Property Record
(300) 7TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Smith Family Indoor Tennis Court |
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| Other Name: | Kimberly Kalfahs & Andrew Madsen House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 63839 |
| Location (Address): | (300) 7TH ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Neenah |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | recreational building/gymnasium |
| Architectural Style: | Quonset |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Unusual sports facility with parabolic roofline and buttressess. Built jointly by C.R. Smith's children, the court was one of two in the Midwest and the first of its kind in Wisconsin. This property was last surveyed in 1981 using the City Engineer's Base Map with the code 6/7. The 2004 map code is 157/36a. From Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Dec 24, 1927: Construction is noted as having been started & it measures 120 feet x 66 feet. The ceiling will be free of roof beams and will permit a clearance of 29 feet. The roof will arch upward from cement buttresses. The floor will be concrete and the ceiling and walls will be lined with fir The only other like it is said to be in Indianapolis. Kimberly Kalfahs & Andrew Madsen purchased the building from Devon Smith in 2007. Since purchasing this home in 2007 they had completely gutted every last bit leaving only the shell and original maple hard wood floor in one section and completely restored this building as a home. The building was originally set on concrete slab before a full basement was dug up and cement poured in 1955; they did not move or lift house but instead dug out and poured working under the building. In the mid-1960s the Lashuas built a house next to this building on the prperty and rented the quonset to Devon Smith's family several years before the Smiths finally purchased the building in the late-1960s. Once Smith purchased it he then did several renovations. From dropping the ceiling the biggest change he made to the Quonset hut structure was adding several dormers plus what he called a Four Seasons room off the very back of the building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1928 Neenah Tax Rolls, p.111. B. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern; 12/24/1927, p.19, col.1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |