Property Record
5253 VERONA RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MATTHEWS HATCHERY |
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| Other Name: | Saris Cycling Group |
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| Reference Number: | 4630 |
| Location (Address): | 5253 VERONA RD |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Fitchburg |
| Township/Village: | |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 9 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 6 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Additions: | |
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| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | POINTED ARCHED WINDOW IN GABLE Previously (and erroneously) identified as no longer extant as of 2014. 2019: A large addition has been made to the house and it has been re-sheathed with stucco (it covers brick). The 1952 article cites the original owner as Romaine Spenser; however, the 1961 plat map indicates the owner of the parcel was Henry Spencer, while Romaine owned a parcel directly to the west. |
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| Bibliographic References: | #28;Architecture/History Survey.#29; April and May 2001. Prepared by Elizabeth Miller. Alexius Baas, "Civil Was House On Verona Rd. Built by Southerners," All Around The Town column in The Capital Times, 4 April 1952, 12. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |