Property Record
12220-2 W HIGHLAND RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN SCHOESSOW |
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| Reference Number: | 72787 |
| Location (Address): | 12220-2 W HIGHLAND RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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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 two-story gabled ell house has a steeply-pitched gable roof, asbestos shingles siding, and a fieldstone foundation. Windows are mostly two-over-two light double-hung sashes topped with cornice lintels. The front ell porch is enclosed. A side porch has a spool and spindel frieze and turned posts. Also on the property are some sheds and a small gambreol-roofed barn with board siding. A concrete silo sits at the end of the barn. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by John Schoessow between 1875 and 1901 and by Emil Gierach between 1915 and 1948. [a,b] |
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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 |