1 WASHINGTON AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1 WASHINGTON AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1 WASHINGTON AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:TRANSFER DEPOT
Other Name:THE LANDING
Contributing:
Reference Number:1453
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1 WASHINGTON AVE
County:Bayfield
City:Bayfield
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:1983
Historic Use:depot
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Bayfield Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/25/1980
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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.
Bibliographic References:Brownstone & Bargeboard, A Guide to Bayfield’s Historic Architecture, Whitney Gould and Stephen Wittman; Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. 1980.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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