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:Edwards Fish Camp - Normans Cabin
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:225428
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)
County:Ashland
City:
Township/Village:La Pointe
Unincorporated Community:
Town:53
Range:3
Direction:W
Section:25
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1890
Additions:
Survey Date:2008
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Wood
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:The first cabin was constructed by Olaf Edwards and sons (contributing). A second cabin, called "Norman's Cabin" (contributing), was orginally constructed in the 1880s or 1890s at Anderson Bay on Stockton Island by the Boothe Fisheries Company. By 1903, it was occupied by Norwegian immigrants, John and Andrea Nelson. The Nelsons moved the cabin to another bay on Stockton Island in 1920. Their son Julian Nelson moved it to Rocky Island in 1947. It was moved to its current location in 2001.

Two non-contributing structures are located on the property including a relatively new privy and a pre-fabricated, metal storage shed which was moved from another property.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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