Property Record
1800 N SWAN BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HOYT PARK SUSPENSION BRIDGE |
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| Other Name: | MENOMONEE RIVER PARKWAY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 78047 |
| Location (Address): | 1800 N SWAN BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011201620182021 |
| Historic Use: | bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Concrete Arch |
| Wall Material: | Stone Veneer |
| Architect: | Wpa |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Menomonee River Parkway" exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 1995- Stone arch pillars. 2011- Resurveyed; appearance unchanged. Hoyt Park was established by Milwaukee County as a part of the Upper Menomonee River Parkway in 1926. The 34-acre facility was purchased by the City of Wauwatosa in 1928 and renamed Emerson D. Hoyt Park. A non-extant public pool was constructed on the site in 1931. The park was transferred back to the Milwaukee Park Commission in 1936, and the Civilian Conservation Corp constructed a larger concrete pool with an accompanying filtration and purification plant, which opened in 1939. A suspension bridge and a Swan Boulevard automobile traffic bridge were constructed in 1939. The pool was removed and reconstructed in 2010, and the bathhouse was remodeled the same year. Resurveyed 2018: no changes. Resurveyed 2021: appearance unchanged. suspension bridge |
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| Bibliographic References: | Mead and Hunt. Volume 1: Milwaukee County Parkway Inventory Report. Milwaukee County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, 2012. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |