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ROD AND GUN CLUB PARK

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ROD AND GUN CLUB PARK

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Reference Number:
41733

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Property Location

Location (Address)

ROD AND GUN CLUB PARK

County

Eau Claire

City/Village

Eau Claire

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

Additions

Survey Date

1982

Historic Use

resort/camp building

Architectural Style

Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Structural System

Wall Material

Wood

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A park shelter. Unfortunately, the fine cobblestone fireplace next to the shelter is gone. 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): Barland, L. 1965. The Rivers Flow On, p. 345.

Bibliographic References

(A) Barland, L. 1965. The Rivers Flow On, p. 345.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

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resort/camp building Astylistic Utilitarian Building

Eau Claire
County

Eau Claire
Community

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