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S42 W31610 DEPOT RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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S42 W31610 DEPOT RD

Architecture and History Inventory
S42 W31610 DEPOT RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Ten Chimneys Greenhouse/Chicken Coop (Creamery)
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:125601
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):S42 W31610 DEPOT RD
County:Waukesha
City:
Township/Village:Genesee
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:18
Direction:E
Section:21
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1947
Additions:
Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:greenhouse/nursery
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect: Charles Dornbusch
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Ten Chimneys
National Register Listing Date:2/23/1998
State Register Listing Date:7/28/1996
National Register Multiple Property Name:
National/State Register Listing Name: Ten Chimneys
National Register Listing Date:2/23/1998
State Register Listing Date:7/28/1996
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Two structures are physically connected and counted as one building.

The chicken coop is a one-story, stone, side-gabled building. The roofline extends slightly at the entrance to form a sheltered entrance canopy. The stone work is random ashlar with large slabs of edge-bedded stone randomly placed for accent. The building is lit by 6-light casements and a large, multi-paned window group. It is topped by a louvered rooftop cupola vent.

The greenhouse is a prefabricated gambrel-shaped metal frame with glass panels that sits on a low wall of random ashlar stone. A door leads from the chicken coop directly to the greenhouse. A second door leads from the greenhouse to what was formerly a cut flower garden edged with fieldstone retaining walls.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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