Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION
This one and one-half story gable ell house has a low-pitched intersecting gable roof, asbestos siding, wood shingle trim, and double-hung sash windows decorated with shutters. The ell porch is enclosed. Also on the property is a gabrel-roofed covered barn with board siding, a silo and some sheds.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
This house and agricultural outbuildings were owned by Gottifriend Rohe between 1862 and 1887, and by Gustav Seifert between 1888 and 1898. [b] |
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. |