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W9938 STATE HIGHWAY 16/60 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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W9938 STATE HIGHWAY 16/60

Architecture and History Inventory
W9938 STATE HIGHWAY 16/60 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:S.P. Damp Farmstead
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:117735
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W9938 STATE HIGHWAY 16/60
County:Dodge
City:
Township/Village:Lowell
Unincorporated Community:
Town:10
Range:13
Direction:E
Section:18
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:SW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1900
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Two Story Cube
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
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:Historic name interpreted from historic plats. Circa construction date implied from observation. Other buildings include bank barn (AHI 117734), silo, sheds, granery and crib.

This two-and-one-half-story residence has a massive pyramidal roof with wide eaves; large, centered gables punctuate the roof. A hip-roof, one-story, open porch with spindled supports exist along the east elevation. A modern, wooden ramp accesses the otherwise historic porch. A recent hip-roof porch extends nearly the full width of the main facade.

Historically, Lucy Kelley owned this tract in 1860. By 1873, Pat O'Garra operated the farm.Simon Damp was a native of New York who settled in Lowell Township in 1845. Through at least 1894, he maintained a 240-acre farmstead.By 1920, Ida Soldner owned the ninety-five acre farm which remained in her family through at least 1947.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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