Property Record
8605 W FREISTADT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRIEDRICH RIEMER |
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| Reference Number: | 71553 |
| Location (Address): | 8605 W FREISTADT RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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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-story cross gable house has a steeply-pitched intersecting gable roof, vinyl siding, and modern double-hung sash windows. The house appears to have been remodled recently. Also on the property is a large gambrel-roofed barn with board siding. There is a large metal shed also on the property. HISTORIC BACKGROUND This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by Friedrich Riemer between 1857 and 1901 adn by Gustav Riemer in 1915. [a,b] |
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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 |