Property Record
FOX RIVER W OF SKYLINE BRIDGE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | LOCK 1 LOCK TENDER'S HSE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 38974 |
| Location (Address): | FOX RIVER W OF SKYLINE BRIDGE |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Appleton Locks 1--3 Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/7/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/10/1992 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Waterway Resources of the Lower Fox River |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled Appleton Locks 1-3 Historic District 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Additional map codes are: FCS 4/34. Additional photo codes are: FCS 4/34. Located approximatelt 100 feet south of the upstream end of the lock, this is a 1.5 story gabled ell that is extnded by a one story, gabled front addition and a shed-roofed addition to the right. Roughly rectangualr, it is buit on a rusticated cement block foundation and is clad with asbestos shingles and roofed with asphalt shingles. It has plain window and door surrounds, and molded roof cornices. The building's windows and doors are covered with wooden panels. There is a brick chimney at the rear of the original, upper roof ridge. A right-side door in the gabled addition is shilelded by a gabled hood supported by plain gemoetric brackets. This door is flanked by a horizontal window in the endwall ofthe shed-roofed addition, while similar windows flank a centered door in the addition's sidewall. This door opens to a path that leads to the lock. Resurveyed December 2010; no visible changes. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |