Property Record
7325 US HIGHWAY 51
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ARTHUR M. KAROW HATCHERY AND EGG FARM |
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| Reference Number: | 150761 |
| Location (Address): | 7325 US HIGHWAY 51 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Deforest |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Additions: | C. 1944 |
| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | hatchery |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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. BEHIND THE SQUARE BRICK BUILDING IS A LARGE ADDITION WITH FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND SHIPLAP SIDING. THIS WAS AN ADDITION USED AS A BROODING HOUSE; THAT IS A PLACE TO RAISE HATCHLINGS FOR A FEW WEEKS, RATHER THAN SELL THEM IMMEDIATELY. THIS SECTION EXTENDS NORTH OF THE BRICK BUILDING AND HAS SINGLE-LIGHT SASHES AND PERIOD ENTRY DOORS. THE BRICK BUILDING WAS THE ORIGINAL HATCHERY AND FOR A TIME WAS ALSO THE RESIDENCE OF ARTHUR AND LULU KAROW. 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. Karow Hatchery Building, c. 1930, c. 1944 [AHI 150761] This building is a rectangular brick structure with a large frame addition attached to the rear or west elevation. The main block, constructed around 1930 as the original chicken hatchery and residence of Arthur and Lulu Karow, is constructed of red bricks and has a very high-pitched hip roof covered with metal roofing. There are wide overhanging eaves and a shed-roofed extension of the main roof shelters the main entrance on the east elevation. This entrance is filled with a wood and multi-light door. Window openings are rectangular and filled with two-over-two-light double-hung sashes. The large frame addition to the building was added around 1944 as a brooding room. It spans the rear of the brick structure and extends to the north. The addition has a hip roof covered with metal roofing and the walls are clad with wood lap siding and sit on a poured concrete foundation. Window openings of the addition are filled with single-light sashes and in the center of the west elevation, there is a raised opening covered with a shed roof. It is filled with a modem metal commercial style garage 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). |
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| Bibliographic References: | INTERVIEW WITH RUSSELL KAROW, OCTOBER 5, 2008. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |