code: FCS 5/22. This single story, front gabled shed is used as the locktender's station. Clad with drop siding and roofed with asphalt shingles. it has walls bounded by pilaster strips. The building, positioned immediately to the southwest of the lock's right, upstream corner, is perched on the lock embankment on a foundation of wooden blocks. The drop siding at the rear continues below the sill and is pierced by a flush, vertical hatch. The roof has a plain cornice and a metal smokestack which protrudes at the rear of the upstream slope, The front door and single window in each side have plain surounds. The lintels of two small window sin the rear wall are level with those of the sidewall windows.

OTHER RELATED STRUCTURES INCLUDE THE LOCK AND THE LOCKKEEPER'S HOUSE.

Bibliographic References

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Dec 07, 1993

State Register Listing Date

Apr 10, 1992

Contributing

Yes

dam/lock Front Gabled

Outagamie
County

Little Chute
Community

1910-1919
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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