The Columbus Fireman's Park Complex consists of the Pavilion, a historic building used for many years and built by hand, the Rest Haven a building where people could use a resting place during a journey, and the Boys Scout Cabin and two gates into the complex in Fireman's Park in
Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,540 at the 2020 census, all of which resided in Columbia County. Columbus is located about northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. Th ...
, United States. Fireman's Park became a Columbus city park in 1915, and the city's fire department developed the park as a community project. The park's pavilion opened in 1917; while mainly used for community dances, the pavilion also hosted a variety of other events. Another building in the park, known as Rest Haven, opened in 1923. This building, a
Prairie School
Prairie School is a late 19th and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped i ...
structure designed by
Alfred C. Clas, was used for cooking and sanitation by the many auto tourists who visited the park. The west wall and gate of the park were built in 1917 and are also part of the historic site. The park buildings were added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on February 25, 2004.
Images
File:Columbus Wisconsin Fireman's Park Pavillion - panoramio.jpg
File:Firemans Park.jpg, Sign in winter
File:ColumbusWisconsinFiremansParkComplex.jpg, Main building after sunset
file:Columbus Wisconsin Resthaven.jpg, Resthaven
References
{{National Register of Historic Places
Buildings and structures completed in 1917
Buildings and structures completed in 1923
Buildings and structures in Columbia County, Wisconsin
Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Prairie School architecture in Wisconsin
Victorian architecture in Wisconsin
Columbus, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Wisconsin