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MADISON ST (SHALER PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

MADISON ST (SHALER PARK)

Architecture and History Inventory
MADISON ST (SHALER PARK) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:"End of the Trail" sculpture
Other Name:"End of the Trail" sculpture
Contributing:
Reference Number:16156
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):MADISON ST (SHALER PARK)
County:Fond du Lac
City:Waupun
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1929
Additions:
Survey Date:1973
Historic Use:
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:Metal
Architect: James Earle Fraser
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: End of the Trail
National Register Listing Date:8/29/1980
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Photo codes: SOS! 1/13-15 See SOS! files at National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. for more information. THIS SCULPTURE BECAME WORLD-FAMOUS WHEN EXHIBITED AS A PLASTERMODEL AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION IN 1915. CLARENCE SHALER WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT HE LATER COMMISSIONED THE ARTIST TOCAST IT IN BRONZE AS A GIFT TO THE CITY OF WAUPUN.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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