Property Record
131 E LAKE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | VILLAGE COMMON |
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| Other Name: | COMMON PARK |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 229233 |
| Location (Address): | 131 E LAKE ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Lake Mills |
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| Year Built: | 1842 |
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| Survey Date: | 20142018 |
| Historic Use: | park |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Lake Mills Downtown Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/5/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/30/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled Lake Mills Downtown Commercial Historic District 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. The Village Common, also known as Common Park was donated to Lake Mills by Chester Patterson in 1842, the same year the village was platted. The park is a four-acre triangular parcel that is bound by North Main Street to the west, East Lake Street to the south, and East Madison Street to the northeast. A sidewalk and terrace separate the park space from the adjacent streets. The park currently consists of a mixture of open mowed areas, clusters of mature deciduous trees, modern commemorative plaques, picnic tables, benches, a War Veterans Memorial, c.1995 band shelter, 1984 shelter building, and c.1985 restroom facility. Metal lamp posts with decorative lanterns are located in the terrace around the park. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Paul Gericke, Lake Mills 1881-1936 [Lake Mills, Wis.: N.p., 1936?] p. 3. Lake Mills Leader: December 28, 2006, p. 5. Frances May McCleery Crone and Ethel Mae Seward Wagner, 50 Years of Lake Mills, Wisconsin 1936-1985, (Lake Mills, Wis.: Leader Printing Company, 1986), p. 51. Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office, “Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder, 1937 USDA Aerial of Lake Mills,” http://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/# (accessed 18 September 2014). Roland R. Liebenow, People, Their Places, and Things: 50 More Tales From Lake Mills. Lake Mills, 2010, pp. 79-83. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |