Property Record
32327 COUNTY HIGHWAY D
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Benjamin F Hewitt Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 12432 |
| Location (Address): | 32327 COUNTY HIGHWAY D |
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| County: | Racine |
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| Township/Village: | Rochester |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 4 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
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| Survey Date: | 19752020 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Two Story Cube |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | SCROLLED BRACKETS AT DENTICULATED EAVE SEGMENTAL ARCH BRICK LINTELS W/ STONE KEYSTONE Benjamin F. Hewett was born in Vermont on 22 August 1833 and moved to Racine County with his family around 1852. Between 1858 and 1887, he purchased the subject 136-acre farm. He married Louisa Maria Gates on 1 January 1861 and the couple had six children. Hewett was a well-regarded farmer in the Town of Rochester throughout the late 1800s and passed away prior to 1906. The farm remained part of the Hewett family into the early 1950s. By 1956, Henry Wultke owned the property. Wholesale fenestration replacement. Vinyl-clad rear addition (Heritage Research, 2010). 2020 - appearance unchanged |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plats, Tax Rolls. Architecture and History Survey. June 2010. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |