Property Record
10552 N RIVER RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gott. Schwerdt |
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| Reference Number: | 13507 |
| Location (Address): | 10552 N RIVER RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | POSSIBLE LOG CABIN. LARGE FIELDSTONE OUTBLDGS. DESCRIPTION The house on this property is a one and one-half story side gable house covered with aluminum siding. It has a low-pitched gable roof with narrow returned eaves. The windows aer a combination of multiple light and single light double-hung sashes covered with aluminum storm windows. The entrance has an overhang that dates from the twentieth century. Also on this property are two brick agricultural sheds. One shed is long with windows placed symetrically on the building. The windows have flat brick arches and sills. The smailler shed has a large door. There is a metal silo and a concrete silo in the back of the larger shed. DESCRIPTION This one and one half store side gable house has a low-pitch gable roof and an asbestos shingle exterior. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house and agriculture outbuilding were owned by Gott. Schwerdt between 1867 and 1892 and by Herman Schwerdt between 1915 and 1931. [a] |
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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 |