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20451 STATE HIGHWAY 27 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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20451 STATE HIGHWAY 27

Architecture and History Inventory
20451 STATE HIGHWAY 27 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Charles J. Matteson Farmstead
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:78488
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):20451 STATE HIGHWAY 27
County:Monroe
City:
Township/Village:Leon
Unincorporated Community:Leon
Town:16
Range:4
Direction:W
Section:10
Quarter Section:NE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1868
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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. The C.J. Matteson house is a two-story Italianate style house with a hip roof covered with standing seam metal covering. The roof has wide overhanging eaves decorated with paired scroll brackets and a denticulated frieze. The clapboard walls are punctuated with symmetrical openings of two-over-two light double-hung sashes. Spanning the east elevation and wrapping around the north and south elevations is a veranda. It has a hip roof supported by narrow columns decorated with brakets. Also projecting from the house are several bays.

It was the best example of the style found in the 1999-2000 survey of southwestern Monroe County. The building has all of the typical features of the style and has a high level of integrity. C.J. Matteson was one of the earliest settlers in the area and this house represents Yankee settlement in the Town of Leon.
Bibliographic References:Plat Maps.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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