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920 SUPERIOR AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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920 SUPERIOR AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
920 SUPERIOR AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:AXELEY'S CABINS
Other Name:ROCKY RUN
Contributing: No
Reference Number:153842
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):920 SUPERIOR AVE
County:Bayfield
City:Washburn
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1979
Additions:
Survey Date:2008
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Rustic Style
Structural System:
Wall Material:Log
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:THIS IS ONE OF THREE ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS THAT COMPRISE ONE OF FOUR ADJACENT RUSTIC STYLE COTTAGE GROUPS THAT WERE BUILT ALONG THE SHORELINE HERE IN THE EARLY 1930S AS A LOCAL MAKE-WORK PROJECT FUNDED BY LOCAL PHYSICIAN DR. ALBERT AXELEY, WHO OPERATED THEM AS CABINS FOR TOURISTS. ALL THREE OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE THEIR OWN AHI NUMBERS.

THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1979 BY DON EKSTROM, THE CURRENT OWNER OF ROCKY RUN.
Bibliographic References:INTERVIEW WITH DON EKSTROM, THE CURRENT OWNER. JULY , 2009..
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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