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PERROT STATE PARK,(HIGHWAY 93) N SIDE OF RIVER RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

PERROT STATE PARK,(HIGHWAY 93) N SIDE OF RIVER RD

Architecture and History Inventory
PERROT STATE PARK,(HIGHWAY 93) N SIDE OF RIVER RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Nels O. Herreid Homestead
Other Name:Perrot State Park (DNR)
Contributing:
Reference Number:63407
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):PERROT STATE PARK,(HIGHWAY 93) N SIDE OF RIVER RD
County:Trempealeau
City:
Township/Village:Trempealeau
Unincorporated Community:
Town:18
Range:9
Direction:W
Section:21
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:SW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:
Survey Date:1977
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Log
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
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:TR-7/2, group of nine Indian Mounds, across from log cabin. TR-7/1 was originally built as a Lutheran Church. Associated structures include a park shelter and stairs which climb the bluff. According to the DNR, this building was dismantled, leaving only the foundations. The boards were stored in a barn at Merrick State Park. It's not clear what has happened to the boards.
Bibliographic References:DNR
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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