Town of Gordon
Douglas County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Gordon is a jurisdiction in Douglas County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Denise Wohlbier, Clerk-Treasurer9709 East County Rd Y, Box 68
Gordon, WI 54838
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is the Town of Gordon in DOUGLAS County, unrelated to the separate Town of Gordon in Ashland County (see previous entry) - researched independently and not to be conflated. Process is two-step: a county Land Use Permit from Douglas County Planning & Zoning must be obtained first, then a town Building Permit from the Clerk-Treasurer, who also enforces the UDC locally. No separately named UDC building inspector was found on the town's site. Wisconsin DSPS's UDC-delegated list shows this Gordon (Douglas Co., municipality code 16012) as "Delegated," but contact fields were blank in the parsed copy of that PDF for this row. Office hours: Mon & Wed 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, Fri 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. Address: 9709 East County Rd Y, Box 68, Gordon, WI 54838.
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Gordon's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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