Property Record
W7303 CTH CS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | State Experimental Game and Fur Farm - Refrigeration Plant |
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| Other Name: | MacKenzie Center (DNR #852) |
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| Reference Number: | 117205 |
| Location (Address): | W7303 CTH CS |
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| County: | Columbia |
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| Township/Village: | Dekorra |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 11 |
| Range: | 9 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 25 |
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| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 20002024 |
| Historic Use: | Agricultural - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Tile |
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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' (Poynette State Game Farm) 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. This building served as a slaughterhouse for horses to provide meat to animals raised in the fur section of the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm; it held a refrigerated room for meat storage. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |