ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

Architecture and History Inventory
ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Benson Fish Camp - Mildred's Cabin
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:225259
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)
County:Ashland
City:
Township/Village:La Pointe
Unincorporated Community:
Town:53
Range:2
Direction:W
Section:19
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1935
Additions:
Survey Date:2008
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Rocky Island Historic District
National Register Listing Date:7/3/2008
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Fish camp operated by Charlie Benson from 1936 until 1942. Benson initally took up residence in a cabin built in the 1920s by the Bayfield Fish Company (contributing). The year following his arrival to Rocky Island, Benson build the main family cabin (contributing). He also built a small fish house with an attached lean-to sauna (contributing). Another cabin was built in the mid-1930s as a hired-man's quarters (contributing). In the 1940s, Charlie's son Fred Benson built a wood frame summer cottage (contributing). Also in the camp: three privies (one contributing, two non-contributing), a dock (contributing), and three wooden skiffs (all contributing).
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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