Property Record
300 E. Wisconsin
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Riverside Park Shelter |
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| Other Name: | Riverside Park Shelter |
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| Reference Number: | 3742 |
| Location (Address): | 300 E. Wisconsin |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 19922015 |
| Historic Use: | pavilion |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | OPEN PARK SHELTER. [Date Cnst:(CORNERSTONE)]. Log walls removed and replaced by concrete pillars. Log gabled, knee braces, exposed beams and timber supports render roof; cobblestone fireplace with log mantle; set in bank along Wisconsin River. Related building: well house (48/32). 2015- "Riverside Park is a two-acre wayside park on East Wisconsin Street adjacent to the Wisconsin River levee. In addition to a walking/biking trail and green space, the park contains one structure, an open shelter that was originally constructed in 1924 as a fully walled rustic log cabin. The building was used as a place for tourists to stay overnight and as a community meeting hall. It included a kitchen, tables and chairs, and large fireplace. The walls of the cabin were removed in the 1980s due to threats of vandalism and arson. The current structure consists of the original gabled log roof now supported by six concrete block piers on a concrete slab foundation. Knee brackets support the roof’s wide eaves. The fireplace is still present, which features a prominent rubble stone chimney on the southeast gable end." -"USH 51/Wisconsin St/De Witt St: Southtown-E Pleasant", WisDOT#6918-01-02, Prepared by Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc. (2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Parks and Recreation,” Portage Area Chamber of Commerce, accessed October 8, 2015, http://local.townsquarepublications.com/wisconsin/portage/parks-and-recreation.html; Joanne Genrich, “Riverside Park Began With Overnight Shelter,” WiscNews, accessed October 8, 2015, http://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/columnists/article_4771fe16-e504-5df1-a3a2-2931f1fd09dc.html. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |