Property Record
6800 STATE HIGHWAY 28
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Peck Farm - Kohler Improvement Company Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 233223 |
| Location (Address): | 6800 STATE HIGHWAY 28 |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Kohler |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. 2016- "This farm property, which is partially surrounded by wooden fencing, includes a house (Ca. 1920; AHI#233223), Bank barn (Ca. 1890s; #233224), two silos (Ca. 1940; #233224), a machine shed (Ca. 1910s; #233225), cattle shed (Ca. 1963; #233226) and a small utility shed (Modern; #233227). The two-story, Colonial Revival-style house is sheathed with clapboard and rises from a concrete block foundation; a one-story wing extends to the east. The symmetrically arranged, north entrance elevation includes a doorway at the east which is topped with a classically detailed surround. The remainder of the entrance elevation includes five, regularly arranged, replacement sash windows, some of which are missing shutters. The remaining elevations include largely regularly arranged fenestration, with windows along the rear (south) being original six-over-one-light sash. A more recent wooden porch deck fronts the house (on the north) and extends in front of the one-story wing. Oriented on a north/south axis and located southeast of the house, the Bank Barn rises from a fieldstone foundation and is covered with vertical board siding windows along the basement level are infilled with glass block. One-story wings extend from the barn to the north and south, while a pair of silos is located at the south end. The metal cattle shed is located immediately northeast of the barn, while the frame machine shed is located to the northwest of the barn and immediately south of the house. The small, shed-roofed utility shed is located along the west side of the property. The subject property (or at least a portion thereof) was purchased by New York native George W. and Amy Peck in 1872. In 1895, the farm was sold to the Pecks’ nephew, Charles W. Peck, who owned it (but did not reside there) until his death in 1914. Five years later, the Peck family sold the property to the Kohler Improvement Company, the real estate arm of the Kohler Company. In the late-1920s, a portion of the Peck farm was located within a 2,200-acre game refuge, which became an official refuge (designated by the State Conservation Commission) in 1929 and which lasted into the mid-1930s. From the 1910s through 1965, the farm was rented out by two men: Julius Krause (through 1940) and Edwin Bahlow (through 1965). The farm property continues under the ownership of the Kohler Company. [Please See Determination of Eligibility for full history and citations.]" -"Intersection of St Hwy 28 & Cty Hwy EE/Broadway St", WisDOT#4010-20-00, Prepared by Traci Schnell, (2016). 2016- "The Peck Farm-Kohler Improvement Company Farm is comprised of approximately 5 acres, at the northeast corner of the intersection of STH 28 and Broadway Street/County Highway EE, in the Village of Kohler, Sheboygan County. Entirely out of view from the roadway (and situated behind a frame machine shed), the house is located at the northernmost edge of the property, just south of the open-air horse shelters (associated with the River Wildlife Corral) that continue to the north. Foliage lines the property along the west and for a length along the north. The area immediately to the south consists of a small number of modern residences, along with non-descript or altered, early-to-mid-twentieth century houses. Kohler's Blackwolf Run golf course abuts the greater farm parcel to the east, while across the road to the west is wetlands and woodland. The barn and two silos are located closest to the roadway along the south side of the parcel, with an approximate setback of 200 feet. Located within a stand of trees and along the west side of the property is a small utility shed that has a setback of about 130 feet from Broadway Street/CTH EE. A total of nine elements are associated with the property: the house [233223]; a barn (with additions) [233224]; two silos; machine shed [233225]; cattle shed [233226]; and a utility shed [233227]; along with wood fencing and signage. None of the elements are considered to be contributing. House (233223: Ca. 1920, Non-contributing): With an entrance oriented to the north and rising from a concrete-block foundation, this two-story, side-gabled, Colonial Revival-style house is sheathed with clapboard siding and topped with an asphalt shingle-sheathed roof. A short brick chimney rises from the right (east) of center of the roof's ridge. The symmetrically arranged, north elevation includes an entrance that is located at the easternmost end, which is embellished with a classically detailed surround. Two, single windows occupy the remainder of the first floor (east of the doorway), while the upper floor carries three identical sash, all with replacement one-over-one-light sash, some of which are missing shutters. The one-story, flat-roofed wing that extends to the east features a replacement slider window. A more recent wooden porch deck extends along the entire north elevation of the house and which gets wider in front of the wing. Turning to the east, this elevation is also symmetrically arranged and includes four, replacement double-hung sash with shutters; two each along both floors. A small, four-light fixed window occupies the gabled peak. Asymmetrical in arrangement, the rear elevation includes windows that retain their original six-over-six light panes. A paired example is located in the approximate center of the first floor, while single examples occupy both the eastern and westernmost ends; the eastern window of which is smaller. A secondary entrance, with a new door, completes the first floor. The second floor carries two sash, one each at the eastern and western ends. The one-story wing to the east appears to have originally included an additional doorway (covered over with clapboard), but now includes only an awning window near the roofline. A 1920 crop plan of the property (See Appendix, Exhibit #1) and a 1937 aerial of the area (Attachments, Exhibit #2), combined with the home's concrete block foundation, suggests that the house was moved from a location closer to the adjacent roadway-either immediately adjacent to the former CTH PP (now STH 28) and south of the barn or, perhaps more likely, from the western side of the property, closer to CTH EE/Broadway Street." -"Peck Farm-Kohler Improvement Company Farm", Prepared by Traci E. Schnell, (2016). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |