Additional Information: | 2012: Appearance unchanged.
DESCRIPTION This two-story frame gabled ell house has a steeply-pitched intersecting roof, clapboard siding, scalloped wood shingles in the gables and a fieldstone foundation, Windows are single-pane or two-over-two light double hung sashes topped with decorated cornice lintels and shutters, A modern bay window in on the first floor of the front facade. There are two very fine wood porches that cover the front and rear entrances. They feature an elaborate floral cut-out frieze with pendants, brackets, and turned post.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This property was owned by Mathew Hoyer between 1873 and 1915. [a,b] |
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. |