Property Record
612 7TH AVENUE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | OLD SETTLER'S CABIN |
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| Other Name: | SWISS HISTORICAL VILLAGE |
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| Reference Number: | 68389 |
| Location (Address): | 612 7TH AVENUE |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | New Glarus |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 19752015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This historical museum, owned and operated by the New Glarus Historical Society, contains eleven structures reflecting the history of New Glarus' Swiss community. One of the buildings is a small log cabin dating from c. 1855 which was found when the house at the Harold Hoesly farm was being razed. Village consists of reconstructed pioneer buildings including a Swiss settler's cabin, a church, a cemetery, etc. THIS BUILDING WAS ADDED TO THE SWISS HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN 1975. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) The History of The New Glarus Historical Soceity, Inc. 1976. ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL SURVEY 2015. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |