Property Record
MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK)
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | McCoy Park Monument |
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Other Name: | World War I Memorial Monument |
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Reference Number: | 118767 |
Location (Address): | MADISON AVE (MCCOY PARK) |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | Fort Atkinson |
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Year Built: | 1939 |
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Survey Date: | 1998 |
Historic Use: | monument |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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Wall Material: | Marble |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | This marble monument is the second of two WWI memorials in McCoy Memorial Park (the other is a likeness of a WWI doughboy). The marble monument was erected in 1939, by the Service Star Legion, a war mothers' organization. The monument reads, "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/1917-1918/ERECTED BY SERVICE STAR LEGION INC/JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAPTER, FORT ATKINSON, WISC/1938." |
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Bibliographic References: | "The Jefferson County Union," 24 February 1939. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |