Property Record
12222 W FREISTADT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOTT. WENDT |
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| Reference Number: | 71750 |
| Location (Address): | 12222 W FREISTADT RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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 gable ell house has a steeply-pitched gable roof, clapboard siding, and the ell porch is enclosed. Windows are single-light or two-over-two light double hung sashes topped with cornice lintels. Also on the property is a shed that might have been an older home on the property. It is a one-and-one half story gable ell building that has board and batten siding, small window openings, and large sliding doors. There is also a gable-roofed barn on the property that has board siding, large sliding doors, and no windows. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was owned by Gottfried Wendt in 1862 [b] and by Samuel Wendt between 1887 and 1931. [a,b] Gottfried Wendt's mother and father, Joachim Friedrich Wendt and his wife Dorthea, and there children came to Mequon from northern Germany in 1841. They were part of the freistadt settlement, a group of German Lutherans who came to this country for religious freedom. Maps and tax rolls for this property do not show any earlier owners than Gottfried Wendt and his ownership cooresponds to the time this house was built. However, it appears to be an older house behind the newer house. This house could of been the home of Joachim Wendt, Gottfried's father. See also 12012 W. Freistadt for more information on the Wendts. Samule Wendt was the son of Gottfried Wendt. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This house does have some historic interest as the home of some Freistadt German settlers. |
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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 |