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6261 NESBITT RD

Historic Name:
JOHN MANN HOUSE

Other Name:
QUIVEY'S GROVE

Reference Number:
4631

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Property Location

Location (Address)

6261 NESBITT RD

County

Dane

City/Village

Fitchburg

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

6

Range

9

Direction

E

Section

7

Quarter Section

NW

Quarter Quarter Section

SE

Property Features

Year Built

1856

Additions

Survey Date

1977,2014

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Wall Material

Sandstone

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' 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. RESTORED IN 1980. Set in a grove of walnut trees, the former John Mann House is one of the finest sandstone farmhouses in Dane County. Mann came to Wisconsin from Ostego County, New York, in 1850 and for a time operated a livery service in Madison. In 1856, he bought this 130-acre farm and erected a stately Italianate house made of sandstone from a neighbor's quarry, a stone barn, and two stone outbuildings. The house consists of a two-story cube with a one-and-one-half-story wing. Unusually tall windows pierce the handsome, 18-inch-thick masonry walls, giving the house a vertical emphasis, and attic windows light the wing. Scroll brackets and pendants embellish the wide overhang of the hipped roof. Inside, on the first floor of the house, the original hemlock floors and the maple banister and newel post have been preserved. In the barn, both the double-door entry and the heavy hand-hewn structural timbers are original as well. The house now serves as a restaurant, and the stone barn has been converted into a taproom. Resources associated with the John Mann House include the house (#4631), barn (#227875), shed (#227876), small animal building (#227877), and two privies (#227878 and #227879).

Bibliographic References

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 1/15/1995. “Architecture and History Survey: USH 18/151 (Verona Rd.)” WHS project number 01-0904/DA. April 2014. Prepared by Megan Daniels. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Mann, John, House

National Register Listing Date

Jul 08, 1982

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Italianate

Dane
County

Fitchburg
Community

1850-1859
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI4631

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