| Additional Information: | EYEBROW DORMERS. ROUND ARCH WINDOWS W/KEYSTONE MOTIF.
The Grand Lodge Administration Center (AHI# 12503) is a two-story, brick-veneered Mediterranean Revival edifice erected as a 28-bed hospital in 1926. The building is set on a stone-veneered basement. It is capped with a hip roof surfaced with barrel clay tile and embellished with exposed rafter tails. Decorative brickwork enlivens the walls and a stone belt course wraps around the building just beneath the sills of the second-story windows. The main entrance is centered on the east facade in a pavilion that projects slightly. Stone Doric columns flank the door and support a simple stone frieze and closed pediment. Regularly distributed, paired and single sash windows appear throughout the building. Some have been replaced. A two-story addition about one-third the size of the original building was appended to the north facade, which faces USH 18, in 1950. The placement of the addition makes it the most visible part of the building. The addition is compatible with the original section in its form, brick finish, and tiled hip roof. The addition also incorporates a similar fenestration pattern and matching 6/1 windows, and exposed rafter tails. The decorative details are also similar. This building was converted to administrative use in 1989. Conversion to administrative use altered the interior by subdividing the spaces.
2024: In addition to the Wisconsin Consistory Home (Van Brunt Hall, AHI #12502, non-extant), a Spring House (AHI #12504), hospital, and garage were constructed (AHI #242164). |
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