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SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS [Date Cnst:CA]
1992: The main portion of the home is a two-story building with rectangular massing. It has a hipped roof with the ridge running perpendicular to C.T.H. X (Saylesville Rd.) The building rests on a foundation of ashlar stone which has four exposed courses. Above this is a stone watertable, 6" in height and extending 2 1/4" from the walls.
The building's exterior is a veneer of Cream City brick. The wall was laid up entirely in stretchers without any bonding. The lack of headers supports a statement by a descendant of the builder that the brick is facing, rather than structural.
The west elevation of the building has a three-bay configuration with the door in the southeastern corner. The panel door is flanked by sidelights with a 1/1 configuration. A header extends between the jambs above the door and the sidelights surmounted by a transom light that has a segmental arch head. The transom is divided into three parts. The side panes are the same width as the sidelights.
The windows are asymmetrically set. They are narrow, rectangular openings with double-hung sash windows with a 2/2 pane configuration. The sills are cut stone and the lintels are segmented arches of brick. On the first floor, these have a keystone of cut stone. On the second floor, the arch is of brick, which in turn penetrates into the wood board which might be likened to an architrave in an entablature.
On the north elevation, the building shows a four bay configuration. The windows were treated in a similar manner to those seen in the facade. The south elevation has basically the same configuration as the north, but is missing the windows on the eastern end, perhaps due to the presence of a stairway there to the second story.
The main block of the home has a low hipped roof with a chimney near the south wall. There is an iron balustrade. A gable dormer with a broken pediment is found on the east elevation. It has a double-hung, sash window under an arched pane.
In the rear (west elevation) of the home is a one-story, plus living space block with relatively steep gable roof. The history of this block and a shed addition on its south side, will require some additional study. According to a Barney relative, the main portion of the home was grafted on to an earlier, smaller block which housed the original owner, Sebina Barney.
The surviving portion of the original home may be represented by this gabled wing. The end wall of the larger addition has a brick veneer similiar to that of the main block of the home. The siding on the south elevation is obscured by the smaller addition, but on the north side, the siding is composed of clapboard. This may reflect the siding of the original home which was partially covered by the face brick used in the later and larger block to the east. This north elevation has a modern bay window and several other windows which do not match the fenestration seen elsewhere in the building. It shares the same kind of ashlar foundation, but the watertable is composed of three courses of brick, as opposed to ashlar stone. As noted, this block has a gable roof which features simple brackets. On the end wall (west elevation) is a door opening unto a modern three-season porch. The door appears modern, but the door opening has a segmented brick lintel somewhat similar to the lintels on the windows of the main block.
As noted, the building has a small, shef-roofed addition int he southwest corner. It shares a similar foundation and siding with the main block and has the brick watertable noted in the gabled addition in the rear. Entry is through a door, which, with a band of modern windows, is set in a wood frame. In the southwest corner of this addition is a window similar to those in the main block. The home also has a modern three-season porch, set on ashlar foundation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "LANDMARK" P3 (VOL3 SUMMER 1967) BARNEY, C "OLD HOMES & THEIR OWNERS" ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976)
Architecture and History Survey. February 2011. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd.
"A Preliminary Historical Study of Three Properties Associated with Potential Wetland Mitigation and Interchange Sites for the S.T.H. 59 Improvement Project in Waukesha County, Wisconsin" WHS project number 90-0302/WK. December, 1992 . Prepared by Philip H. Salkin. |
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