Property Record
3820 COUNTY HIGHWAY K
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | William Thousand Farmhouse |
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| Reference Number: | 201008 |
| Location (Address): | 3820 COUNTY HIGHWAY K |
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| County: | Iowa |
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| Township/Village: | Brigham |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 15 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Barn also recorded. 2013- "The Thousand Farmhouse is Front Gable in form, finished with pressed brick, and displays Craftsman and Prairie School embellishment. If the Thousand House was designed by an architect, the firm has not been identified. It does not appear on the list of the work of (Louis W.) Claude and (Edward F.) Starck. The building's two-and-one-half story height, brick finish, gabled roof with projecting eaves, exterior chimneys, front poch with heavy brick piwers and exposed rafter tails, and the three-over-one, double-hung windows that light the second story are all design elements related to the Craftsman style. The appearance of the porch, especially the geometric brickwork and elaborations on the piers, are reminiscent of the Prairie School. The fenestration includes single-spaced, paired, and grouped three-over-one double-hung windows, as well as broad, miltipaned windows, and fixed pane windows. Plain lug sills, continuous sills, and patterned brick add embellishment. The Thousand Farmhouse faces north. A one-story porch extends across the north-facing (front) facade. The brick porch displays a flat-roof with cantilevered eaves, brick piers and closed rails. The first-story fenestration displays a broad multipane window and an original entryway flanked by sidelights. At the second story, two three-over-one, double-hung windows light the interior. The gable end is faced with narrow clapboards. A group of three, double-hung windows light the interior. The gable end is faced with narrow clapboards. A group of three, double-hung windows in three-over-onel lights configuration appear in the gable end. A flat-roof, fully-enclosed porch accentuates the south-facing (rear) facade. One-over-one, double-hung windows light the porch. The second story fenestration includes an off-center door and two paired, three-over-one, double-hung windows. Three similar windows can be seen at attic level. The gable end displays a narrow clapboard finish. Three broad, multipaned windows light the lower level of the east-facing facade; one has been replace. Single and paired, three-over-one, double-hung windows are visible at the secong story. Two exterior brick chimneys pierce the roof. gabled dormer with tree-over-one windows is set on the slope of the roof; it is finished with narrow clapboards. The west-facing facade displays single-spaced and paired thrr-over-one, double-hung windows, and single-pane fixed windows. A gabled dormer finished with narrow clapboards is set on the slope of the roor; it displays three-over-one windows. The interior was not accessible." -"William Thousand Farmhouse", WisDOT #1200-08-00, Prepared by Elizabeth L. Miller. (2013). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |