Property Record
S5975 Park Road, DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Devil's Lake State Park: Park Road Culvert Site |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 227156 |
| Location (Address): | S5975 Park Road, DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK |
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| County: | Sauk |
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| Township/Village: | Baraboo |
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| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | bridge |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
| Structural System: | Masonry Arch |
| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Devil's Lake State Park |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/21/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/28/2014 |
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| Additional Information: | Park Road intersects with the still active track of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad 140-feet to the east of the Park Administration Building, and 20-feet-further east it crosses a small creek before it reaches a four-way intersection. The road can then turn either left (north ) toward the park’s northern exit, right (south) towards four additional parking areas, or it can continue straight towards the Northern Lights Campground. Because this small creek meanders through this intersection, Park Road is carried across it by means of two large culverts, one of which is placed between the railroad tracks and the intersection, and the other of which is placed on the road just south of the intersection. Both of these culverts have heavy stone Rustic Style headwalls that are made out of locally quarried quartzite stone blocks and these headwalls and their associated guard rails were all built by the CCC between 1938 and 1939. The tops of the headwalls that carry Park Road across the creek just to the west of the railroad tracks rise several feet above the road surface and act as integral guard rails, while the tops of the headwalls that carry Park Road across the creek just to the south of the intersection terminate in integral stone pedestals, and these and the heavy wood timbers that are placed between them, also act as guard rails. stone arch bridge |
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| Bibliographic References: | Moore, Robert J. Devil’s Lake Wisconsin and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011, pp. 133-137 (illustrated). Devil's Lake State Park Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |