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3588 COUNTY HIGHWAY JG | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

3588 COUNTY HIGHWAY JG

Architecture and History Inventory
3588 COUNTY HIGHWAY JG | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Little Norway - Osten Haugen House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:12656
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):3588 COUNTY HIGHWAY JG
County:Dane
City:
Township/Village:Blue Mounds
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:6
Direction:E
Section:4
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:C. 1927
Survey Date:19791996
Historic Use:museum/gallery
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Log
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Little Norway
National Register Listing Date:3/16/1998
State Register Listing Date:7/17/1997
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' (Little Norway) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.

SQUARED LOGS W/CHINKING BETWEEN. PORCH A LATER ADDITION. ISAK DAHLE, AN INSURANCE MAN FROM CHICAGO AND MT. HOREB NATIVE, BOUGHT HAUGEN FARMSTEAD IN 1926. HE USED IT AS A SUMMER HOME AND CONVERTED THE OUTBUILDINGS TO COTTAGES. AFTER DAHLE'S DEATH IN 1937, HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND, ASHER HOBSON, ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND OPENED IT TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE NORWEGIAN BUILDINGS.
Bibliographic References:Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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