Town Hall (former) – Florence WI

City:
Florence, WI

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Designer:
Max Hanisch Sr.

Description

Historic plaque: “This Art Moderne Red Brick Building built by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) served as the Town Hall and Community Center [for Florence, Wisconsin]. Mac Hanisch Sr., architect with Unit Structures, used massive arched, glued & laminated (glulam) wood beams. Carl Anderson was the local project supervisor. The building cost Florence $9000, the WPA $21,000, and the first activities were the County Fair and Elections.”

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Source notes

Historic plaque

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 13, 2017.

Location Info


748 Central Ave.
Florence, WI 54121

Coordinates: 45.922652, -88.253143

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One comment on “Town Hall (former) – Florence WI

  1. laurie wesolowski

    I live in a homestead that was erected by Max Hanisch using the WPA workers at Crooked Lake WI. I believe it was his summer house built around 1933. It is only 45 minutes to Peshtigo where his firm was. You can clearly see the Glulam beams. The home is a Bavarian Chalet Style. I’m looking into having it listed historically. Any suggestions?

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  1. laurie wesolowski

    I live in a homestead that was erected by Max Hanisch using the WPA workers at Crooked Lake WI. I believe it was his summer house built around 1933. It is only 45 minutes to Peshtigo where his firm was. You can clearly see the Glulam beams. The home is a Bavarian Chalet Style. I’m looking into having it listed historically. Any suggestions?

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