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4xxx STATE HIGHWAY 57 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

4xxx STATE HIGHWAY 57

Architecture and History Inventory
4xxx STATE HIGHWAY 57 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:William Stern farmstead
Other Name:S. George Espantman Property
Contributing:
Reference Number:114896
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):4xxx STATE HIGHWAY 57
County:Ozaukee
City:
Township/Village:Saukville
Unincorporated Community:
Town:11
Range:21
Direction:E
Section:11
Quarter Section:NE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1892
Additions:
Survey Date:1998
Historic Use:barn
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Timber Frame
Wall Material:Wood
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:1998-
This property is a farmstead that encompasses several undistinguished elements, including a gabled ell farmhouse that is sheathed in faux-brick and asphalt shingles and features a hipped-roof porch with modern supports, a gabled garage, three gabled, board sheds, and a plain chicken coop.

The most notable structure on the property is a 2 1/2-story bank barn sided with vertical milled boards that rests on a raised fieldstone foundation. The fieldstone construction of this barn is indicative of Germanic roots. The farmstead belonged to second-generation, German-American William Stern who, with his wife and three sons maintained the farmstead from no later than 1892 until at least 1931. The farmstead, particularly the fieldstone construction of the barn, is indicative of Ozaukee County's strong German argicultural tradition. Despite the barn's relatively good condition, its architectural and historical integrity are not sufficient to support NRHP eligibility.
Bibliographic References:1892 plat map. 1998 Heritage Research Ltd. Architecture / History Survey for WisDOT project # 4015-00-00 (WHS compliance #98-5008/02/SB)
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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