Property Record
74418 E BUTLER RD/BUTLER RD, N, N SIDE, 0.2 MI E OF STATE HIGHWAY 169
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DANIEL BUTLER LOG BARN |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 19 |
| Location (Address): | 74418 E BUTLER RD/BUTLER RD, N, N SIDE, 0.2 MI E OF STATE HIGHWAY 169 |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Morse |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 45 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 32 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19772020 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Log |
| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1977: SADDLE NOTCH CONSTRUCTION WITH CENTRAL DRIVE-THROUGH September 2020: The resource is surrounded by agricultural fields and has densely forested areas to the north and east. The Daniel Butler Log Barn was incorrectly mapped and is actually located to the northeast of the plotted point. The Daniel Butler Log Barn (#19) was previously surveyed in 1977 (Wisconsin Historical Society 1977). The AHI form notes the structure as a circa 1880 Astylistic Utilitarian threshing barn of saddle notch construction with a central drive-through. No recommendation or determination of eligibility is noted on the form. Currently, the barn has collapsed and little remains intact. A 1917 atlas shows John Butler as the owner of the parcel containing the barn (Day and Forss 1917). Historic aerial imagery shows the gabled barn and a smaller structure to the west of the barn in 1939 (USDA 1939). However, by 1954, the smaller structure is no longer extant (NETROnline 2020). By 1983, the roof appears to have caved in (NETROnline 2020). threshing barn |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ashland County, WI Property Assessor 2020 GIS Viewer. http://ashlandcowi.wgxtreme.com/. Accessed September 20, 2020. Day, Jerod W. and John O. Forss (publishers) 1917 Map of Ashland County, Wisconsin. Historic Map Works Rare Historic Maps Collection. Located online at: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/27907/Ashland+County+1917/. Accessed September 15, 2020. National Environmental Title Research (NETROnline) 2020 Historic Aerials and Topographic Maps, Wisconsin. https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer. Accessed September 15, 2020. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1939 Aerial Photography. USDA, Farm Service Agency. Published by Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery Finder. https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/#7/44.750/-89.750. Accessed September 14, 2020. Wisconsin Historical Society 1977 Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, #19, Daniel Butler Log Barn. Prepared by Wisconsin Historical Society Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. On file, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |