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: | 150763 |
| Location (Address): | 7325 US HIGHWAY 51 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Deforest |
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| Year Built: | 1955 |
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| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | Agricultural - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Metal |
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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. THIS GRANARY BUILDING WAS PART OF THE KAROW HATCHERY AND EGG FARM. PROBABLY OF FRAME CONSTRUCTION, GIVEN ITS C.1955 DATE, THE METAL SIDING IS PROBABLY ORIGINAL. THE ROOF IS ALSO CLAD WITH METAL SIDING. THE GRANARY WAS BUILT TO HOUSE FEED FOR THE LARGE HATCHERY AND EGG LAYING OPERATION. 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]]. Granary, c.1955 [150763] The granary was built in the mid-1950s to house feed. It is a tall, two-story structure with a steeply pitched gable roof topped with an enclosed cupola. The entire roof is covered with metal panels, and the walls are clad with horizontal galvanized metal siding. The building has a concrete foundation and irregular openings. The large openings are on the south and north elevations and the north opening still has its original wood board sliding door. The south elevation opening is filled with a modem metal commercial style garage door. An additional opening in the south elevation is covered with an original wood board sliding 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 |