Property Record
102 E MILWAUKEE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FOSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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| Other Name: | FOSTER, DWIGHT, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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| Reference Number: | 6747 |
| Location (Address): | 102 E MILWAUKEE AVE |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Fort Atkinson |
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| Year Built: | 1916 |
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| Additions: | 1931 1983 |
| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | library |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | CLAUDE & STARCK; HUGH HAEUSER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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, State Historic Preservation Office. ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS. FLUTED CORINTHIAN COLUMNS. CHILDREN'S ROOM DESIGNED 1932 BY HUGH HAESSER, MILW. LIBRARY HAS ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS ON FILE. EXPANDED AND REMODELED IN 1983. (PICTURES ON WALL OF REMODELING). [A]. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A]. December 1998 phone conversation with librarian Carolyn Weh; Connie Meyer, library director. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 8/17/1995. MANITOWOC HERALD TIMES REPORTER 8/18/1995. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS OF STARCK, SHELDON AND SCHNEIDER. FOND DU LAC REPORTER 8/22/1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |