Property Record
4009 200TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DAVIS FARMSTEAD THRESHING BARN |
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| Reference Number: | 227197 |
| Location (Address): | 4009 200TH AVE |
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| County: | Kenosha |
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| Township/Village: | Paris |
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| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 29 |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 20132019 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The Davis Farmstead, located at 4009 200th Avenue in the Town of Paris, was established by the Davis family, Welsh immigrants, by the early 1840s. Richard and Elizabeth Davis immigrated to Wisconsin in 1841 and established a farm on 40 acres the same year. In 1854, Davis constructed a small Greek Revival House on the property. It is likely that the majority of other farm buildings on the farmstead were constructed after this time. By the time of Richard Davis’ death in 1883, the farm had grown to 283 acres, and the property was inherited by his son Lewis. By the late nineteenth century, the property had become a large dairy farm, producing butter and cheese products for direct daily shipments to the City of Kenosha and later Chicago. The Davis family owned the property until at least the late 1920s, when it was known as the Oak Ridge Home Farm. A 'site file' titled "Davis-Sabin Farmstead" exists for this property. 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. 2015- "The Davis -Sabin Farmstead consists of seven historic resources including a house [AHI#227193], dairy barn complex with attached silos and milk house [227195], pump house [227196], machine shed [227194], animal barn [227197], shed [227198], and wire grain bin. The property also contains six resources constructed after 1965 including one pole barn, two metal grain bins, two wire grain bins and a feeding shed. Animal Barn- AHI #227197 The animal barn was constructed circa 1900. It is rectangular in plan with a stone foundation vertical board walls, and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. Sliding barn doors are located in the western and southern elevations along with a small number of irregularly placed multi-pane windows. The building has been constructed into the sloped terrain with the exposed stone basement level along the east and south elevations. The eastern roof slope is longer than the western slope, creating a shorter east elevation wall that opens to an adjacent barnyard. The building was originally constructed to house horses that were used on the Davis Farmstead, but was expanded around 1950 when the Sabin family took ownership of the property to include more stalls for housing cattle. A metal grain bin (AHI #227714) constructed circa 1990 is located outside the northeast corner of the barnyard." -"Davis-Sabin Farmstead", WisDOT #3200-01-02, Prepared by UWM-CRM, (2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |