Property Record
W9132 COUNTY ROAD C
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GIDEON IVES FARMSTEAD HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 6544 |
| Location (Address): | W9132 COUNTY ROAD C |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Oakland |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 29 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1844 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| National Register Listing Date: | |
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| Additional Information: | Gideon Ives was born in Massachusetts in 1819. He moved to Jefferson County in 1843, settling in the Town of Oakland. He constructed a farm by the following year. An image of his farm was reproduced as a lithograph for the cover of the 1878 Wisconsin State Atlas and became so popular that people would travel to see the picturesque Ives Dairy Farm. A prominent figure in the Town of Oakland, Ives was a leader and supporter of the Free-Will Baptist Church in Oakland Center, not far from the Ives farm. Gideon Ives died in 1879. RETURNED EAVES,ENCLOSED PORCH IN ELL |
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| Bibliographic References: | Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |