| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION
This two-story side gable house has a steeply-pitched gable roof covered with wood shingles. This house is covered with aluminum siding and has a fieldstone foundation. Windows are mostly six-over-six light double-hung sashes. Seconds story windows on the front facade are multiple pane openings. The front entrance features a wood and glass door topped with a narrow transom and a cornice lintel with wood surround. Also on the property is a garage or machine shed that has a steeply-pitched gable roof, board siding, large sliding doors, and multiple-light double-hung sashes. The barn on the property is a gable-roofed barn with board siding, large sliding doors, and a stone foundation. One side of the barn is a forebay that hangs over on side of the foundation. There are three doors and several sash windows under the forebay.
ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE
This house has some architectural interest as an example of the side gable form. The barn has some interest as an example of a barn with a forebay. |
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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. |
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