Property Record
GASSMAN LANE, EAST END
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Speth, Paul & Frederica, House |
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| Reference Number: | 55775 |
| Location (Address): | GASSMAN LANE, EAST END |
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| County: | Lafayette |
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| Township/Village: | Belmont |
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| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 1 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 8 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1995- "Red brick, vernacular Greek Revival, ca. 1860 farmhouse of two stories with a side-gabled roof, five-bay facade with center door; the former sidelights have been remodelled with the installation of glass block. The foundation is stone, the windows have painted lintels and sills and there is a modern plywood windscreen to the right of the front door. This farm was one of the Speth family homesteads. From the 1850s until after 1947 it was owned by the Speths. The first of the family to live here were Paul and Fredrica Speth. Paul Speth was born in 1822 in Holstein; Fredrica was also born in Holstein in 1825. They married in 1849 and came to Platteville in 1853. Shortly thereafter they moved to this farm. By 1881 they owned 580 acres in the Town of Belmont and another 40 in Grant County. Speth served as chairman of the Town Board and served in other civil positions. The 1881 county history described this farm as "well improved, with a barn 40x50 feet, a good brick house, and other improvements". This and the Town of Belmont red brick house described below [55776] are the only pioneer-era red brick farmhouses in the Town of Belmont identified in this or the 1977 windshield survey. Except for the alteration of the sidelights, this house appears to be intact. It is a fairly intact example of the vernacular Greek Revival form. Investigation of the interior is necessary to ascertain the level of integrity of this resource. The Speths who lived here are apparently not historically important personages." -"USH 151, Dickeyville to Belmont", WisDOT# 1209-02-00, Prepared by Katherine Hundt Rankin (Preservation Consultant) for Rust Environment & Infrastructure Inc, 1995. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |