Property Record
N894 W59 SHEBOYGAN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Christoph Freiderich Boerner House |
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| Reference Number: | 13727 |
| Location (Address): | N894 W59 SHEBOYGAN |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Cedarburg |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | GREEK REVIVAL DOORWAY W/PILASTERS AND MOULDED CORNICE. WOOD SILL AND LINTEL COURSES. SIDE 1ST FLR ORIEL. WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A PHEASANT FARM. C.F.Boerner came from Oldenburg, Germany about 1842. Had 3 stores in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent money to friends in Cedarburg to secure purchases of land for family and friends coming from Oldenburg, Germany. C.F.Boerner married Helena Hussman in 1844 in Charleston, SC. They had 6 children, 5 died young, 1 lived through adulthood. Helena passed after settling in Cedarburg. C.F. Boerner then married Anna Vosteen, they had 9 children, 7 lived to adulthood. C.F. was a farmer but upon coming to Cedarburg, continued his occupation as a grocer, eventually passing it to his sons, and then resuming working the farm. C.F. Boerner passed away in 1878. Anna passed in 1922. The children sold the farm in the late 1930s and the Boerner Bros stores. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |