National or State Registers Record
21425 Spring St.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Southern Wisconsin Home Historic District |
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| Reference Number: | 91001394 |
| Location (Address): | 21425 Spring St. |
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| County: | Racine |
| City/Village: | |
| Township: | Dover |
| This state facility was designed for the treatment and education of the developmentally disabled. The buildings are arranged in "cottage plan" in a rural setting two miles northwest of Union Grove. Historic Buildings are unified by use of red brick foundations, cream brick walls and tile roofs. Six resident's cottages are grouped in pairs. The historic district also includes a gymnasium, the superintendent's residence and garage, and various maintenance and laundry buildings, all built between 1919 and 1938. |
| Period of Significance: | 1918-1941 |
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| Area of Significance: | Health/Medicine |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Historic Use: | Health Care: Sanatorium |
| Architectural Style: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| Architectural Style: | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Architectural Style: | Other |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Messmer,Robert A.,& Brother |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 09/27/1991 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 04/19/1991 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 13 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |