1700 FARNHAM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1700 FARNHAM ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1700 FARNHAM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:HENRY MORSE TREE HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: No
Reference Number:238922
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1700 FARNHAM ST
County:Columbia
City:Columbus
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:2017
Historic Use:play house
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:Y
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' titled "Henry Morse House" 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.

A small tree house is located adjacent to the home on its south side. The tree house is elevated on a wooden platform that is enclosed with a white picket fence. The tree house is side gabled with a green asphalt roof and clad with wood vertical siding. It is believed to have been built in the early 2000s.
Bibliographic References:Atlas of Columbia County, WI. Madison, WI: Harrison & Warner, 1873. Columbia County (Wis.) Register of Deeds, June 26, 1905, State Census: Additional Farm Statistics, 1905, Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections. Heggland, Timothy F. City of Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin: Intensive Survey Report. Columbus, WI: The City of Columbus Historic Landmarks and Preservation Commission, 1997. Ligowsky, A. Map of Columbia County, State of Wisconsin, compiled from the latest records and actual surveys by A. Ligowsky & C. Wasmund. 1861. Date created November 2012, accessed April 2017, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/1640 McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2011. Merrill, Woodard & Co., Map of Columbia County, Wisconsin 1877. 1877. Date created January 2013, accessed April 2019, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/1837/rec/29 Plat Book of Columbia County, Wisconsin. Rockford, Illinois: W.W.Hixson & Co., 1915. Stare, Fred A. Story of Columbus. Columbus, WI: Columbus Public Library, accessed April 2017, http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.StoryColumbus1 United States Bureau of the Census, August 15, 1860, United State census schedules for Wisconsin, 1850-1880, Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections. United States Department of Agriculture. Columbia County [air photo]. 1:30,000. Photo 20-1748. Wisconsin. September 22, 1937, accessed April 2019, https://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/#16/43.3160/-89.0135 Wyatt, Barbara and State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin: A Manual for Historic Properties. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1986.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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