Property Record
10227 N RANGE LINE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred Wessel |
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| Reference Number: | 74968 |
| Location (Address): | 10227 N RANGE LINE |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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 house is a two and one-half story cross gable Quenn Anne house with a steeply-pitched intersecting gable roof covered with wood shingles, clapboard siding, and decorative wood shingles in he gable peaks. The large gables have returned eaves and a cornice and frieze run under the roof eaves. Windows are primarily single-pane double-hung sashes sashes. There are some large single and multiple pane windows as well. The main entrance has a wooden door decorated with sidelights. There is a bay window on the side of the house. Two proches decorated openings on the frong facade and have flat roofs, ionic columns and plain balustrades. On the proch roof is a balustrade. Also on the property is a gambrel roof shed and a garage. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. This house was owned by Fred Wessel between 1915 and 1931. [a] |
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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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |