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Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	La Pointe, Wisconsin
Coordinates	46°49′56″N 90°45′20″W / 46.83222°N 90.75556°W / 46.83222; -90.75556
Area	9.7 acres (3.9 ha)
Built	1893 (1893)
Built by	Sweet, Almson
NRHP reference No.	78000075 (original) 16000241 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1978
Boundary increase	May 10, 2016

The Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry, also known as the Basswood Island Quarry, on Basswood Island in Lake Superior was operational from 1868 to 1893. The brownstone was first used for construction of the second Milwaukee County Courthouse, now demolished. The quarry, now filled with water, is about 200 feet (61 m) long and about 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. Blocks of sandstone remain, together with the rusting remains of quarrying machinery. All company buildings and workers' cabins have disappeared.

Other buildings built with the quarry's product include the old Chicago Tribune building, the Landmark Chapel at the Forest Home Cemetery and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, both in Milwaukee. The island and quarry are presently included in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and are administered by the National Park Service. The quarry was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1978.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Barnes, Herschel L.D. (July 23, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Bass Island Brownstone Quarry". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
3. "Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Map". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2011.

v t e Apostle Islands
Islands	Madeline Island Stockton Island Gull Island Eagle Island Outer Island Oak Island Sand Island Basswood Island Bear Island Michigan Island Hermit Island Cat Island Otter Island Manitou Island Rocky Island Long Island Ironwood Island York Island Raspberry Island Devils Island South Twin Island North Twin Island
Lighthouses	Michigan Island Light Raspberry Island Light Outer Island Light Sand Island Light Devils Island Light Gull Island Light La Pointe Light Chequamegon Point Light Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Shipwrecks	Antelope Big Bay sloop City of Ashland D.R. Owen Lucerne Manistee Marquette Moonlight Noquebay Ottawa Pretoria R.G. Stewart Sevona Ira H. Owen T.H. Camp
Related historic sites	Hadland Fishing Camp Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry La Pointe Indian Cemetery Manitou Camp Rocky Island Historic District Madeline Island Historical Museum
Protected designations	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Big Bay State Park

• Buildings and structures in Ashland County, Wisconsin
• Quarries in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
• National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin
• 1868 establishments in Wisconsin
• 1893 disestablishments in Wisconsin