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PICNIC AREA 8 BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 45 & BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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PICNIC AREA 8 BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 45 & BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
PICNIC AREA 8 BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 45 & BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Picnic Shelter
Other Name:Picnic Shelter 8
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:169801
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):PICNIC AREA 8 BETWEEN US HIGHWAY 45 & BOERNER DR - ROOT RIVER PARKWAY
County:Milwaukee
City:Hales Corners
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:21
Direction:E
Section:32
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1940
Additions:
Survey Date:2011
Historic Use:park shelter/building
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Root River Parkway
National Register Listing Date:1/29/2013
State Register Listing Date:8/19/2011
National Register Multiple Property Name:Milwaukee County Parkway System
NOTES
Additional Information:2011-
Resurveyed; apperance unchanged.

2010-
Picnic shelter with restroom has a T-shaped plan with cross gable roof covered with wood shake shingles. It is clad in a combination of wood clapboard siding and fieldstone veneer
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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