Property Record
W9640 BRIDGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CASPER & CATHARINE KROGH HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 6615 |
| Location (Address): | W9640 BRIDGE ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Lake Mills |
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| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 19 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1859 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19742012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Casper Krogh, who referred to himself as Baron Casper von Krogh, was born in Norway in 1812. There he married Catharine Johnson in 1838. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1843, settling in Racine where he worked as a gunsmith. In 1848, Krogh purchased a three-year old sawmill on the Koshkonong Creek and settled at the Jefferson-Dane County line on 170 acres of land in the Town of Lake Mills and 160 acres in Dane County. The settlement of Kroghville soon grew around the mill. In 1852, Krogh platted the village of Kroghville from a survey by John Darrow Waterbury. However, the village was never incorporated. Krogh constructed a grist mill at the settlement in 1853. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1855. In 1858 he operated a brickyard at the settlement of Kroghville; however, it was only in operation for a single year. In 1859, Krogh constructed a large house at the settlement utilizing the brick produced at his brickyard. The Casper and Catharine Krogh House is located at W9640 Bridge Street in the Town of Lake Mills. Krogh established a woolen mill at Kroghville in 1868. By the late 1870s, Krogh established a factory at the settlement of Kroghville to manufacture a cultivator that he had patented. In addition to the cultivator, Krogh received patents for several other of his inventions as well. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Page703. Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. Page 183-184. “Wisconsin Patents.” Wisconsin State Journal, October 27, 1863. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |