Property Record
3428 Vilas Road
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 227012 |
| Location (Address): | 3428 Vilas Road |
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| County: | Dane |
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| Township/Village: | Cottage Grove |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 11 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 32 |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The newly inventoried farmstead consists of a house [227012], a tobacco-stripping shed [227013], a tobacco barn [227014], a small three-bay barn 227015], a corn crib [227016], a shed [227017], and a pump house [227018]. The house (AHI #227012) is a two-story Gabled Ell building on a masonry foundation built ca. 1880.5 A single-story addition is located on the north elevation, and a concrete porch with turned posts is located in the Lon the front (westfacing) facade. The windows are replacement one-over-one units placed at irregular intervals. The house has clapboard siding and an asphalt shingle roof. The property appears on the 1881 Wisconsin State Atlas under the ownership of N. T. Sime, a Norwegian farmer. By 1890, it was under the ownership of Norwegian tobacco raiser and general farmer, E. P. Hoveland, and remained in the Hoveland family until at least 1931. A literature search did not reveal information to suggest these families played a significant role in the cultivation of tobacco in Dane County. In Dane County, tobacco cultivators practiced other types of agriculture and animal husbandry in order to assure a stable income, as tobacco cultivation was labor intensive and the prices fluctuated violently. The corn crib is the only outbuilding at 3428 Vilas Road that indicates these other agricultural practices. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Illustrated Historical Atlas of Wisconsin. Chicago: H. R. Page and Company, 1881. Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis: C. M. Foote and Company, 1890. Atlas and Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin. Rockford, Illinois: Thrift Press, 1931. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |