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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

Architecture and History Inventory
ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Hadland Fishing Camp
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:2489
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)
County:Ashland
City:
Township/Village:La Pointe
Unincorporated Community:
Town:53
Range:2
Direction:W
Section:19
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1920
Additions:
Survey Date:1975
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Log
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Hadland Fishing Camp
National Register Listing Date:8/18/1977
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
National/State Register Listing Name: Rocky Island Historic District
National Register Listing Date:7/3/2008
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:FIRST BLDG BUILT IN 1920 WITH MORE ADDED AT NEW SITE IN 1938 TWO LOG STRUCTURES AND OTHER RELATED STRUCTURES THE LAST FISHING CAMP TO OPERATE ON THE APOSTLE ISLANDS HADLAND FROM NORWAY IN 1905* [Date Cnst:(A)].
THIS GROUP OF BUILDINGS CONTAINS TWO LOG STRUCTURES AND NUMEROUS FRAME BUILDINGS.

Extant structures in the camp include Fried's Cabin (contributing, referred to as Building A in the individual nomination), a privy (non-contributing), the net reel yard (contributing), the float drying platform (contributing) and a wooden bench (non-contributing).

Structures listed in the individual nomination that are no longer extant (2008) include: Hadland Cabin (Building C), Erickson's storage shed (Building D), Hadland Family Cabin (Building B), and the ice house (Building E).

The camp has been unoccupied since the Hadland brothers vacated in 1998.
Bibliographic References:[A] NRHP NOMINATION FORM
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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