White Mound County Park Community Building

Project Scope: New community building
Location: Hillpoint, Wisconsin
Designer: Galbraith Carnahan Architects

This conventionally-framed building inside White Mound County Park in Hillpoint, Wisconsin serves as the park's new community building. The new structure replaces a former outdoor shelter. The 3,000-square-foot building contains a 720-square-foot community room that will be open year-round. The facility also includes office space for the parks department and camper registration, a kitchen, and an outside picnic area that overlooks White Mound Lake. 

The building's exterior is covered with corten steel siding that provides a rustic look and weathers well. Extensive foam insulation in the walls and ceilings keeps the facility warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

The building is fully-compliant with ADA and includes three bathrooms, including a family restroom on the outside and a shower room. An asphalt pathway on the southeast side of the building leads toward the lake and beach.

White Mound County Park represents Sauk County’s largest park, sizing in at 1,100 acres, and gets its name from a vanished village located south of the existing park.

This project was recognized by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Wisconsin as a 2019 Gold Project of Distinction and received a 2019 Design Award by The Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association.

“Before working with Friede & Associates, all we had was an outdoor shelter. Now we can make this more of a year-round type of facility that people can enjoy.”

— Dave Riek, Chairman, Sauk County Highway and Parks Oversight Committee

Click here to download a printable project sheet.

Watch the video below to see aerial footage of the new White Mound community building and surrounding park.