Property Record
9514 W Highland Rd
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | WILDE HOUSE |
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Reference Number: | 13493 |
Location (Address): | 9514 W Highland Rd |
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County: | Ozaukee |
City: | Mequon |
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Year Built: | 1869 |
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Survey Date: | 1975 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | SPLIT FIELDSTONE WALLS W/CUT STONE QUOINS. WOOD PEAKED ARCH LINTELS. DOOR W/MULTIPANED TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTS. DESCRIPTION This two story Greek Revival house is constructed of coursed fieldstone rubble. It has a low pitched gable roof, a one-story ell, and polished limestone corner quions. Windows are single or two-over-two light double hung sashes topped with denticulated wooden lintels and shutters. The main entrance has an identical lintel and is decorated with very narrow side lights and a transom. The ell porch has plain wooden post. Wood shingles cover the roof. Also on the property is a gable roofed barn with board siding, a fieldstone, a small windows openings. A tile-covered silo sits at one end of the barn and one side is banked. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This property was owned by William Wilde between 1869 adn 1915 adn by Theodore Wilde between 1948 and 1960. [a,d,e] |
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Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |