2640 S WEBSTER (HERITAGE HILL STATE PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2640 S WEBSTER (HERITAGE HILL STATE PARK)

Architecture and History Inventory
2640 S WEBSTER (HERITAGE HILL STATE PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:William Vanderbrook House / Fort Howard Guard House
Other Name:Heritage Hill - Officers Quarters (DNR)
Contributing:
Reference Number:1952
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2640 S WEBSTER (HERITAGE HILL STATE PARK)
County:Brown
City:Allouez
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1834
Additions:
Survey Date:1985
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' 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.

Recently re-sided over earlier asphalt siding visible in 1975. Now plywood-sided and greatly altered. House is reported to be the guard house of old Fort Howard. Tax rolls indicate the building was moved to this site (410 Bond St.) in 1896, after the decommissioning of Fort Howard. Moved to Heritage Hill December 2009.
Bibliographic References:Historic name, date of construction: Brown County Tax Rolls. Backhaus, Nick, James Hayward, Donald Kraft. Examination of the House Located at 410 Bond Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, January 21, 2009. On file at the Green Bay Historic Preservation Commission. Green Bay Press Gazette 5/27/2009. Green Bay Press Gazette 6/5/2009. Green Bay Press Gazette 12/23/2009.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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