Property Record
SUMMIT LAKE STATION
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Summit Lake Ranger Station |
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| Other Name: | SUMMIT LAKE RANGER STATION |
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| Reference Number: | 22008 |
| Location (Address): | SUMMIT LAKE STATION |
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| County: | Langlade |
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| Township/Village: | Upham |
| Unincorporated Community: | SUMMIT LAKE |
| Town: | 34 |
| Range: | 10 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 35 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | government office/other |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Artificial Stone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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. To be demolished. This one and a half-story astylistic utilitarian ranger station features a rectangular shaped plan configuration, a concrete foundation, an artificial stone exterior, a wood trim, and an asphalt shingled gable roof. A dormer is part of the architectural design. The interior is finished with painted and plastered walls, a concrete flooring on the first story, and maple flooring on the second. The structure, which is in good condition, received new windows and a new roof. The Summit Lake Ranger Station has functioned as an office, storage space for fire fighting equipment, and living quarters for the Ranger. The building was constructed in 1936, during the W.P.A. program. The ranger station is to be closed July 1995. Up to that time, it was existing and in use. The building may either be demolished due to some gasoline contamination of soil from overspill (The underground tanks were removed and no spill was discovered); Or, it may be deeded back to the donee, the Rassmussen estate. (Mr. Rassmussen died recently, at the age of 104). (A tower cabin was sold and moved to the residence of Wilbur Barne at an unspecified date). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Date of construction: DNR. B. Designer name & Builder: WPA/DNR Site File #369. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |