Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION
This two and one-half story front gable house has a steeply-pitched gable roofm calpboard siding, and wood shingles in the gable peak. Windows are single-light double-hung sashes, and there is a one-story square bay on the side facade. The front porch is enclosed. Also on the property are some sheds, two concrete silos, and a large gable-roofed barn with board siding, large doors and a banked foundation.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by George Klenk between 1916 and 1931 and by Charles and Catherine Dineen between 1948 and 1966. |
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. |