Racine  

 North Beach Gazebo/Bandstand

7/30/2006

The North Beach Gazebo/Bandstand was built in the summer of 1920 by the City of Racine. The octagonal shaped brick bandstand sits on a hillside overlooking North Beach.  Painted metal railings surround the performance area and steps leading to it.  Construction was completed by the city's own workers. The cost was $2,500, less than if contracted which would have been approximately $4,000.  

It has been used for weddings and on July 4th, the Racine Concert Band, formed in 1923, has played.
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North Beach is Wisconsin's first beach to be designated as a Certified Blue Wave Clean beach by the National Clean Beaches Council.  
   

From Racine Journal Times, May 11, 1920; rendering of bandstand

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