| Additional Information: | 1995- "Red brick, vernacular, ca. 1855, one-and-one-half story, sidegabled farmhouse with a four-bay facade (north) with a door in the third bay. Wide stone lintels, stone sills and a stone foundation. Alterations include removal of a front porch roof, the traces of which are still visible on the brick above the door and the middle window; alteration of what was probably a Greek Revival doorway that had sidelights and a toplight by the addition of vertical board siding; small windows added on the first floor of the west side; a new front deck, and a one-story modern wing on the east side set back from the main facade.
This house has the appearance and form of a very early, pioneer-era structure. Since the first brick house was built in Platteville in 1843 (History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 691), this house undoubtedly post dates that year. The earliest plat map dates to 1874, when the house was owned by w. Trenary. Several Trenarys from Great Britain lived in the Platteville area at the time. In 1895, another emigrant from Great Britain, Edward B. Place, owned the property, which was called at the time the "Springvale Farm." Later (from before 1916 to after 1947) the house was owned by William Schultz.
This house has an interesting pioneer-era form that is apparently unique in the Town of Belmont, as only three other brick farmhouses were documented in this or the 1977 windshield survey -- the Speth house mentioned above [55775], the Four-Square house mentioned above [55777], and a ca. 1900 Queen Anne farmhouse (0301-06). However, there are several red brick one-and-one-half story farmhouses of this vintage in neighboring Grant County that are more intact. This house has had some significant alterations. No one of historical significance is known to have lived in this house."
-"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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