Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY BB, NORTH SIDE, 1/2 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 14
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | |
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| Other Name: | Vernon County Insane Asylum |
| Contributing: | |
| Reference Number: | 72116 |
| Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY BB, NORTH SIDE, 1/2 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 14 |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Viroqua |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 13 |
| Range: | 4 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 29 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1868 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19762018 |
| Historic Use: | live-in care facility/sanitarium |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1980 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
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| Additional Information: | Threatened with demolition. 2018 UPDATE - Viroqua Industrial Park Compliance Project - This building is NOT EXTANT. The original Vernon County Insane Asylum building was constructed circa 1868, along with the County Farm. It was likely torn down circa 1980, around the time of the construction of the new county home, Vernon Manor, which was completed in 1981. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ""County Home' has long, beneficial history." Angela Cina, Vernon Broadcaster, 9 August 2006 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |