Property Record
1901 W PIONEER RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank Vocke Octagonal Barn |
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| Other Name: | HARRY VOCKE BARN |
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| Reference Number: | 13502 |
| Location (Address): | 1901 W PIONEER RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | barn-centric |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
| Architect: | ERNST CLAUSING |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Vocke, Frank, Octagonal Barn |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/24/2016 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/21/2014 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Wisconsin Centric Barns |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Octagonal Clausing Barns) 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 1ST OCTAGONAL BARN BUILT BY ERNST CLAUSING. DESCRIPTION This two-story side gable house has a steeply-pitched gable roof, and a projecting gable with returned eaves, absetos siding, and a single pane, double sash windows. The windows are trimmed with cornice lintels. A large modern picture window is in the first floor. The entry porch is an octagonal barn with siding, supported by replacenment post. Also on the property is an octagonal barn with board siding, hipped roof, octagonal cupola, large sliding doors, and a fieldstone foundation with small window openings. This barn is good and is one of the few centric barns remaining in Mequon. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This property was owned by William Vocke in 1892 and by Frank Vocke in 1915. [a] According to the Vocke family, Hewart Ernst Vocke (son of Frank Vocke) did not like the aesthetic of the cupola on top of the barn because it was too tall and looked out of proportion. So, one day, he went to the top of the barn and shortened it. [j] |
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| Bibliographic References: | THE OCTAGON HOUSE AND THE COBBLESTONE BUILDING IN WISCONSIN, P 6, UWEX, 1978 [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. [j] Family history. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |