Property Record
5203 DEERFIELD ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Otto and Hulda Waak Farmstead - Smokehouse |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 224244 |
| Location (Address): | 5203 DEERFIELD ROAD |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Washington |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 26 |
| Range: | 9 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 14 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | smokehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Otto and Hulda Waak Farmstead'. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Otto and Hulda Waak acquired the property in 1903. The majority of the buildings were probably constructed around 1905. The farmstead includes the farmhouse (AHI #224242), a basement barn (AHI #224243), a concrete block smokehouse (AHI #224244), two sheds (AHI #224245 and 224247), a privy (AHI #224248), and a shed from a neighboring property which was moved to this location around 1987 (AHI #224249). 2013- "The smokehouse (AHI# 224244) is also built into the slope of the hill. This small, front-gabled building is constructed of rock-faced concrete block with clapboards in the gable. The front (north) elevation has a single board door. The east and west (side) elevations each have two small six-light windows." - "CTH II, Talmadge Road - CTH I", WisDOT ID #7826-05-00, Prepared by Justin Miller for GLARC, Inc (2013). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Construction date based on conversation with current owner. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |