Property Record
COUNTY HIGHWAY VV (NELSON DEWEY STATE PARK)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Stonefield (Nelson Dewey Home) |
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| Other Name: | Stonefield (DOA #) (DNR) |
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| Reference Number: | 16170 |
| Location (Address): | COUNTY HIGHWAY VV (NELSON DEWEY STATE PARK) |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Cassville |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 18 |
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| Year Built: | 1868 |
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| Additions: | C. 1890 |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Stonefield |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/19/1970 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' 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. FARM OF WISCONSIN'S FIRST GOVERNOR ON A HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS A HOUSE REBUILT BY WALTER CASS NEWBERRY AFTER 1887 AND ORIGINAL OUTBUILDINGS. Stonefield is a Wisconsin Historical Society Historic Site. The site borders are the same as the Nelson Dewey State Park, which includes buildings from the WPA era. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BOSCOBEL DIAL 9/15/1994. LANCASTER GRANT CO. HERALD INDEPENDENT 9/8/1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |