601 LAKE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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601 LAKE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
601 LAKE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:11018
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):601 LAKE AVE
County:Racine
City:Racine
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1912
Additions:
Survey Date:1980
Historic Use:social recreational/fraternal hall
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: A. Arthur Guilbert and Edmund B. Funston
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252
National Register Listing Date:9/7/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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. BRACKETED CORNICE. KEYSTONES OVER WINDOWS. DESIGNED BY ARTHUR GUILBERT (1869-1922) A LOCAL ARCHITECT WHO PRACTICED HERE FROM 1903 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1922.tHE CLUBHOUSE WAS BUILT BY RACINE LODGE NO.252 OF THE BENEVOLET AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANIZED IN 1893. AMONG ITS MEMBERS WERE MANY OF RACINE'S LEADING BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS, SUCH AS ALEXANDER HORLICK AND WALTER S. GOODMAN. THE LODGE MAINTAINED THE CLUBHOUSE UNTIL 1985, WHEN IT WAS SOLD AND REMODELED FOR OFFICES.
Bibliographic References:Blueprints. HISTORIC 6TH ST BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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