Property Record
1378 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Basset |
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| Reference Number: | 124421 |
| Location (Address): | 1378 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z |
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| County: | Adams |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Strongs Prairie |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 18 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 5 |
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| Year Built: | 1866 |
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| Additions: | C. 1940C. 1867 |
| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
| Architect: | Perry Basset; C.H. Basset |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Charles H. Basset, a Civil War veteran, or his father Perry Basset built the house shortly after the Civil War (c.1866-67). In 2003 the property was owned by Robert and Eunice Jorgenson. Additions to house include a rear(east) one story addition covered in asbestos (c.1940). Three additional buildings include small side-gabled wood barn (c.1870) side-gabled wood machine shed(c.1890) windmill (c.1920) |
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| Bibliographic References: | Dawes, Geroge L. "The Town of Monore and Upper Strongs Prairie History", Tax Rolls 1865-1869, 1870, 1880, 1890 for the town of Strongs Praire, Adams County, located at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI. "Architecture/History Survey" April 2003. Prepared by Marisa Kosobucki for Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |