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Property Location
Location (Address)
7325 US HIGHWAY 51
County
Dane
City/Village
Deforest
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
9
Range
10
Direction
E
Section
17
Quarter Section
NE
Quarter Quarter Section
SE
Property Features
Year Built
1932
Additions
Survey Date
2008
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
A 'site file' titled "Arthur M. Karow Hatchery and Egg Farm" 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 2008: This description has been updated along with the historical information.
2008- "The Arthur M. Karow Hatchery and Egg Farm is a farmstead developed in the mid twentieth century as a chicken hatchery and egg farm. The outbuildings are all related to the production of chickens and eggs except for the large concrete-block garage, a building that is related to a side business of Arthur Karow. The house was the home of Arthur and Lulu Karow. The contributing buildings are desclibed below.
[The farmstead consists of the house [140399], hatchery building [150761], laying house [150764], granary [150763], poultry barn [150762], corn crib [150765], sales shed [150766], and the Karow Brothers Garage [150767]].
Arthur M. and Lulu Karow House, c. 1932 [AHI 140399]
The house was built around 1932 about two years after Arthur received five acres from his father, August Karow, to start a chicken hatchery. It is a simple example of the Tudor Revival style of architecture. The house is two-stories in height and is constructed of brown blick and accented with rusticated limestone details. The house has a gabled ell form with steeply pitched gable roofs clad with asphalt shingles. Shed-roofed dormers project from the south elevation ofthe main block and the east elevation of the ell. These dormers are clad with narrow wood clapboards.
A sun room ell projects from the south elevation of the main block and a garage addition projects from the west elevation of the main block, as well. The sun room ell has a flat roof while the garage addition has a low-pitched gable roof. The garage addition is built with similar brown bricks. Most of the window openings of the house are similar In size and are filled with double-hung sash windows with vertically divided upper lights and single lower lights. On the main or east elevation, the windows are grouped and accented with rusticated limestone. Windows in the sun room are also grouped, and the walls of the sun room are accented with random rusticated limestone pieces. On the north elevation, there is a fireplace chimney that is clad at the bottom with limestone, then gradually changes to brick with limestone accents. The east side of the chimney suggests a stepped buttress. A steeply-pitched shallow entry pavilion features the main entrance that is decorated with a large tabbed limestone arch. The door is a wood and multi-light entry door."
-"Arthur M. Karow Hatchery and Egg Farm", WisDOT#6020-02-00, Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright (consultant) for the Mississippi Valley Archaelogy Center, (2008).
2002-This is a highly intact, square plan, medium size, one and one half story Tudor Revival style house whose principal façade faces east onto USH 51. The house sits on a concrete foundation, has walls that are clad in brown brick and accented with field stone around window and door openings, and its multi gable roof has large dormers facing east and south that are clad in painted wood clapboards. No buildings are shown on this site on the 1926 County Plat map, although this should not be regarded as definitive. A date after 1926 is consistent with the design of the house, however, which was probably built ca. 1925-1939.
Located behind and adjacent to the house is a large complex of outbuildings related to this property's use as a poultry farm and hatchery. Each building has an individual AHI entry under this address.
Such specialty agricultural operations were common in Wisconsin, especially near urban areas as this one. It is a relatively complete complex that illustrates the twentieth century medium-sized poultry farm producing for both a local and regional market.
2008- "The Arthur M. Karow Hatchery and Egg Farm is a farmstead developed in the mid twentieth century as a chicken hatchery and egg farm. The outbuildings are all related to the production of chickens and eggs except for the large concrete-block garage, a building that is related to a side business of Arthur Karow. The house was the home of Arthur and Lulu Karow. The contributing buildings are desclibed below.
[The farmstead consists of the house [140399], hatchery building [150761], laying house [150764], granary [150763], poultry barn [150762], corn crib [150765], sales shed [150766], and the Karow Brothers Garage [150767]].
Arthur M. and Lulu Karow House, c. 1932 [AHI 140399]
The house was built around 1932 about two years after Arthur received five acres from his father, August Karow, to start a chicken hatchery. It is a simple example of the Tudor Revival style of architecture. The house is two-stories in height and is constructed of brown blick and accented with rusticated limestone details. The house has a gabled ell form with steeply pitched gable roofs clad with asphalt shingles. Shed-roofed dormers project from the south elevation ofthe main block and the east elevation of the ell. These dormers are clad with narrow wood clapboards.
A sun room ell projects from the south elevation of the main block and a garage addition projects from the west elevation of the main block, as well. The sun room ell has a flat roof while the garage addition has a low-pitched gable roof. The garage addition is built with similar brown bricks. Most of the window openings of the house are similar In size and are filled with double-hung sash windows with vertically divided upper lights and single lower lights. On the main or east elevation, the windows are grouped and accented with rusticated limestone. Windows in the sun room are also grouped, and the walls of the sun room are accented with random rusticated limestone pieces. On the north elevation, there is a fireplace chimney that is clad at the bottom with limestone, then gradually changes to brick with limestone accents. The east side of the chimney suggests a stepped buttress. A steeply-pitched shallow entry pavilion features the main entrance that is decorated with a large tabbed limestone arch. The door is a wood and multi-light entry door."
-"Arthur M. Karow Hatchery and Egg Farm", WisDOT#6020-02-00, Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright (consultant) for the Mississippi Valley Archaelogy Center, (2008).
2002-This is a highly intact, square plan, medium size, one and one half story Tudor Revival style house whose principal façade faces east onto USH 51. The house sits on a concrete foundation, has walls that are clad in brown brick and accented with field stone around window and door openings, and its multi gable roof has large dormers facing east and south that are clad in painted wood clapboards. No buildings are shown on this site on the 1926 County Plat map, although this should not be regarded as definitive. A date after 1926 is consistent with the design of the house, however, which was probably built ca. 1925-1939.
Located behind and adjacent to the house is a large complex of outbuildings related to this property's use as a poultry farm and hatchery. Each building has an individual AHI entry under this address.
Such specialty agricultural operations were common in Wisconsin, especially near urban areas as this one. It is a relatively complete complex that illustrates the twentieth century medium-sized poultry farm producing for both a local and regional market.
Bibliographic References
Interview with Russell Karow, October 5, 2008.
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
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Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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