W6545 COUNTY HIGHWAY F | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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W6545 COUNTY HIGHWAY F

Architecture and History Inventory
W6545 COUNTY HIGHWAY F | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Camp Byron
Other Name:Byron Center
Contributing:
Reference Number:153481
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W6545 COUNTY HIGHWAY F
County:Fond du Lac
City:
Township/Village:Byron
Unincorporated Community:
Town:14
Range:17
Direction:E
Section:20
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1848
Additions:
Survey Date:
Historic Use:resort/camp building
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:
Architect:
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:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Camp Byron has been a Methodist meeting place since its inception. The Methodist Church in nearby Byron Center held their annual revival meeting at the camp every year since 1848, only missing one year during the Civil War. In its first years, people camped in tents. Eventually they erected structures, some of which have survived including Ingraham Hall which was built in the mid-1920s, an in-ground swimming pool, and several family cottages, built circa 1900. Both the camp and the swimming pool are the oldest of their kind still in use in the state of Wisconsin.
Bibliographic References:Richter, Dorothy. Camp Byron. View: Post-Crescent Magazine. Sunday, Sept 12, 1971, p. 2. Olsen, Lois C. Goodly Tents. 2002, p. 10-15.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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