Property Record
6141 COUNTY HIGHWAY KP
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Walser Farmstead - dairy barn |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 223293 |
Location (Address): | 6141 COUNTY HIGHWAY KP |
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County: | Dane |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Berry |
Unincorporated Community: | Marxville |
Town: | 8 |
Range: | 7 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 4 |
Quarter Section: | SE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
Year Built: | 1890 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2012 |
Historic Use: | barn |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Board |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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National Register Listing Date: | |
State Register Listing Date: |
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. This farmstead consists of seven historic resources including a house, basement barn, garage, outbuilding, small animal barn, pump house, cellar, and wire silo. Associated with AHI No. 4899. The astylistic utilitarian basement barn was constructed c.1890. It is rectangular in plan with a stone foundation, vertical board walls, and an asphalt-shingle gable roof. The east elevation contains a Palladian-style set of louvered openings under the gable; the east elevation of the raised stone foundation contains a doorway at each end and two small windows between. The west elevation contains a large pair of hinged doors under the gable. A silo of tile construction is located at the southwestern corner of the barn and is connected at the base by a small clapboard-sided hyphen. The silo is missing its roof. |
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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |