OLD WORLD WISCONSIN, OFF STATE HIGHWAY 59, ORIGINALLY IN JACKSON, WASHINGTON COUNTY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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OLD WORLD WISCONSIN, OFF STATE HIGHWAY 59, ORIGINALLY IN JACKSON, WASHINGTON COUNTY

Architecture and History Inventory
OLD WORLD WISCONSIN, OFF STATE HIGHWAY 59, ORIGINALLY IN JACKSON, WASHINGTON COUNTY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Old World Wisconsin Koepsel House
Other Name:Old World Wisconsin Koepsel House (DOA #245100801) (DNR)
Contributing:
Reference Number:7236
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):OLD WORLD WISCONSIN, OFF STATE HIGHWAY 59, ORIGINALLY IN JACKSON, WASHINGTON COUNTY
County:Waukesha
City:
Township/Village:Eagle
Unincorporated Community:
Town:5
Range:17
Direction:E
Section:28
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:
Survey Date:1979
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:Half Timber
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Koepsel House
National Register Listing Date:10/25/1973
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:1/2 TIMBER HOUSE W/ WHITE OAK FRAME AND PINK AND BUFF SAND MOLDED BRICK NOGGING.

CENTER HALL PLAN W/CENTRAL BRICK CHIMNEY. MULTIPANED WINDOWS. HABS WI-147.

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-Public History.

"Once on Town Road 1 1/2 miles south of State Highway 143 and one mile east of County Trunk G on Elvin Butt place. Built c. 1860 by Koepsel family. Half timber, 2 1/2 stories on fieldstone foundation. Frame of white oak with nogging of buff and pink sand molded brick. Exceptionally good example of highly developed half timber construction. Moved to Old World Wisconsin outdoor museum, Eagle." Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).
Bibliographic References:Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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