N SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 20 E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY D | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 20 E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY D

Architecture and History Inventory
N SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 20 E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY D | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:ACKER BARNS
Contributing:
Reference Number:10490
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 20 E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY D
County:Racine
City:Rochester
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:3
Range:19
Direction:E
Section:1
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1895
Additions:
Survey Date:19752019
Historic Use:barn
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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. 2 BASEMENT BARNS ON SQUARED SPLIT FIELDSTONE FOUNDATIONS VERTICAL BOARD SIDING* 2019: The Acker Farm is composed of the farmhouse and the barn. The farmhouse (#140598) is a two story, frame cross- gabled building finished with horizontal siding with an asphalt shingle roof built ca. 1895-1900. The entry is located on the front façade facing STH 20. Two additions to the house both on the west side, one on the front and one in the rear, both feature large picture windows. Smaller 1/1 sash windows are found around the façade of the house. A deck has been added to the rear west side of the house. Barn #1 (#10490) is side gabled and set on a raised fieldstone ashlar basement built in 1895. The barn is clad with vertical boards and features a center gable accented with an oculus with a quatrefoil motif. It is capped with a standing seam metal roof.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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