Property Record
2897 COUNTY RD JJ
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 225077 |
| Location (Address): | 2897 COUNTY RD JJ |
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| County: | Winnebago |
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| Township/Village: | Neenah |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 17 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 7 |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This property consists of five historic buildings including a service station/outbuilding [225077], a house [225078], a garage [225079], and two cottages [225081 and 229359]. The side-gabled utilitarian service station building was constructed c.1920. It is rectangular in plan with board and batten siding and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The building consists of a large, 2-story barn connected to a smaller building mass via a 1-story hyphen. The larger building mass contains a modern overhead garage door, a single-pane window, and a pedestrian doorway in its western wall. The smaller (northern) building mass has a gabled roof with a false front clad in clapboard siding. A pair of sliding barn doors spans its front facade. Note: Although this property is located on two separate tax parcels today, historic plat maps indicate that the site had become one parcel by 1951. The property may have operated as a motor lodge along what was then USH 41/45 (formerly the Oshkosh-Neenah Electric Railway). Historic 1937 aerial photographs show the house, garage, service station/outbuilding, and a series of six or seven small cottages on this site (of which, the house, garage, service station, and two cottages remain). Because only two of the historic cottages remain, the overall integrity of the site is diminished and, as a result, the property does not strongly convey its historical association with commerce and transportation in the area. The property is in good condition; the remaining buildings retain high degrees of integrity, but the overall integrity of the site is diminished due to the loss of several of the property's small cottages. Because only two of the original cottages remain, the property is not considered an outstanding example of a motor lodge property type. In addition, as vernacular buildings, none of these resources possesses a high degree of individual architectural interest or distinction. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |