Property Record
VOLK FIELD CRTC
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Building 324 |
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| Other Name: | Building 324 |
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| Reference Number: | 142145 |
| Location (Address): | VOLK FIELD CRTC |
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| County: | Juneau |
| City: | Camp Douglas |
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| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 17 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 21 |
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| Year Built: | 1956 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Mills & Petticord; ; John J. Flad & Associates |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Building 324 was constructed as the motor service shop, Type MSS-3, drawing AFD-51-201 dated 1951 by Mills & Petticord, Architects-Engineers, Washington, D.C., as adapted to site by John J. Flad & Associates, Madison, Wisconsin, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. The building was constructed during the expansion of Volk Field CRTC into a permanent training site for Air National Guard units. The original building measured 101 x 37 feet. The original configuration contained four bays with overhead doors; three bays were shops, while the end bay was a wash and paint shop. The transportation officer and the dispatcher's office shared the eastern end of the building with parts and tire storage. A boiler room projected from the east end of the building. Original windows were steel-frame industrial sash. The current configuration and appearance of Building 324 is the result of several additions and renovations. Building 324 occupies an L-shaped footprint and is constructed of concrete block that has been stuccoed. All doors and windows in the building are modern units. The windows are metal-frame units with fixed lights and hoppers. The main entry door is set under a curved shelter and is a modern glass door in a metal frame with sidelights. The building contains eight service bays. Three service bays with front and rear access are located in the front (north) projecting addition. Four service bays with front access occupy the west end of the building. The westernmost bay is a refueling bay that has front and rear access. All service bay doors are modern overhead garage doors. Additions to the building are numerous. In 1965, the refueling tanker bay on the west end of the building was added. This bay has overhead doors on both front and rear elevations. A bathroom was added to the rear of the building in 1968 and a break room addition was added on the rear elevation of the east end in 1976. Since 1995, a new addition was added on the east end of the building that doubled the building's size and contains three large repair bays with overhead track doors on the east and west elevations and new offices. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Volk Field CRTC, drawings files, real property records. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |