Property Record
3308 W HIGHLAND RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JAEGER-BIRK FARMSTEAD |
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| Reference Number: | 71826 |
| Location (Address): | 3308 W HIGHLAND RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 19902019 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. See also: #79362, #241031, #241032, #241033, #241034, #241035, #241036, #241037 DESCRIPTION (1990 survey) This two-story gabled ell house has steely-pitched intersection gable roof and is constructed of cream brick. The gables are decorated with cross pieces. Windows are largely six-over-six double-hung sashes. There is a one story bay on the front facade. The ell porch has plain post. Also on the property is an older house that is a one story gable-roofed building with clapboard siding and six-over-six light double hung sashes. There is a garage on the property and a gable roofed shed. The large barn has a gambrel roof, board siding, and a concrete foundation. In the foundation are numerous two-over-two light windows. HISTORY (updated in 2020) This property was owned by Henry Jaeger by no later than 1873 (per plat map). He and his second wife Johanna (his first wife Wilhelmina died in 1906) sold the property to William and Louisa Filter in 1910. The Filters, along with their son Ludwig and his family resided on the parcel, with Ludwig running the farm. By 1930, William and Louisa moved to Cedarburg (although they retained ownership of the parcel), but Ludwig and his wife Louisa remained farming. In 1936, the farm was sold to Sophie B. Cohen and her daughter Ruth Markwell Birk, the latter of whom was married to Dr. Benjamin Birk. Together they created Cohirk Farm, which included the subject house (which was thereafter utilized by the farm manager), the subject barn (believed to be built by the Cohen-Birks) and outbuildings (some of which are believed to have been built by the Cohen-Birks), but also included a modern country estate house (that they built) located at the near northernmost point of the farm acreage (and today carries the address of 13105 NW Shoreland Drive). Sophie, a patron of the arts and supporter of Jewish causes, died in November 1939. Dr. Birk, who served as the chief of staff at Milwaukee's Mount Sinai Hospital from 1940 to 1942, died in 1947 and the property was sold the following year to Carl W. and Edna H. Aring. |
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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 |