Property Record
14632 STATE HIGHWAY 60
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Coumbe, John, Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 90646 |
| Location (Address): | 14632 STATE HIGHWAY 60 |
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| County: | Richland |
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| Township/Village: | Richwood |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 9 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 2 |
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| Year Built: | 1863 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Henry Lettler |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Coumbe, John, Farmstead |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/25/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/4/1995 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. This file also contains information re: the other name for this property: Tippesaukee Farm. 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. 2000- "The Coumbe Farmstead, listed in the NRHP as located in the town of Richwood at the junction of STH 60 and CTH X. is significant under NRHP Criterion C as "a unusually complete and intact grouping of related vernacular resources whose history as a working farm span virtually the entire history of farming in Wisconsin from its beginning in the 1830s up to the present day." This farm, which was established by John Coumbe in 1838, was the first farm and the first place of settlement in Richland County. Coumbe built all the early buildings within the complex in the early 1860s and the farm is presently owmed by descendants of John and Sarah Coumbe. The most impressive of these buildings is the exceptional gabled ell vernacular house form built by Henry Leffler in 1863 that is the focal point of this farmstead. The period of significance is 1861 to 1888 (See Attachment for the John Coumbe Farmstead National Register Nomination and map prepared by Timothy Heggland, Historic Consultant). The approximately 9.2 acre John Coumbe Farmstead property is also part of the Coumbe Farmstead also known as the Tippesaukee Farm Rural Historic District." -"Muscoda, Blue River, Boscobel, WI", WisDOT#5190-06-00, Prepared by Joan Rausch (Architectural Resources, Inc.), (2000). |
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| Bibliographic References: | WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL MADISON "When two cultures collided." 7/6/2003. THE COUNTY LINE CONNECTION ONTARIO. Two cultures intersect near Muscoda." 8/21/2003. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |