Property Record
N4376 FRIEDEL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MAPLE VILLA HOTEL |
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| Other Name: | LAKE RIPLEY LODGE |
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| Reference Number: | 224970 |
| Location (Address): | N4376 FRIEDEL AVE |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Oakland |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 8 |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Land along the eastern shore of Lake Ripley is believed to have been used for commercial recreational purposes since the late 1880s. By 1899, a non-extant cream city brick hotel with non-extant private cottages was being operated by a Mrs. Vaughn. The hotel and its cottages were being operated by Colsie Cowles by 1919, at which time it was known as the Cedar Lodge Hotel. Soon thereafter, the hotel and its cottages were demolished for redevelopment of its property as private residences and a new hotel named Maple Villa Hotel. The hotel, which has undergone various renovations and alterations during the past decades, continues to be operated today as a bed and breakfast under the name Lake Ripley Lodge. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plat Maps and Atlases. Various years. On file at the Wisconsin Historical Society Area Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in Whitewater, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |