Property Record
7307 US HIGHWAY 51
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | KAROW BROTHERS |
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| Reference Number: | 150767 |
| Location (Address): | 7307 US HIGHWAY 51 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Deforest |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | garage |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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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 BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1940 FOR ARTHUR KAROW'S SIDE BUSINESS OF SNOW PLOWING AND ROAD GRADING. HE OPERATED THIS BUSINESS ALONG WITH THE HATCHERY AND EGG FARM THROUGHOUT ITS EXISTENCE. HIS SONS, ALTON AND RUSSELL, TOOK OVER THIS SIDE OF THE BUSINESS DURING THE LATER TWENTIETH CENTURY AND ARE OPERATING IT TODAY. ACCORDING TO RUSSELL KAROW, THE CONCRETE BLOCKS WERE HAND-MADE. THE BUILDING IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE BECAUSE OF THE LONG-TIME ASSOCIATION WITH THE HATCHERY AND EGG FARM. IT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT TO THAT ENTERPRISE, BUT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE SETTING OF THE FARMSTEAD AND THE KAROW FAMILY. 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]]. Garage, c.1940 [150767] The garage was built around 1940 to house Arthur Karow's snow plowing and grading business, which was operated concurrently with the hatchery and egg farm. It is constructed of concrete blocks that he made by hand in forms and laid up on a flat concrete foundation. The gable roof is covered with metal roofing material that curves down on to the concrete walls giving the roof a rounded edge on the side walls. Openings in the building are large and industrial style. They are each filled with 20 or more lights in metal frames. On the east end wall there is a large opening filled with a commercial style metal garage door. A similar door sits in the west end wall and there is another large opening on the north elevation." -"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 |