1326 US 12/18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1326 US 12/18

Architecture and History Inventory
1326 US 12/18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Gangstad Farmstead
Other Name:Donald Schuster Farm
Contributing:
Reference Number:4863
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1326 US 12/18
County:Dane
City:
Township/Village:Deerfield
Unincorporated Community:
Town:7
Range:12
Direction:E
Section:30
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1903
Additions: 1963 1949 1967
Survey Date:1979
Historic Use:barn-centric
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Timber Frame
Wall Material:Metal
Architect: Lewis Lendborg
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:2012-cupola has been restored using historic photographs and metal siding added in the 1960s has been removed and replaced with vertical wood cladding consist with the historic appearance. The chicken coop present in the 1993 evaluation is nonextant.

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, Division of Historic Preservation.

ROUND BARN W/HIGH STONE MASONRY BASE AND TIMBER FRAME UPPER.
Bibliographic References:DEERFIELD INDEPENDENT "History of the Schuster's Centennial Barn." 9/18/2003. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL "Historic status sought for 100-year-old round barn." 9/5/2003. Wisconsin State Journal, 6/26/2011, pp. G1-G2. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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