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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

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ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

Historic Name:
Benson Fish Camp - Mildred's Cabin

Other Name:

Reference Number:
225259

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Property Location

Location (Address)

ROCKY ISLAND (APOSTLE ISLANDS)

County

Ashland

City/Village

Township

La Pointe

Unincorporated community

Town

53

Range

2

Direction

W

Section

19

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1935

Additions

Survey Date

2008

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Front Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Fish camp operated by Charlie Benson from 1936 until 1942. Benson initally took up residence in a cabin built in the 1920s by the Bayfield Fish Company (contributing). The year following his arrival to Rocky Island, Benson build the main family cabin (contributing). He also built a small fish house with an attached lean-to sauna (contributing). Another cabin was built in the mid-1930s as a hired-man's quarters (contributing). In the 1940s, Charlie's son Fred Benson built a wood frame summer cottage (contributing). Also in the camp: three privies (one contributing, two non-contributing), a dock (contributing), and three wooden skiffs (all contributing).

Bibliographic References

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Rocky Island Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Jul 03, 2008

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

Yes

house Front Gabled

Ashland
County

La Pointe
Community

1930-1939
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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