Property Record
N128 W18780 HOLY HILL RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Elizabeth and Valentine Wolf House |
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| Other Name: | GERMANTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
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| Reference Number: | 59278 |
| Location (Address): | N128 W18780 HOLY HILL RD |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Germantown |
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| Year Built: | 1846 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
| Structural System: | Half Timber |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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. Valentine came here after working for several years as a shoemaker in New York city. He and his wife, Elizabeth Klumb-Wolf, had 12 children. 2015: The Elizabeth and Valentine Wolf House is a two-story, side gable residence built in 1854. The house rests on a stone foundation and the walls display the German fachwerk style of half-timber construction. The gable roof is covered in wood shingles and features modest Greek Revival influences in the cornice returns, wide frieze boards, and clapboard siding in the gable ends. Cream brick chimneys extend above the ridgeline at either end of the house. The main entrance is centered on the front (south) facade and features a peaked header above a multi-light transom. A c.1870, one-story addition extends from the rear (north) elevation and has stone walls clad in stucco and a gable roof covered with wood shingles with a cream brick chimney at the north end. Windows throughout are six-over-six, double-hung, wood sash with plain surrounds, with the exception of the six-light fixed sash found beneath the eaves on the front facade. The property also contains a gable roof shed with board and batten siding. The Wolfs arrived in Dheinsville in 1854 and Valentine Wolf operated a shoemaking business at the residence. Although heavily altered at the time it was surveyed in 1996, the property was extensively restored in the late 1990s, including the removal of replacement windows, siding, and a c.1970 front porch. The interior now displays the historic hall-and-parlor floor plan with central stairway. The house currently functions as the office and library of the Germantown Historical Society. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WAUSAU DAILY HERALD 11/29/1995. GERMANTOWN BANNER PRESS 8/1/1996. Germantown Banner Press 4/3/1997. Washington County History and Driving Tours presented by the Washington County Landmarks Commission, 1999. Watertown Daily Times 6/27/2002. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |