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This one and a half-story astylistic utilitarian fish hatchery building features a rectangular shaped plan configuration, a concrete foundation, a wood frame construction, a clapboard exterior, a wood trim and an asphalt shingled gambrel roof. The building was reroofed in 1982. No basement was included in the architectural design.
Description of Complex:
The Osceola State Fish Hatchery (33 19W-14) is located two miles northeast of Osceola, off of State Highway 35, in Polk County. This fish hatchery is one of the Bureau of Fisheries Management's facilites that is in exceptional condition. The facility is a complex of buildings including the fish hatchery building (4/3, 1934), a residence (4/6, 1934), and an assortment of storage buildings (4/4, 5, 7, 8, constructed between 1894 and 1935). The fish hatchery is a very well maintained newport yellow building constructed with clapboard siding, white wood trim and has a gambrel roof. The storage/garage building is constructed of similar materials that are often seen in ranger station construction, namely rock-faced concrete block and white wood trim material. One of the smaller storage buildings, built in 1894, is an interesting field stone structure with white wood trim material. The other storage buildings are small, newport yellow, wood frame structures. They are all in good condition. The residence is also in good condition, although it has been resided with aluminum/vinyl siding. The entire complex has continuity between buildings and is in excellent condition, thus, the Osceola State Fish Hatchery has been considered a potential Historic District. |