Property Record
N5958 STATE HIGHWAY 26
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | George W. and Fanny Sizer Farmhouse |
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Reference Number: | 59197 |
Location (Address): | N5958 STATE HIGHWAY 26 |
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County: | Fond du Lac |
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Township/Village: | Springvale |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 15 |
Range: | 15 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 23 |
Quarter Section: | NW |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
Year Built: | 1873 |
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Survey Date: | 19742013 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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Wall Material: | Stucco |
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Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | Constructed pre-1874. Two story, hipped roof, enclosed porch, center projecting section, chopped off corners. Supposedly an octagon at one time. Covered in stucco. George W. Sizer and his wife Fanny constructed this home sometime before 1874. Born in New York State in 1820, Sizer moved to Wisconsin in 1846 and purchased eighty acres in the Town of Springvale. He married Fannie Newman in 1848; the couple had eleven children. The farm eventually grew to over 330 acres. Sizer died in 1880 and the farm remained in the family into the 1890s. By 1910, the farm was owned by Emil and Emma Janely, who maintained it into the 1930s. L.E. Bluemke occupied the parcel in 1961. |
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Bibliographic References: | “Architecture and History Survey: STH 26” WHS project number 14-0245/FD. October 2013. Prepared by Heritage Research Ltd. (A) 1874 & 1893 Atlas; 1910, ca. 1930, 1961 plats. (B) Mrs. Markhardt. (C) History of Fond du Lac County (1880), pgs 932-33. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |