Property Record
5815 STATE HIGHWAY 38
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Francis O'Connor House |
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| Reference Number: | 135922 |
| Location (Address): | 5815 STATE HIGHWAY 38 |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Caledonia |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This two-story Italianate style farmhouse has a rectilinear plan main block that is clad in cream brick and these walls are sheltered by a shallow-pitched hip roof that has overhanging boxed eaves supported by carved, paired wood brackets. The main facade is four-bays-wide and has a main entrance door located in the first story of the left-hand bay that is set into a segmental-arched opening that is crowned with a corbelled brick head. Similar-shaped corbelled brick heads decorate the window openings that fill the facade's other bays but the original windows themselves have since been replaced with modern ones. In addition, a modern wing has also been attached to the rear elevation of the building (2005). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date of construction from Town Assessor's Records. Plat maps, 1887, 1899, 1908, 1924, 1930; News brief (re: Death of Francis O'Connor), Racine Daily Journal, 9 June 1886. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |