| Additional Information: | 2014- "This farm is located on the west side of STH 16 and immediately north of STH 60. It consists of three primary structures, a historic-period house and barn, and a modern garage. The house likely dates to the circa 1900 period and is an elongated example of a two-story cube (AHI #227707). It rises from a quarried stone foundation and is sheathed with clapboard. Each corner of the house is finished with thin corner boards. All first and second-floor windows are one-over-one sashes with wooden surrounds, most of which are regularly placed. The hipped roof is covered with modem metal and punctuated with a brick chimney. A one-story front porch that is set on concrete blocks is affixed to the house's east side. The door is slightly offset to the left (south), to the right (north) of which are two windows while a single, narrower window is to the left (south). Three windows are located on the notth and south sides of the porch. A one story addition on a poured concrete foundation is situated on the house's south side. It contains a door and at least three sash windows, all of which are smaller than those found on the structure's main block. The hipped roof of both the porch and the addition are covered with the same metal sheathing that shelters the main block of the house. And finally, a small, gabled shed with drop siding projects to the south from the one story addition.
The adjoining basement barn with a gabled roof rises from a foundation of poured concrete, which also forms the lower 4± feet of its walls (AHL #227708). The remainder of the barn, which claims no distinctive features, is covered with board and batten siding. An overhead garage door is centered in the bam's east endwall, while a sliding door is centered in the west wall. The barn's roof is of modern, seamed metal. A generally recent, multiple stall garage is also adjacent to the house and barn.
In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, this 80-acre farm was owned by the Margaret McConnell family. By 1915, ownership was in the hands of Charles Hoton. The farm had expanded to 120 acres by 1927, at which time it was owned by Jessie Hoton, Charles's son. Three years later, in 1930, 48-year-old Jessie and his 38-year-old wife, Helen, both of whom had been born in Wisconsin, were the only residents on the farm. No additional information about the Hotons was identified in any of the sources consulted."
- "STH 16 & STH 60 intersection", WisDOT ID #1401-02-02, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel) (2014). |
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