726 W MEQUON RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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726 W MEQUON RD

Architecture and History Inventory
726 W MEQUON RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
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Reference Number:72877
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):726 W MEQUON RD
County:Ozaukee
City:Mequon
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
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Survey Date:198620122019
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Gabled Ell
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:Y
Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:2012: Iron railing removed from porch roof.

This two-story gable-ell house is built of brick that has been painted. It has a steeply-pitched intersecting gable roof, single-pane double-hung sashes decorated with flat raised segmental arches, and an enclosed porch. A sunroom additon extends from one side of the house. Also on the property are the ruins of a limestone rubble silo (AHI #72878).

The silo was constructed with limestone rubble, an unusual material for the silos in this city. Most of the extant silos in Mequon are constructed of concrete or covered tile.
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. “Architecture and History Survey: I-43” WHS project number 12-0649/MI/OZ. 2012. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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