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807 61ST ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

807 61ST ST

Architecture and History Inventory
807 61ST ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:MASONIC LODGE
Other Name:LIBRARY SQUARE SCHOOL
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:9647
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):807 61ST ST
County:Kenosha
City:Kenosha
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1924
Additions:
Survey Date:1987
Historic Use:social recreational/fraternal hall
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect: Richard Gustave Schmid
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Library Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/29/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:IONIC COLUMNS IN RECESSED PORTICO. BALUSTRADE AT CORNICE.

"The Neo-Classical Revival style Masonic Temple was designed by Chicago architect Richard Gustave Schmid, a specialist in designing Masonic Temples. The front and east facades are made of smooth ashlar limestone, while the rear and west facades are of tan brick. The two-story building features a stone cornice on the front and east facades, above which is a parapet with balustrade surrounding a third-story built of brick under a hipped roof. Two Ionic columns support a partially enclosed entrance portico. The Masons have been meeting in Kenosha since the mid-nineteenth century." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
Bibliographic References:BUILDING PERMIT. WITHEY. KENOSHA NEWS 10/25/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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