Property Record
10 DOUSMAN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MAIN STREET BRIDGE |
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| Reference Number: | 2029 |
| Location (Address): | 10 DOUSMAN ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862021 |
| Historic Use: | moveable bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Bascule |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | STRAUSS BASCULE BRIDGE CO. |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1995 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. Photo code #2: 75BR-8/18 Fine design featuring four octagonal gatehouse buildings containing offices, machinery, etc. Buildings are identical and each sided in cut stone and have decorative cresting above the cornice encircling the pavilion shaped roof. The cresting has a repeated motif of lion's head masks. Each of the four gatehouses rests on a massive concrete foundation. The bridge itself is of steel and carries four lanes of traffic on an asphalt surface over steel decking. The bridge operates on the drawbridge principle. A plaque on the bridge details the history of the bridge and identifies it as a "Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge. Patented. Was replaced by a modern bridge after demolition in 1995. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Plaque on bridge. Green Bay Press Gazette 8/8/1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |