The Fort Howard Officers' Quarters, in
Heritage Hill State Park at 2640 S. Webster Ave. in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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, were built in c.1816 or in 1830, according to various sources. They were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
[
It is an 1830 ]Federal-style
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building, in which Fort Howard's officers lived with their families. This building is currently interpreted at the park as the ''Company Kitchen/Orderly Room''. The structure at the park named ''Fort Howard Officers' Quarters'' is a reproduction built in 1982.pedimented
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roof dormers. It was moved around 1866-1869 to Green Bay to serve as a house there, and was not altered much besides addition of a porch and a lean-to shed. In 1952 it was given to the Brown County Historical Society, which gave it to the City of Green Bay. It was later moved to the grounds of the Old Fort Howard Hospital and restored, including removal of the porch and lean-to.[ With ]
See also
* List of the oldest buildings in Wisconsin
References
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures completed in 1816
Buildings and structures completed in 1830
Brown County, Wisconsin
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