Property Record
6766 US HIGHWAY 12
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frederica and John Brosemer Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 5032 |
| Location (Address): | 6766 US HIGHWAY 12 |
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| County: | Dane |
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| Township/Village: | Roxbury |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 9 |
| Range: | 7 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 26 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | Caspar Steuber |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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, Division of Historic Preservation. Although constructed of rubble, this house gets its attractive geometric appearance from its limestone veneer, which is laid in a distinctive pattern known as block-and-stack. Caspar Steuber, a prominent German stonemason living in the Honey Creek area of neighboring Sauk County, built the house by alternating small stacks of unfinished stones with large blocks, which he worked with a hammer and chisel to produce an interesting texture. A raised bead along the mortar joints gives the wall a finished appearance, and a wooden sunburst ornaments the front gable end. The hipped-roofed porch spanning the side-gabled ell is original, but the enclosed porch on the east side of the house was added in 1959. 1993- "Identified by Richard Perrin as an excellent example of German crafted stone work, this is a two story, gabled el. A hipped roof porch with a den tilled frieze is built into the el. This house is owned by the Ganser family, one of those named in St. Norbert's 1971 history as an early Roxbury family. This structure was also identified in the Town of Roxbury/St. Norbert's grant proposal." - "USH 12, Sauk City to Middleton", WisDOT ID #5300-03-01, Prepared by John N Vogel, PhD (1993). John Brosemer, a native of Baden in southwestern Germany, immigrated to New York with his parents in 1840. Eleven years later, he established this farm near those of other German immigrants. The extensive farm complex seen today has evolved over the years. Previously surveyed in 1980. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wisconsin State Journal, 8/7/1994. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 12: Middleton To Sauk City.” WHS project number 89-0646/DA/SK. April 1993. Prepared by John Vogel. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |