5500 USH 51 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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5500 USH 51

Architecture and History Inventory
5500 USH 51 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Voss' Birchwood Lodge Resort: Garage & Palm Garden Building
Other Name:Voss' Birchwood Lodge Resort: Old Settler's Inn
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:232916
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):5500 USH 51
County:Vilas
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Township/Village:Manitowish Waters
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1928
Additions: 1933
Survey Date:2016
Historic Use:dance hall
Architectural Style:Rustic Style
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Dickerson, Audrey Voss
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Voss' Birchwood Lodge
National Register Listing Date:6/8/2018
State Register Listing Date:12/1/2017
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NOTES
Additional Information:The original portion of this building was built in 1928 and it consisted of a full-service auto garage at the west end and a small coffee shop/restaurant adjacent to the right. This building was a clapboard-clad one-story-tall building built in the Commercial Vernacular style and in 1933 a tall one-story addition was added to the east end of the original building and this housed a tavern and a dance hall. The building retained this form until the early 1950's, when Audrey Voss Dickerson redesigned the exterior of the entire building, giving it a Rustic Style design, and the exterior was also then reclad in cedar clapboards.
Bibliographic References:Ruth Dickerson Gardner. Lunch at Boney's Mound: A Portrait of Family and Friends. Manitowish Waters, 1997, pp. 278-286 (illustrated) , Privately Printed.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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