Property Record
840 CTH B
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | |
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| Other Name: | George Halvorson |
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| Reference Number: | 220967 |
| Location (Address): | 840 CTH B |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Christiana |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 12 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | tobacco barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Wood |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | George Halvorson probably built this tobacco barn around 1931, when he acquired the farmstead. Halvorson was well-known in the Town of Christiana. He served as town clerk for 44 years and was locally nicknamed the “tobacco king.” He was a “veteran farmer of the area and expert on tobacco.” According to the current owners, the tobacco barn is the "longest in Dane County." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Dane County Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1931) Wisconsin State Journal, ‘King’ Praises Tobacco Crop,” 25 August 1944 Wisconsin State Journal, “Tobacco Sale Starts Monday,” 5 January 1945 Wisconsin State Journal, “Tobacco Crop Repeater Seen,” 29 April 1946 Janesville Daily Gazette, “George Halvorson,” 31 July 1962; The Capital Times, “George Halvorson---Rugged Battler for Social Justice,” 1 August 1962 The Capital Times, “Geo. Halvorson Estate $65,000,” 8 August 1962 George Haag, Town of Christiana Employee and Owner of 840 CTH B, February 2012 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |