Property Record
20 PARKVIEW DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milton Depot (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot) |
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| Other Name: | Milton Community Center |
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| Reference Number: | 85386 |
| Location (Address): | 20 PARKVIEW DR |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Milton |
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| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Survey Date: | 19992013 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This is a one-story, front-gabled structure with a flat-roofed canopy attached to one end and a flat-roofed frame wing attached to the other end. A bay window overlooks the tracks. A frame addition under the canopy appears to be of a later date. The depot is finished with clapboards and accented at the canopy and addition ends with Doric columns and exposed rafters. 2013: ACCORDING TO HISTORIC SOURCES, THIS BUILDING WAS GIVEN TO MILTON COLLEGE IN 1958 THEN GIVEN TO THE LOCAL WOMEN'S CLUB IN 1965, WHO TURNED IT INTO A COMMUNITY BUILDING. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Vogel, The Railroad Depot in Southeastern, Wisconsin, p. 23. Historic Milton, Wisconsin Tour Guide, Milton Historic Preservation Commission, 2009. BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF MILTON, 1976. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |