3405 Omro Rd

3405 Omro Rd

Winnebago

Algoma

18

16

E

17

SW

NE

2019

house

American Foursquare

Clapboard

No

2019 -- HRL -- Rising two-and-one-half stories, this clapboard-sheathed structure is influenced by the American Foursquare building form. It is on the south side of the roadway and faces west – perpendicular to the roadway. The house is dominated by its hipped roof with flared eaves, the north, east and south planes of which have a centrally placed, hipped roof dormer with two-pane, horizontally- placed, sliding windows. A fourth dormer, smaller than the other three, is set in the roof’s west plane, off-set to the north. With the exception of the windows in the dormers, as well as one horizontally placed, multi-light window situated mid-floor on the west façade, and a picture window on the left (west) side of the first floor, north side, all windows are double-hung sashes with plain wooden surrounds. The roof is punctuated by a metal chimney likely associated with a wood-burning stove and a brick chimney on the south end of the west plane.

The primary entrance is sheltered by an enclosed porch that generally occupies the south half of the west façade and is sheltered by a hipped roof with a gablet off-set to the south. The primary doorway is accessed by five, wooden steps. To the right (south) of the entrance are three, double-hung, sash windows, one of which is to the left (north) of the entrance. Two additional windows are situated in the north side of the porch. One additional window is on the first floor of the west façade, to the left (north) of the porch. Centered on that window, on the second floor, is another light, to the right (south) of which is the asymmetrically placed, horizontal window with multiple lights, beyond which is another with paired sashes, to the right of which is a single sash. The northside of the house claims another doorway sheltered by a pent roof, to the left (east) of which is the previously mentioned window. Two, single windows are symmetrically placed on the second floor. Additional windows occupy the east and south exposures.

Historically associated with the property are an adjacent garage and silo, neither of which remain today on the property as it is defined.

Plat maps from 1880 to the early 1950s clearly reveal that this farm was in the Jones family for over 60 years. R. Jones held the farm in 1889, which he continued to do at least through 1909. In 1920, C.A. Jones, presumably a son, occupied the farm. He was also identified as the owner in 1930. But by 1940 the farm was owned by Lloyd Jones, who was specifically identified with a dairy operation. Lloyd's possession continued to at least 1951. It appears that the Jones family members associated with the property were born in Wisconsin, though they were of Welsh descent.

Architecture/History Survey of Omro Road from Leonard Point Road (west) to Brooks Lane (east) in the Town of Algoma, Winnebago County, WI, May 1, 2019. WHS Project #20-0031, prepared by John N. Vogel.

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