| Additional Information: | 2012: Appearance unchanged.
DESCRIPTION This two-story cross gable house has a steeply-pitched intersecting gable roof, asbestos siding, and a fieldstone foundation. Windows are single-pane double-hung sashes topped with cornice lintels. On the upper story these windows are paired. One small side porch has been enclosed with to a pediment at the front, a spool-and-spindle frieze, turned posts, brackets, and a plain balustrade. Also on the property is a gambrel roofed barn with board siding, shed roofed dormers, small window openings, and a fieldstone foundation. There are also many sheds on the property. There is a small silo at one end of the barn. There are also some small sheds on the property. |
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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.
“Architecture and History Survey: I-43” WHS project number 12-0649/MI/OZ. 2012. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc. |
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