Property Record
W239 N3442 PEWAUKEE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ludwig Kloth Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 7552 |
| Location (Address): | W239 N3442 PEWAUKEE RD |
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| County: | Waukesha |
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| Township/Village: | Pewaukee |
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| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 11 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Found no longer extant in 2011 architecture/history survey of Capitol Drive, WisDOT# 2025-15-00. 2000: "Rising from a fieldstone foundation, this side-gable, Greek Revival farmhouse is sided with asphalt shingles. The building's west facade features a central doorway and a pair of symmetrically placed, two-over-two-light sash windows to either side of the entryway. A wooden cornice runs beneath the eaves on the west and east facades, while the north and south endwalls feature gable returns. A one-and-one-half story, ell wing extends from the rear (east) wall of the main block, while ca. 1920s, shed-roof porch enclosure covers the wing along its north wall. The remainder of the parcel includes five additional structures; the most significant of which is a wooden-shingle, gambrel roof, bank barn with a fieldstone foundation and board siding. A concrete stave silo without its cap is south of the barn. A vertical board-sheathed, shed-roof shed lies southwest of the barn, while a gabled, clapboard garage is situated just west of the house. The subject parcel appears to be the homestead property of Ludwig Kloth, the house of which was likely erected in the ca. 1860s. No later than 1900, Ludwig had passed away and, by 1914, plats show that the 80-acre, corner parcel had been divided in two, with one-half going to his widow and the remaining forty acres to his estate. By 1922, the widow Kloth had died and the farm reverted to son Louis's ownership, which he held until his death in 1939." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Construction date derived from plats. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |