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Summary
Ojibwa Courier Press Building
110 Ojibwa Mall, Ojibwa, Sawyer County
Architect: unknown
Date of Construction: 1922
Benjamin Faast, a nationally recognized leader in colonization, was the president of the Wisconsin Colonization Company. The colonization movement planned to settle immigrant farmers in northern Wisconsin's "cutover" land, areas left after the harvest of virgin white pine. The company aided settlers by purchasing 50,000 acres in Sawyer County for resale as farmland. Faast envisioned a model settlement as a company showpiece. Ojibwa, named after a local band of Chippewa Indians, was designed as that model town and was featured in advertising circulars to new settlers. Ojibwa Courier Press Building was one of five buildings constructed in the commercial district of the town.
The building is a simple, one-story, rectangular frame structure with a central front entry. It is painted white and embellished with classical details such as pediments, pilasters, and multi-paned windows. The façade of the building resembles that of the other four commercial structures creating an aesthetically harmonious grouping. Its only distinction is that it was built with a flat roof rather than a gable roof like the others.
The building was home of the Courier Press until 1949 when the newspaper was absorbed by the Sawyer County Gazette. At the time of listing, the building served as a small grocery business and was open during regular business hours.
Property Details
| Criteria | Event,Person |
|---|---|
| Area Of Significance | Commerce,Community Planning And Development,Other |
| Period of Significance | 1900-1924 |
| Architectural Style | No Style Listed |
| Architect | |
| Resource Type | Building |
| Historic Use | Financial Institution |
Resources Within The Property
| Contributing Buildings | 1 |
|---|---|
| Contributing Sites | 0 |
| Contributing Structures | 0 |
| Contributing Objects | 0 |
| Non-Contributing Buildings | 0 |
| Non-Contributing Sites | 0 |
| Non-Contributing Structures | 0 |
| Non-Contributing Objects | 0 |
Designations
| Historic Status | Listed in the National Register |
|---|---|
| National Historic Landmark Listing Date | Mar 1, 1982 |
| Historic Status | Listed in the State Register |
| National Historic Landmark Listing Date | Jan 1, 1989 |
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Plat plan for the town of Ojibwa, Sawyer County - Wisconsin
1919?
The base map, printed by the Wisconsin Colonization Company, is a plat showing lot and block numbers and dimensions as well as section lines. Hand-colored annotations show zones of public land, bus...
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