Property Record
N7746 COUNTY HIGHWAY W
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kohl Farmstead (old farmhouse) |
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| Other Name: | |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 128176 |
| Location (Address): | N7746 COUNTY HIGHWAY W |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Wayne |
| Unincorporated Community: | Kohlsville |
| Town: | 12 |
| Range: | 18 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 27 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1852 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Asphalt |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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. This is the old farmhouse on the Kohl Farmstead. It is a vernacular building with a side-gabled main block and small rectangular ell. It is covered with asphalt siding and its windows have been mostly replaced with twentieth century sashes. Its unusual form and massing suggests a half-timber structure, which would be appropriate for a German ethnic farm, however, further investigation is needed to verify this issue. It contributes to the significance of the Kohl Farmstead because it is a good example of an early farmhouse with many of its historic details intact. 2003- Attached to the southeast corner of the old house in a one-story addition that was used to milk house and probably added some time after 1893, when the new farmhouse was built and this house was converted into a storage building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 150th Anniversary Town of Wayne. Architecture and History Survey. September 2003. Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright for Omnni Associates. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |