Property Record
5302 HIGHWAY 50
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 204863 |
| Location (Address): | 5302 HIGHWAY 50 |
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| County: | Walworth |
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| Township/Village: | Delavan |
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| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 16 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 26 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | dairy |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This MAY have been a creamery ca. 1907 to ca. 1920. The other buildings on site are a ca. 1975 residence and two, ca. 1975 metal pole buildings. 2011 - "This property consists of a one-story Side Gable frame building that may date to ca. 1906; a ca. 1975 residence; and two, ca. 1975, metal pole buildings. The Side Gable building is one-story tall, with a concrete foundation, clapboard siding, and asphalt shingles on the roof. Some of the 1/1 appear to be replacements. A gabled, enclosed entrance porch has been added to the southerly (front) facade. A cheese factory stood on the property by 1891. By 1907, a creamery had been erected on this site. both had ceased operation by ca. 1920. The Side Gable building may have been the creamery..." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architecture/History Survey STH 50 from Interstate 43 to STH 67 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI, 2008 & 2011, prepared by Elizabeth L. Miller. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |