Property Record
12017 W MEQUON RD / STATE HIGHWAY 167
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HILGENDORF FAMILY FARMHOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 73137 |
| Location (Address): | 12017 W MEQUON RD / STATE HIGHWAY 167 |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1845 |
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| Survey Date: | 199020142022 |
| 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 one and one half store gabel ell house has a low-pitched intersecting gables and is sided with asbestos shingles. Windows are double-hung with some panes having a single sight and some six-over-six lights. The form and massing of this house suggest that it may have a log or half-timber structural system. Because of its age and association with German settlers know to have built fachwerk homes, further investigation is suggested to determine what kind of structural system the house has. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house and agriculture outbuilding were owned by Freidrich Hilgendorf between 1840 and 1873 and by John Hilgendorf between 1876 and 1931. The Hilgendorf family were prominate members of the Freistadt settlement. coming from northern Germany in early 1840s. (see 11401 W. Mequon RD House: Asbestos siding replaced with modern clapboard and vinyl shinglework in gabled, as well as modern porch balustrade. Barn and Silo no longer extant (2014) -- Heritage Research. 2022 -- House not resurveyed by HRL. Little apparent change since 2014. Update photo. |
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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. Zeitlin, Richard and Phillip H. Salkin, Archaeological Consulting and Services. “Reports of Investigations: A Study of Sixteen Properties Potentially Impacted by Proposed Improvements to S.T.H. ‘167’ in Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin.” December, 1985 – Report Number 255. Housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society Site Files, Ozaukee County. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |