Property Record
ST H 10, 3/4 MI. EAST OF REEDSVILLE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 65046 |
| Location (Address): | ST H 10, 3/4 MI. EAST OF REEDSVILLE |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
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| Township/Village: | Maple Grove |
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| Town: | 20 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
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| Survey Date: | 19772015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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| 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: | The previously inventoried house is a two and one-half story Colonial Revival residence built in 1910. The house has boxy proportions, a steeply-pitched deck roof with a rooftop balustrade, and two large gabled dormers on the east and west elevations. A prominent Palladian dormer window is centrally located in the uppermost half story of the front (south-facing) facade. A full length porch with a balcony spans the front facade and wraps around the southeast corner of the house. The porch is constructed of coursed stone and features narrow fluted columns. A simple balustrade is present on the balcony. The front elevation is symmetrical, and the windows and doors retain their simple wood surrounds. Carved brackets articulate the eaves. The house is clad in wood clapboard with an asphalt shingle roof. The foundation material is not visible. It retains a high degree of integrity of form, materials, and workmanship. The porch, columns, Palladian window, brackets, rooftop and porch balustrades, and regular boxy massing clearly distinguish this house as a Colonial Revival residence. Additionally, the AHI does not list any other Colonial Revival houses in the vicinity, making this residence unique to its surrounding context. Based on its architecture, this house is potentially eligible for listing in the NRHP. According to Paige's History of Manitowoc County, the house was built in 1910 for Theodore Utke, a successful local farmer who owned 120 acres in Section 36 of Maple Grove. A literature search did not reveal any other additional information on Utke or his role in local history and agricultural activities, so the house is not significant under Criterion B. The property was also evaluated for eligibility as a farmstead. While the big barn (AHI #226191) and a small brick outbuilding are still located on the site, this is not a high enough concentration of pre-1963 outbuildings for farmstead eligibility. The project proposes to reconstruct a culvert adjacent to the parcel immediately west of the farmhouse. Because the construction will not take place on the farmstead property, there will be no impact to this resource. As the construction will not impact the property, a Determination of Eligibility is not recommended. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |