Property Record
W225 S10555 BIG BEND DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Thomas Kingston House |
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| Reference Number: | 96559 |
| Location (Address): | W225 S10555 BIG BEND DR |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Vernon |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 5 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19762020 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Surveyed in July 2020 by UWM-CRM as part of Hwy 164 reconstruction project (WisDOT ID#2810-08-00). Property includes the main house (AHI #96559), bank barn (AHI #242002), poultry house (AHI #224003), and well house (AHI #224004). The farmstead at this property contains a house and three historic agricultural buildings. The house is two stories in height and has a hip roof with cross gables. The house is set on a stone foundation with dressed mortar joints, is clad in clapboards, and has diamond-shaped cement asbestos roof tiles with wood eaves. The gables have decoratively cut shingles and wide frieze boards with simple molding at the eaves. Fenestration consists of single and paired one-over-one double hung windows. Several of the windows appear to be modern replacements, but all the openings retain their original wood surrounds and sills. An L-shaped porch wraps around the east (front) and south elevations. The porch has a solid stone foundation wall, a concrete floor, and Tuscan columns on rock-faced concrete block pedestals. The porch has a gable centered on the front door with returned eaves; the porch roof is clad in asphalt shingles. Secondary porches are located on the north and south sides, along with a modern fire escape stairs in the north elevation. The barn is located south of the house with its long axis oriented perpendicular to the road. The barn has a stone foundation; the east (road) basement wall appears to be the same stone type and style of mortar joints as the house, while the other walls have fieldstone masonry set in large areas of mortar. The upper walls of the barn are clad in vertical metal cladding. The barn has a metal roof. An earth ramp is located on the north side of the barn. Most of the basement openings have been covered with metal cladding panels, although several basement openings appear to retain their original wood board doors. The poultry house is located west of the barn. It has concrete footing walls and is clad in vertical boards. An open lean-to structure is located along its south elevation. The main structure has an asphalt shingle roof. The gable-roofed well house is located between the barn and the house. Like the poultry house, it has concrete footing walls, vertical board cladding, wood eaves, and asphalt roof shingles. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |