Pine St. and Flambeau Ave.
Historic Name: | Fifield Town Hall |
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Reference Number: | 78000339 |
Location (Address): | Pine St. and Flambeau Ave. |
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County: | Price |
City/Village: | |
Township: | Fifield |
Old Fifield Town Hall Southeast corner of Pine Street and Flambeau Avenue, Fifield, Price County Builder: Theodore Ristin Date of Construction: 1894 The Old Fifield Town Hall was the center of community life in the once booming logging region surrounding Fifield. The current Town Hall replaced an earlier building destroyed by the Fifield fire of 1893. The building was the community's social and political focal point. All government services were carried out in the Town Hall. The first floor consisted of town offices, a two-cell jail, and a 'clerk's room.' This room contained a vault for town records. It also served as a courtroom, a marriage hall, a funeral hall, and often a temporary morgue until the county coroner arrived. A staircase leads to the former 'opera house' on the second floor, a large room with an ample stage and scrolled stenciling on plaster walls. The room was used for church services, school sessions, graduations, local plays, masquerades, and fancy balls. A second story balcony also served as a podium for political speeches and announcements. Once the scene of political rallies, elections, and attendant celebrations, it serves today as a local historical museum run by the Price County Historical Society. It is open during regular hours.
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Period of Significance: | 1875-1899 |
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Area of Significance: | Politics/Government |
Area of Significance: | Social History |
Applicable Criteria: | Event |
Historic Use: | Government: Courthouse |
Historic Use: | Government: Correctional Facility |
Historic Use: | Social: Meeting Hall |
Historic Use: | Government: City Hall |
Architectural Style: | No Style Listed |
Resource Type: | Building |
Architect: | Ristin,Theodore |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 02/17/1978 |
State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |