Property Record
11420 W FREISTADT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RAMTHUM |
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| Other Name: | HOWARD PIPKORN |
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| Reference Number: | 71740 |
| Location (Address): | 11420 W FREISTADT RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| 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 house has a steeply-pitched roof, vinyl siding and mostly single-pane double-hung sashes. The fornt porch has been enclosed. Also on the property agricultural sheds and a gable-roofed barn with board siding, large sliding door, and a fieldstone foundation. There is a concrete silo sitting at one end of the barn. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by John and Joseph Ramthum between 1857 and 1901 and by Fred Scheiber between 1902 and 1917. [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 |