Property Record

1800 SHERMAN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory

NAMES
Historic Name:	River Pines Sanatarium Building
Other Name:	River Pines Sanatarium Building
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Reference Number:	74220

PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):	1800 SHERMAN AVE
County:	Portage
City:	Whiting
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:	1906
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Survey Date:	1978
Historic Use:	nursing home/sanitarium
Architectural Style:	Other Vernacular
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Demolished?:	No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:	Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:	The sanatarium was founded by Dr. Thomas H. Hay in 1906; it was one of the first in the Midwest. More than 3,500 patients were treated here. Additional sanatarium buildings - separate records.
Bibliographic References:	(A) Stevens Point Daily Journal 5/19/92.

RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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