| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION
THis two-story house is constructed of stone and has a side gable form. It has a low-pitched gable roof, returned eaves, and a large two-story, hipped roof rear ell. Windows are single-pane double-hung dadhes. There is a row of small windows on th eupper level of the front facade. A large picture is on the one side of the house and a front porch has ben enclosed. Also on the property are agricultural sheds and a large gambrel-roofed barn with board siding, large sliding doors, a rock-face concrete block foundation and small window openings.
ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE
Mequon has a number of stone buildings, some constructe of lime stone and some constructed of fieldstone. The houses are significant because they illustrate a type and method of construction that appears frequently in the city. |
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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. |
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