Property Record
10141 N GRANVILLE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ferdinand Lemke Farmstead - Barn |
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| Other Name: | Breyfogle Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 71765 |
| Location (Address): | 10141 N GRANVILLE RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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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 house is a large, rambling two and one-half story frame building with an irregular plan, clapboard siding, and a steeply pitched intersecting gable roof. An early twentieth century sunroom extends from one end of the building. The front facade features a very large projecting gable that is supported by large decorative brackets. The gable is decorated with dentils, wood shingles, and a very nice palladian window. A two story porch covers the front entrance. It has turned post and a spool and spindle balustrade on both stories. Windows are larger with transoms. Windows are decorated with cornice lintels. There is also a fine gambrel roofed barn with board siding and a tile-covered silo on the property. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE This house has some architectural interest as an example of the Queen Anne style. The agricultural outbuildings have some interest as examples of typical farm buildings in Mequon. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by Ferdinand Lemke at the time the house and barn were constructed. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This house and agricultural outbuildings have some historical interest as an example of a twentieth century farmstead. |
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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] Taxs 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 Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: 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 |