Property Record
124 N 152ND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FOREBAY BARN |
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| Other Name: | FOREBAY BARN |
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| Reference Number: | 157441 |
| Location (Address): | 124 N 152ND AVE |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Stettin |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 29 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 31 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 200920132014 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This barn is part of a farmstead, AHI# 157401 2015- Constructed ca. 1910, the previously inventoried forebay barn is a three-story structure with a rectangular footprint, fieldstone foundation, gambrel roof, and characteristic overhanging second story on the eave side of the east elevation. The former milk house, constructed of concrete block with a gabled roof, is located on the barn's north elevation. A second smaller gabled addition with metal siding and a concrete foundation is located on the south elevation of barn. The overhanging second-story bay on the east elevation is supported by five wooden posts and a modern concrete structure near the northeast corner. Paired double-hung windows are present in the stone foundation on the east elevation, and three narrow single-light clear storm windows light the forebay under the eaves. The barn is clad in board siding with a standing seam metal roof. The barn is representative of Marathon County's dairying heritage and retains a high degree of integrity. However, numerous other examples of dairy and forebay barns exist in the township. The property was also evaluated as a farmstead. The farmhouse (AHI #157401), is a one and one-half-story 1920 Cape Cod, with a side gabled roof, gabled entry vestibule, dormer windows, and a field stone foundation. It has been altered with a rear addition and replacement materials, thus diminishing its architectural integrity. In addition to the forebay barn, the farmstead includes two pre-1963 outbuildings; a ca. 1920 gambrel roof storage building with a ca. 1990 addition; and a ca. 1960 gable roof garage. The other outbuildings are modern pole structures. -"WIS 29 Survey," WisDOT ID #1053-07-04, Prepared by Shelley Greene (2015). The forebay barn is a large, rectangular plan bank barn with fieldstone foundation, gambrel roof, cant windows in both gable peaks and the characteristic overhanging second story on the eave side of the east elevation. The stone foundation on the eave side with the overhang contains window openings. This barn differs from the standard forebay barn type in that the overhanging second story is more of an attachment on the east elevation and not contained within the rectangular plan of the main barn itself. The overhang is supported by a series of five posts and a more modern concrete structure on the north elevation. The west elevation is the uphill side of the bank into which the barn is built, and provides access to the upper story via two overhead doors. The barn is clad in a metal roof and painted wood vertical siding. Two gabled additions are located on the gable ends of the barn, the southern being one-story. This addition appears to be a modern addition or has been remodeled recently to feature metal siding, vinyl windows, and a single-light metal door. The north addition is a low gable building constructed of concrete block that is likely a milkhouse. A metal silo is located on the northwest corner of the building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Apps, Jerry and Allen Strang. Barns of Wisconsin. Madison: Tamarack Press, 1977. Durand, Jr., Loyal. "The cheese manufacturing regions of Wisconsin, 1850-1950." Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. (1953: 109-130); Online facsimile at: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WT1953; (accessed 12/17/2009). Marathon County Wisconsin, #28;County Profile,#29; County of Marathon, http://www.co.marathon.wi.us/profile.asp (accessed 12/18/2009). Marchetti, Louis. History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1913. Noble, Allen and Richard Cleek. The Old Barn Book. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995. O#25;Donnell, Bob. Discover Marathon County#25;s Agricultural Heritage. Wausau: Marathon County Historical Society, 1998. #28;Stettin #19; And America#25;s Dairyland#29; Town of Stettin Centennial. June 15-20 1960. Available at Marathon County Historical Society, Wausau, Wis. Wilhelm, Hubert G. H. #28;Midwestern Barns and Their Germanic Connections,#29; in Barns of the Midwest, ed. Allen G. Noble and Hubert G. H. Wilhelm. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1995. Wisconsin Highways, #28;Highways 20 through 29#29;, Wisconsinhighways.org, http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys20-29.html#STH-029 (accessed 12/18/2009). Wyatt, Barbara L., ed. Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin. Vol. 1-3 Three volumes, Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1986. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |