Property Record
W223 N3481 DUPLAINVILLE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Griswold, Amos White, House |
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| Reference Number: | 7553 |
| Location (Address): | W223 N3481 DUPLAINVILLE RD |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Pewaukee |
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| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 12 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Survey Date: | 197920151975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. See AHI 7554 for outbuildings. Capitol Drive Architecture/History Survey, WisDOT #2025-15-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2011). This former farmstead is located to either side of Duplainville Road. A stone-constructed, side-gabled, Greek Revival house that was built in 1856 lies on the west side; it is in the midst of renovation. Stripped of its two-story porch, the main (east) facade features a large hole for its central entrance. A pair of downsized one-over-one, double-hung sashes are positioned to either side of the former entrance. Five short, double-hung sashes line the second level. The side elevations carry two sash windows on each level, several of which still carry their pedimented hoods. The roof is underscored with a wide, wooden cornice. A heavily renovated gambrel-roof barn with fieldstone silo is located on the east side of Duplainville Road. The silo (AHI# 7554) has had a modern doorway and window punched into its fieldstone walls. It no longer meets WHS survey criteria. Amos White Griswold moved in 1845 from New York to Wisconsin and purchased a 180-acre tract in the Town of Pewaukee. White engaged in agriculture and constructed the subject house in 1856. He also at times served as the Town School Superintendent, Justice of the Peace and Waukesha County Supervisor. He died in 1900 and his son, John Albett, took over the farm, which he passed on to his son Willard. Willard Griswold operated the farm until his death in 1925, at which time it was taken over by his wife, Julia. The property owner in 2009 submitted a National Register nomination questionnaire to the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) for the farmhouse. The WHS stated that it could not support a nomination of the farmhouse to the National Register with the building in its current state of renovation, which includes removal of the front porch and door, as well as the inclusion of downsized windows. No significant changes to the house have occurred since 2009. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |