Property Record
3895 RIVERSIDE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Indianford Powerhouse |
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| Other Name: | Indianford Powerhouse |
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| Reference Number: | 84172 |
| Location (Address): | 3895 RIVERSIDE DR |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Fulton |
| Unincorporated Community: | Indianford |
| Town: | 4 |
| Range: | 12 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 21 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1997201420162020 |
| Historic Use: | public utility/power plant/sewage/water |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Mead and Seastone |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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, Division of Historic Preservation. 2013: The Indianford Powerhouse is located at the western end of the Indianford Dam, on the Rock River in the unincorporated community of Indianford. The powerhouse is a rectangular building that displays limited Classical Revival detailing. It rests on a poured concrete foundation, with red brick walls and a flat roof surrounded by a brick parapet with concrete coping. The concrete foundation is adorned with rectangular recessed panels below a water table. The brick walls are laid in a common bond with regularly spaced header courses that create subtle horizontal lines across the wall planes. Brick pilasters with concrete accents ornament the four corners of the building and also bisect the north and south elevations. Tall, narrow, round-arched window openings are regularly spaced across the north, east, and west elevations, and feature concrete sills and keystones. Windows contain steel frames glazed with polycarbonate lights; on each window, three four-light sections pivot to open. The entrance is located on the west elevation and consists of double doors glazed with 15 lights and a glazed, arched multi-light transom. A concrete walkway spans the north elevation and a steel I-beam frame runs the length of the walkway, part of the system used to hoist the head gates. 2016: Property is unchanged from last survey. 2020: Property is unchanged from last survey. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |