E7404 CTY RD BB | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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E7404 CTY RD BB

Architecture and History Inventory
E7404 CTY RD BB | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:VERNON COUNTY POOR FARM BARN
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:237348
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):E7404 CTY RD BB
County:Vernon
City:
Township/Village:Viroqua
Unincorporated Community:
Town:13
Range:4
Direction:W
Section:29
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1950
Additions:
Survey Date:2018
Historic Use:barn
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Wood Truss
Wall Material:Concrete Block
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:VIROQUA INDUSTRIAL PARK COMPLIANCE PROJECT - THIS BARN IS THE LAST REMNANT OF WHAT WAS ONCE LIKELY A LARGE NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERNON COUNTY "POOR FARM". BUILT CIRCA 1950 IN THE GOTHIC STYLE, THE METAL ROOF COMES NEARLY TO THE GROUND, MEETING THE CONCRETE BLOCK FOUNDATION. THE VERNON COUNTY "POOR FARM" WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1868 AT THE NORTH END OF THE CITY OF VIROQUA, AND INCLUDED THE (NOW NOT EXTANT) VERNON COUNTY INSANE ASYLUM, THE VERNON COUNTY HOME (ALSO NOT EXTANT -SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "OLD HOME"), THE VERNON COUNTY HOME FOR RETIRED CITIZENS (AHI #237347) AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
Bibliographic References:""County Home' has long, beneficial history." Angela Cina, Vernon Broadcaster, 9 August 2006
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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