Property Record
N3812 COUNTY HIGHWAY C
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Louisa and Joseph Moore House |
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| Reference Number: | 244691 |
| Location (Address): | N3812 COUNTY HIGHWAY C |
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| County: | Kewaunee |
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| Township/Village: | West Kewaunee |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | C. 1900 |
| Survey Date: | 2021 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Surveyed by UWM-CRM in 2021 as part of the CTH C reconstruction project (WisDOT ID 4930-07-71). The property contains three buildings: a late nineteenth-century house and a poultry house and garage, both constructed around 1920. This house (AHI #244691) was built in two stages for Louisa and Joseph Moore, a farmer and local justice of the peace. The older portion of the house was built around 1870 and consisted of a two story, cross gabled building; a portion of the rear wall is constructed of fieldstone and is built into the slope of the adjacent hillside. In 1900, the house was enlarged when the cross gabled front portion was constructed. The hip roofed front porch was probably enclosed in the 1920s, based on the appearance of the three-over-one Craftsman-style windows. The remainder of the house has replacement one-over-one double hung windows arranged singly and in pairs. The majority of the house is clad in wavy-edged asbestos siding; a small area at the rear is clad in wood drop siding. The roof has modern replacement shingles but retains its historic wood frieze boards and eave moldings. The garage (AHI #244692) was built around 1920. It is front gabled with a low-pitched standing seam metal roof. The garage is clad in drop siding and has a set of double barn doors on its front (south) elevation. The poultry house (AHI #244693) was built around 1920. It has cast-in-place concrete half walls and corner piers, a modern metal roof, and an open shed-roofed lean to on its east side. The front elevation contains windows and two doors which appear to have been salvaged from other uses on the property. Another building on the property, no longer extant, was known as “Hunters’ Home” and originally served as a residence for the Moores as well as an inn. Hunters’ Home was a well-known local landmark in the nineteenth century before being destroyed by fire in 1897. Joseph Moore was an Ohio native who came to Kewaunee in 1859 and served four years in the Civil War. After Joseph died in 1905, his widow Louisa continued to own and operate the farm until her death in 1912. Joseph Moore was part of a family of early European-Americans settlers that lived “within a stone’s throw” of each other near the footbridge over the Kewaunee River. Joseph’s brother, Seth Moore, owned and operated the lime kilns that eventually became part of Bruemmer County Park (see survey entry for AHI #26288). Joseph’s nephew, Ransom Asa Moore (Seth’s son), was also associated with the nearby Footbridge School (see survey entry for AHI #26287). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |