4009 200TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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4009 200TH AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
4009 200TH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:DAVIS FARMSTEAD POLE BARN
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:227716
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):4009 200TH AVE
County:Kenosha
City:
Township/Village:Paris
Unincorporated Community:
Town:2
Range:21
Direction:E
Section:29
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1937
Additions:
Survey Date:20142019
Historic Use:pole barn
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Metal
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:Y
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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.

Pole Barn (Noncontributing)- AHI #227716
The pole barn was constructed east of the animal barn and barnyard circa 2000. Sliding vehicular doors are located in the north and west elevations adjacent to the property drive."
-"Davis-Sabin Farmstead", WisDOT #3200-01-02, Prepared by UWM-CRM, (2015).
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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