Property Record
7801 DUNROVEN RD
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Dunroven House |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 5083 |
Location (Address): | 7801 DUNROVEN RD |
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County: | Dane |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Vienna |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 9 |
Range: | 9 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 6 |
Quarter Section: | SW |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1870 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 1979 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Sandstone |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Dunroven House |
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National Register Listing Date: | 11/28/1980 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
National Register Multiple Property Name: |
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, State Historic Preservation Office. GRAND SCALE COLONIAL REVIVAL HOUSE W/2 STORY PORCH ACROSS FRONT. CORINTHIAN COLUMNS. 1 STORY STONE MILK HOUSE W/ASHLAR QUOINS AND CRENELLATONS CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC PLANT IN 1912. Steps are from old Masonic Temple in Chicago; the capitals were made in Chicago. Large sandstone residence with 2-story carriage house which has evolved from a 3-room pioneer dwelling in the 1830s and a stagecoach inn in the mid-19th century. It is located in the Hundred Mile Grove, so named because it was 100 miles from Ft. Crawford (Prairie du Chien) to Ft. Howard (Green Bay) on the old Military Road. |
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Bibliographic References: | Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |