Property Record
MILL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Little Chute Guard Lock Lockkeeper's House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52343 |
| Location (Address): | MILL ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Little Chute |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/7/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/10/1992 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Waterway Resources of the Lower Fox River |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled Little Chute Locks and Canal 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. Photo Code: FCS 5/28. Located on Mill Street, immediately northeast of the guard lock, this house was built in 1909. It is a one and a half story Colonial Revival structure, and is of the type most commonly used for keeper's houses on the system. A gambrel-roofed rectangle, it has a shed-roofed, rectangular frameporch projecting at the (upstream) front. It is sited on a generous lawn on the land side of the district. The brick first story has windows (covered with plywood) with stone sills. The upper story gable is clad with wooden shingles and has paired windows surmounted by a louvered attic vent. The roof has a molded cornice. Its upper slope extends on the front and creates a centered, shed-roofed dormer with molded cornices with sidewall returns. Windows throughout are covered by plywood panels. STRUCTURES RELATED TO THIS BUILDING INCLUDE A LOCK, A BRIDGE, A DAM AND A LOCK SHACK. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1909 Part II (Washington, D.c.: Government Printing Office, 1909), 1982. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |