Property Record
C ST, E SIDE, 50' S OF COUNTY HIGHWAY O
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GEORGE LIEBFRIED HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 46809 |
| Location (Address): | C ST, E SIDE, 50' S OF COUNTY HIGHWAY O |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Tennyson |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A TWO-STORY SIDE GABLE WITH STONE LINTELS AND A HIPPED PORCH OVER THE FRONT DOOR. ADDITIONS TO THE REAR. A PLAINLY OUTLINED BRICK RESIDENCE FEATURING RECTANGULAR OPENINGS WITH SOME LINTELS. THIS BRICK STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE THE RESIDENCE OF GEORGE LIEBFRIED, MORTHE ROF DUTCH HOLLOW'S (NOW TENNYSON) EARLY ARRIVALS, WHO SERVED IN THE MINING CAMP IN 1845. LIEBFRIED, BORN IN GERMANY IN 1808, WAS A TAILOR WHO WORKED IN BOTH POTOSI AND DUTCH HOLLOW. HE ALSO FARMED. JOSEPH LANGKAMP AND GEORGE ARGUS WERE LATER OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Grant County Herald, 24 May 1922. (B) 1868 Grant County Map. (C) History of Grant County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881), p. 942. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |