Property Record
Wi8340 Short Lane
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 132883 |
| Location (Address): | Wi8340 Short Lane |
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| County: | Shawano |
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| Township/Village: | Birnamwood |
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| Town: | 28 |
| Range: | 11 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Geodesic Dome |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Geodesic Dome house to which was later added a large modern wing designed to maximize solar gain. 2004- Single family houses that utilized Buckminter Fuller's celebrated design are among the most striking of the new residential designs that emerged in the U.S in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This house is an especially fine and relatively large example. This house is also notable because it has been enlarged by the addition of a new wing that was designed to make better use of solar energy. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 2004. Timothy Heggland. Architecture / History Survey for WisDOT project #1600-21-00 (WHS Compliance project #05-0784/SW . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |