Property Record
1030 HIAWATHA RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Art Schmidt's Musky Camp |
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| Other Name: | Hiawatha Resort |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 79698 |
| Location (Address): | 1030 HIAWATHA RD |
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| County: | Iron |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Mercer |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 42 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1938 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | fence/wall |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
| Structural System: | Log |
| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | "Originally known as Art Schmidt's Muskellunge Camp, this resort is one of the oldest and largest on the west side of the Flowage. A former logger, Schmidt apparently saw the resort potential quite early, and was in operation by 1933. In a 1938 publication, his was the only resort listed on this side of the Flowage, and was described as being 17 miles from the Mercer depot. of course, that is likely to have been a rough 17 miles -- the road that later became County Highway FF was only put in as a fire lane in 1931. Schmidt's Musky Camp claimed to have room for an incredible 73 guests, including both rooms in the lodge building and cabins. Visitors to Schmidt's could use the American Plan of do their own cooking in one of the cabins, including cabin 6, which sits on an island screened by trees and is only connected to the mainland by a footbridge. By 1943, Schmidt became the only resort in the area with a telephone, possibly, a remnant of the Roddis Line's private phone system." Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |