Property Record
13235 N GRANVILLE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM HELL, SR. |
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| Other Name: | JOHN P. DOBBERFUHL |
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| Reference Number: | 71784 |
| Location (Address): | 13235 N GRANVILLE RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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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 house is a two-story front gable building with several ells. The house has a low-pitched gable roof and is covered with asphalt siding. The windows are single-pane double-hung sashes. The structural system of the house is half-timber. Also on the property is a gable-roofed barn with board siding, large sliding glass doors, and a large garage-type door, and a fieldstone foundation. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE Mequon has a number of known and covered over half timber buildings that were constructed of by the many German immigrants who came to the area during the mid-nineteeth century. This type of construction is because it represents an unusual type of construction in Wisconsin and because it is specifically related to a particular ethnic group. While in this case half timber is covered over, this building is a significant example of half-timber construction because its size and relatively high level of preservation make it a good example of this type of Wisconsin construction. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was built by (Johann Carl) Wilhelm (William) Hell (Hall). Wilhelm Mell was one of the northern German immigrants who came to Mequon for religious freedom. Hell perchased this land in 1842 and 1843 and he and his wife Sophia raised a family on this farmstead. They had nine children. Their youngest was Wilhelm Leberecht Paul Hell, also know as Wilhelm Hell, Jr. in the tax rolls, who owned the farm until at least 1915. Between 1924 and 1973 Paul Dobberfuhl owned the farm. |
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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 |