OLD WORLD WISCONSIN SITE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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OLD WORLD WISCONSIN SITE

Architecture and History Inventory
OLD WORLD WISCONSIN SITE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Old World Wisconsin Christian Turck House
Other Name:Old World Wisconsin Schottler House (DOA #245100804) (DNR)
Contributing:
Reference Number:7235
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):OLD WORLD WISCONSIN SITE
County:Waukesha
City:
Township/Village:Eagle
Unincorporated Community:
Town:5
Range:17
Direction:E
Section:28
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1846
Additions:
Survey Date:1979
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Log
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Turck, Christian, House
National Register Listing Date:10/25/1973
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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. VERTICAL BOARD SIDING IN GABLES. RYE STRAW AND CLAY CHINKING BETWEEN SQUARED CEDAR LOGS COVERED W/LIME PLASTER. ORIGINALLY NEAR VILLAGE OF KIRCHAYN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. "Once on Country Aire Drive 1/4 mile south of County Trunk M, 1 1/4 miles south of Kirchhayn, on Fred Schottler place. Built c. 1844 by Christian Turck. Cedar log structure, 2 1/2 stories, with cantilevered shed roof across front porch. Rye straw and clay chinking between logs, pargetted with lime plaster. Moved to Old World Wisconsin outdoor museum, Eagle." Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).
Bibliographic References:Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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