Property Record
1200 LAKE VIEW DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Marathon County Home & Hospital |
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| Other Name: | Sunnyvale Infirmary; N.C. Health Care Facility |
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| Reference Number: | 51036 |
| Location (Address): | 1200 LAKE VIEW DR |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | nursing home/sanitarium |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Barrel tile roofing and arcuated portico give evidence of Mediterranean influence; gabled pavilion with stone coping; central lantern. This is the last old building left on the asylum grounds; the rest of the complex is relatively new. 2016- "This Mediterranean Revival hospital was built in 1927. It is constructed of red brick with cream-colored stone tile accents throughout and a decorative stone course between the ground and first floors. The front elevation faces north and consists of a central gable-roofed block with two projecting side wings to the east and west. The central bay features a round-arched portico over the first-floor entrance, with the shed roof of the portico featuring a slight pediment capped with stone coping. The second floor windows above the portico are pairs of 1-over-1 double hung. The center windows are located in a slightly projecting bay with a shed roof and side pediments with coping. The windows flanking the central window bay feature brick hood molds, with diamond stone tiles underneath. A large vent is located in the peak of the gable, and the stone coping is repeated again on the gable roof pediment. The two projecting wings and the hyphens that connect them to the central block feature similar fenestration, with first story windows capped by brick hood molds with cream keystones, and second story windows with no decorative additions. Windows throughout are 1-over-1 double hung and appear to have been replaced since a previous survey in 1983, with small upper panes and larger lower panes. The entire structure features a red tile roof, with a metal cupola located at the ridgeline of the central block." -"Lakeview Dr: AIP 03-55-0093-09 Wausau Downtown Airport", WisDOT#FOS 0737-51-09, Prepared by Kelly Noack, (2016). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn Map, 1939. (B) S.M.B. Smith, "Speech to St. Mary's Hospital Staff," Wausau, Aug. 25, 1953. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |