Property Record
ROD AND GUN CLUB PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 41732 |
| Location (Address): | ROD AND GUN CLUB PARK |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
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| Year Built: | 1932 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | park shelter/building |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cobblestone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A cobblestone shed dated to 1932. According to Barland, the Rod and Gun Club worked for laws regulating game and fishing and planted fish in streams, They operated from a club house at 235 Water Street for over 15 years and in 1929 bought property on the west bank of Half Moon Lake to make a 40 acre park. They made trout ponds and had a bathing beach and diving tower. Today, the Rod and Gun Club Park is without a beach, but the area is beautifully lush and features a meandering stream and the remains of the trout ponds. Related buildings (separate records): water flume and park shelter. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Building inscription. (B) Barland, L. 1965. The Rivers Flow On, p. 345. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |