Property Record
1105 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | James Thurber |
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| Reference Number: | 124422 |
| Location (Address): | 1105 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z |
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| County: | Adams |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Monroe |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | C. 1950 |
| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
| Architect: | James Thurber |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The original farmstead was probably built by James Thurber (c.1870). According to tax rolls and pl;at maps the Thurber family occupied the land from 1865 to 1950. Additions to the house include a rear (east), one-story addition covered in asbestos (1940). Additional outbuildings include: wood outhouse(c.1870); three small wood front-gabled sheds topped with asphalt and metal (C.1870); large front-gabled wood barn(c.1870)with cement block foundation addition(c.1980);large metal machine shed(c.1980); large wood machine shed, topped with metal (c.1900); small modern garage covered in asbestos topped by asphalt(c.1960); cement block silo(c.1920). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plat book of Adams County Wisconsin. Minnepolis, MN: C.M. foote Publishing, 1900. Standard Atlas of Adams County. Chicago, IL : George. A. Ogle & Co., 1919. Tax Rolls 1865-18870, 1880, 1890 for the town of Monroe, Adams County, located at The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI. The Map of the County of Adams, Wisconsin. NP:M.G. Tucker, 1880. "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 |