Property Record
889 Shawano Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fire Station No. 3 |
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| Reference Number: | 31190 |
| Location (Address): | 889 Shawano Ave |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852022 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | E. H. Berners |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Engine house block facing Shawano Avenue has three segmented arch garage doors with each having a wall dormer with a copper hip roof above. The main roof of this block is surmounted by an octagonal Georgian style cupola. Entrance block facing on to shawano Avenue to the east of the engine house block has three gable roof wall dormers above a large pedimented entrance door with denticulated molding below the raking cornice and the horizontal cornice of the pediment. The entrance door is deeply recessed into the wall and the door reveals aer panelled. There is a four story tall fire house drying tower attached to the rear of the building. Green Bay Intensive Survey Phases 2, 3 & 4 |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn-Perris Map co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957. B. Green Bay City Directory, 1937. C. Berness-Schober Assoc., Inc. Archives Stick No. 646. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |