Property Record
N2983 BLOCK LANE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ANDREW JAEGGER HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 6540 |
| Location (Address): | N2983 BLOCK LANE |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Oakland |
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| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Survey Date: | 20132014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ASBESTOS SHINGLED ENCLOSED PORCH IN ELL. Located at N2983 Block Lane in the Township of Oakland, Jefferson County, the resource is a vernacular two story gable and wing house built of cream brick circa 1860s – 1890s. The house has a fieldstone foundation, standing seam metal roof, and a brick chimney in the wing section. The majority of the windows are double-hung, some with divided lights in the upper sash, and are set into arched window openings with shutters, with small windows at the foundation. A one story enclosed porch located at the ell has a band of double-hung windows at the south facade, and is clad in vinyl siding; its concrete masonry foundation and informal wood steps suggest this porch is a replacement. Another one story addition with a concrete masonry foundation, shed roof, and vinyl siding is located on the north façade. A small one story attached structure at the east façade with a poured concrete foundation, gable roof, and wood siding appears to be an early addition. The property includes a gable roofed barn with a fieldstone foundation with a row of divided light windows at the east side of the foundation, standing seam metal roof and vertically-oriented wood siding, with a small square opening at the top of the gable end. At the front of the barn, an attached one story building has a gabled standing seam metal roof with a shed extension and a louvered vent at the gable, vinyl siding, pairs of casement windows, and a sliding barn door. A concrete stave silo is also connected to the barn. At the rear and adjacent to the front barn is a gable-roofed parallel wing, also with vertically-oriented wood siding and a fieldstone foundation, with an opening at the gable end. This wing is connected to the front barn through a shed roofed extension behind the front barn, which is sited on a poured concrete foundation at the barn’s lowest level. This easterly extension has horizontally-oriented wood siding, which continues the row of windows at the foundation level. It has a large opening in the rear. Another utilitarian wood framed structure is attached to the west side of the rear wing. All of the rear extensions have corrugated metal roofs. Other agricultural structures on the property include two gabled storage buildings near the barn, one with horizontally-oriented wood siding, and the other of concrete masonry unit construction. Both have sliding barn doors and standing seam metal roofs. A storage building is located to the rear of the barn with a low-pitched gable roof of weathered corrugated metal panels, vertically-oriented wood siding, poured concrete foundation, and open aisle bays on its east and west facades. Nearby a small shed of board and batten wood siding and a standing seam metal roof on a poured concrete foundation has glass block and louvered glass windows. The house is a well-preserved example of early residential development, and its cream brick was a common building material in Wisconsin at the end of the 19th century. The Bank barn and later agricultural and storage buildings contribute to its identity as a family farm. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |