Property Record
9531 W DONGES BAY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRANK ROTHE FARMSTEAD |
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| Other Name: | JOHN WIRTH RESIDENCE |
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| Reference Number: | 71515 |
| Location (Address): | 9531 W DONGES BAY RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 20041990 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This two and one-half story Queen Anne style house has a steeply-pitched gable roof a two-story shallow bay, and a large projecting gable on the front facade. The gable has a small window with a cornive lintel and decorative wood shingles. The plain frieze extends under roof eaves, Under the projecting oediments the eaves are trimmed with decorative rafter ends. Most of the window openings are single-light double-hung sashes, but there are several larger and smaller decorative windows on the facades. The two-story front porch features round columns and a simple wooden balustrade both on the first and second story. Also on the property is a large gambrel-roofed barn. It has board siding and two steeply pitched gable-roofed dormers propjecting from the roof. Two concrete silos sit at the barn's end. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE The barn has some interest because of its sides and its projecting dormers, a commonly seen barn detail in Mequon. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was owned by Frank Rothe between 1885 and 1931 and by Ernest Rothe between 1948 and 1966. This property was previously surveyed in 1990 and was then owned by Lynn Schmitt and was mapped as 28/20 on BASE MAP WEST. See also 2004 comments for associated record #71512. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Tax Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheran Immigration, Mequon: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |