Property Record
600 E BROADWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Bender Farmstead |
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Reference Number: | 110814 |
Location (Address): | 600 E BROADWAY |
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County: | Sauk |
City: | Rock Springs |
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Year Built: | 1890 |
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Survey Date: | 1998 |
Historic Use: | Agricultural - outbuilding |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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Wall Material: | Board |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Bender Farmstead) 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. The granary is a part of a highly intact famstead with buildings dating from circa 1880 to circa 1920. Also present on the property are a historic piggery, dairy barn with an attached silo, chicken coop, house, stacking barn, and machine shed. The buildings do not represent an ethnographic farmstead, rather the buildings are laid out according to the topography. The buildings represent the diversified farming traditionally undertaken by the Benders. The date of construction of the granary is unknown; however, it does predate the house. Gustave and Lela Bender and their children lived in the granary while the house was built in 1910. The building consists of a side gabled portion with two shed extensions. The extensions post date 1914. A probable date of construciton for the main portion is circa 1890. Ehrenreich and Louise Bender founded the farm in 1868 when they bought the land from the United States government. Both Ehrenreich and Louise were born in Wittenburg, Germany. The farm remains in the Bender family. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |