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TWO MILES NE OF OSCEOLA, OFF OF HIGHWAY 35 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

TWO MILES NE OF OSCEOLA, OFF OF HIGHWAY 35

Architecture and History Inventory
TWO MILES NE OF OSCEOLA, OFF OF HIGHWAY 35 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Osceola Fish Hatchery - garage #141
Contributing:
Reference Number:35274
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):TWO MILES NE OF OSCEOLA, OFF OF HIGHWAY 35
County:Polk
City:
Township/Village:Osceola
Unincorporated Community:
Town:33
Range:19
Direction:W
Section:14
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1894
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:garage
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

This one-story astylistic utilitarian garage/storage building features a rectanglar shaped plan configuration, a stone foundation, a stone exterior, a wood trim and an asphalt shingled mutli-gabled roof. No basement was included in the architectural design.

Description of Complex:

The Osceloa State Fish Hatchery 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 facilities 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 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 builidngs are small, newport yellow, wood frame structures. They are all in good condition. The residence is also in good condition, although it has been re-sided with aluminum/vinyl siding.
Bibliographic References:A. DNR Site File #00135, 00137, 00138, 00139, 00140, 00141. B. Date of construction: DNR. C. See Sue's notes in the St. Croix Falls and Osceola hatcheries listings in the 1977 DNR printout.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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