Property Record
5130 HWY 14 (SOUTH SIDE 11-14, C. 1/4 MILE EAST OF E DELAVAN DR)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Van Allen House |
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| Other Name: | Matthew Van Allen Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 83316 |
| Location (Address): | 5130 HWY 14 (SOUTH SIDE 11-14, C. 1/4 MILE EAST OF E DELAVAN DR) |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 3 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19772024 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2024 - This 7.1-acre parcel includes a large residence, two sheds, a machine shed, and several ruins of small agricultural outbuildings. Historic aerial images and maps indicate that the farm once included the house and eight outbuildings, many of which were demolished by the early 1990s. There is also a large, wooded yard to the west of the house with brick piers at the corners of the property and main drive. The circa 1869 Greek Revival style house has two rear additions and an asphalt shingle roof and prominent brick chimney on the east wing along the facade. The central, two-story front-gable portion of the house is flanked by one-and-one-half-story and one-story wings. The house is clad in vinyl siding and has vinyl double-hung, SDL windows along the first story and vinyl one-over-one, double-hung SDL and sliding sash windows along the upper stories. The double-hung windows are set within classical surrounds. The main entry is located along the rear one and half story addition and faces east. It opens onto a porch sheltered beneath a shed roof. The foundation is comprised of parged stone, except for the rear addition, which is concrete. The remaining four frame outbuildings include a circa 1920 machine shed or garage with a front gable roof with asphalt shingles. The siding is painted clapboard with a sliding barn door centered on the north and south elevations. There is a single non-historic metal door on the western end of the north elevation facing the road. A circa 1900 small, two-story animal barn is located to the southeast and has a side-gable, asphalt shingle roof. The siding is painted clapboard, and the building has a set of two doors and windows on both the east and west elevations and a single six-paned wood window in the gable end facing north. A circa 1920 milkhouse is located near the residence and has a metal panel front gable roof and wood siding. There is a door opening off-center on the north elevation adjacent to a small window opening and a wood double-hung window centered on each of the east and west elevations. The high foundation is concrete. The last building on the site is a circa 1900 shed of undefined purpose with a metal side gable roof and vertical board siding. There is a door centered on the north elevation and single three-paned wood window to the east of the door. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 2024 - Historic Architectural Survey Report for the Dawn Harvest Solar Energy Center, prepared by Stantec, Inc., for PSCW, on behalf of Dawn Harvest Solar Energy LLC |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |