611 E WISCONSIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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611 E WISCONSIN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
611 E WISCONSIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:OCONOMOWOC WATER AND LIGHT UTILITY BLDG
Other Name:OCONOMOWOC WATER AND LIGHT UTILITY BLDG
Contributing:
Reference Number:8515
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):611 E WISCONSIN AVE
County:Waukesha
City:Oconomowoc
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1939
Additions:
Survey Date:2005
Historic Use:public utility/power plant/sewage/water
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Limestone
Architect: Nelson-Weber Construction Company
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
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, State Historic Preservation Office. BLIND ROUND ARCHES. ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS. The arches were filled in along the east wall of the building, to protect the electrical transformers that moved into the east side of the building's interior in the 1960s. Previously surveyed in 1979. A utility building (Oconomowoc Electric Light Company) was at this location as early as 1902. It was later identified as the City Water Works and Power House (1915-1930).
Bibliographic References:Residential and Commercial Light Rates Lowered Here: $8,000 Saving, Oconomowoc Enterprise, 26 September 1941, 1/8; Electrical Services History Told by Cuno, Oconomowoc Enterprise, 18 September 1975, Copy on file at the Waukesha County Historical Society Archives, Waukesha, WI. "Architecture/History Survey." August-October 2005. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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