Property Record
N5726 HARVEY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ALEXANDER R & LOUISA EARLE HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 6632 |
| Location (Address): | N5726 HARVEY RD |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Aztalan |
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| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 14 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 20 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1857 |
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| Survey Date: | 19742012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Alexander R. Earle migrated from New York and settled in the Town of Aztalan during the early-nineteenth century. In 1841, he married Louisa Waterbury. He was involved with the construction of the Hooper Mill in the Town of Milford in 1849. While he worked as a carpenter, joiner, and millwright, he was a shrewd investor and became one of the town’s wealthiest men. He constructed a house on Harvey Road around 1857 at N5726 Harvey Road in the Town of Aztalan. BAY ON FRONT,STILTED WINDOW MOULDINGS PICTURED W/ OUTBUILDINGS IN "ILLUS. HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WISC.", 1878 Photo code #1 is: GREEN 5/19. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ott, John Henry. Jefferson County Wisconsin and its People. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917. Pages 316-319. Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. Page 183. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |