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SWAN RD, OFF COUNTY HIGHWAY E OUT OF HORICON

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SWAN RD, OFF COUNTY HIGHWAY E OUT OF HORICON

Historic Name:

Other Name:
Horicon Rough Fish Station - MESS HALL #78 (DNR), summer kitchen

Reference Number:
15737

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Property Location

Location (Address)

SWAN RD, OFF COUNTY HIGHWAY E OUT OF HORICON

County

Dodge

City/Village

Township

Burnett

Unincorporated community

Town

12

Range

15

Direction

E

Section

26

Quarter Section

SE

Quarter Quarter Section

NE

Property Features

Year Built

1902

Additions

Survey Date

1979

Historic Use

hatchery/nursery

Architectural Style

Front Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Drop Siding

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Horicon Rough Fish Station'. 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, State Historic Preservation Office. LONG NARROW BLDG WAS POSSIBLY A SUMMER KITCHEN NO CHIMNEY VISIBLE In photo and/or map codes, (S) stands for State Facility Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. DESCRIPTION: A residence (c. 1906), a mess hall (1902) and two "storage buildings" (barns, 1911 and 1915) are all part of the original Brecker farm. The house was sold in 1978, and as of July 1979, is off its foundations and ready to be moved to private property. The farmhouse is two and a one-half stories, cross gabled, and of frame construction. Most recently, it housed student summer interns for the DNR. The original stone foundation remains. The mess hall may have been a summer kitchen. It is a small one-story frame building. Storage #00080 is a large barn. With a gambrel roof and vertical board siding, it rests on a heavy (and heavily-mortared) stone foundation. Storage #00079 is a long frame machine shed. SIGNIFICANCE: At one time, the Brecker complex probably represented a prosperous farm operation. Interesting buildings, but significant neither architecturally nor historically.

Bibliographic References

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

hatchery/nursery Front Gabled

Dodge
County

Burnett
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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