Property Record
1 WASHINGTON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | TRANSFER DEPOT |
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Other Name: | THE LANDING |
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Reference Number: | 1453 |
Location (Address): | 1 WASHINGTON AVE |
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County: | Bayfield |
City: | Bayfield |
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Survey Date: | 1983 |
Historic Use: | depot |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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Wall Material: | Board |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Bayfield Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 11/25/1980 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | DEPOT FOR SMALL LOCAL RR HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL USE. This is the one visible reminder of the Bayfield Transfer Railway formed in 1883 by William F. Dalrymple, owner of huge farms in North Dakota and Minnesota who envisioned a railroad transporting Midwestern grain cheaply to huge elevators in Bayfield. After 10 years only 3.9 miles of track had been laid, to Red Cliff. The railroad was purchased in 1914 by Henry J. Wachsmuth who operated a sawmill and used the Transfer Railroad as a shuttle between Bayfield and his lumber camps. By 1924, with the timber nearly gone, the mill and the railroad closed for good. The Transfer Depot later became a ticket window for excursion boats operated by Booth Fisheries. The boats also picked up catches for fishermen off the Apostle Islands. |
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Bibliographic References: | Brownstone & Bargeboard, A Guide to Bayfield’s Historic Architecture, Whitney Gould and Stephen Wittman; Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. 1980. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |