1824 Ballard Road | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1824 Ballard Road

Architecture and History Inventory
1824 Ballard Road | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Appleton U. S. Army Reserve Center - veh. maint. shop
Other Name:(1998) Appleton U.S. Army Reserve Center - storage building
Contributing:
Reference Number:138620
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1824 Ballard Road
County:Outagamie
City:Appleton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1958
Additions:
Survey Date:1998
Historic Use:military base
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Department of Defense standardized plan
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:The Appleton USARC consists of 3 buildings on approximately 4 acres of land. The buildings include a training and administration building (AHI #0138618), an Organizational Maintenance Shop (AHI #0138619 )and a general warehouse building (this entry).

The warehouse was built in 1958 as a maintenance shop for the Army Reserve Center and is now used as a general storage facility, having been replaced by the new Organizational Maintenance Shop in 1985.

The building sits on a poured reinforced concrete foundation and walls constructed of concrete block faced with brown brick. The building has a low-pitched shed roof.

There are three large overhead retractable bay doors on the building's south elevation. There is a single metal pedestrian door on the north side of the building.
Bibliographic References:1998, Richard A. Fields. Historic Properties Inventory of the 88th Reserve Support Command Facilities in Wisconsin (Fort McCoy Cultural Resources Management Series - Reports of Investigation No. 12).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the record you were looking for, or have other questions about historic preservation, please email us and we can help:

If you have an update, correction, or addition to a record, please include this in your message:

  • AHI number
  • Information to be added or changed
  • Source information

Note: When providing a historical fact, such as the story of a historic event or the name of an architect, be sure to list your sources. We will only create or update a property record if we can verify a submission is factual and accurate.

How to Cite

For the purposes of a bibliography entry or footnote, follow this model:

Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory Citation
Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, "Historic Name", "Town", "County", "State", "Reference Number".