BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Vilas County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1930.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Peacock Inn
Built in 1930. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 8780 WI 70, St. Germain, 54558
- When was it listed? January 2017
- Category. building
- Town. St. Germain town
- When was it built? 1930
- National Register reference number. 100000519 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Peacock Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLIP FLOPS |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Peacock Inn: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bittersweet Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Carrol Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ewald Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gilmore Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Little Arbor Vitae Lake Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lost Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben and Margaret Stone Boathouse | 5.2 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000519 in Record Group 79. |
| Vilas County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.