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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 5161 S CALHOUN RD |
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| County | Waukesha |
| City/Village | New Berlin |
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| Unincorporated community | |
| Town | 6 |
| Range | 20 |
| Direction | E |
| Section | 28 |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1900 |
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| Additions | |
| Survey Date | 2015,2019 |
| Historic Use | silo |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
The Kau Farmstead consists of five historic resources including a house [230019], dairy barn [230020], one tile silo [230021], one concrete silo [230029] and an animal barn [230022]. The property also contains two recently constructed (c. 1985) resources, neither of which was surveyed due to their recent construction dates: a pole barn and office structure. A tile silo (c. 1900) is located directly north of the dairy barn, though it does not appear to be attached. It is constructed of earth-tone tiles and has a round fieldstone foundation. The roof of the silo is no longer extant. The property consists of five historic resources constructed c. 1900. During this time period, Waukesha's dairy industry was growing, as was the production of feed crops necessary to supply such an industry. According to the Wisconsin CRMP, by 1890 the harvest of 90 percent of the state's cropland was consumed on the farms where it was grown. The dairy business continued to expand throughout the early twentieth century, with Waukesha being named "Cow County, USA" at the end of the first World War due to the fact that the county had more cows than people. The CRMP identifies the buildings associated with historic dairying and feed crop production as dairy barns, silos, grain bins, corncribs, and milk and cheese houses. Of these, the Kau Farmstead contains a historic dairy barn with silos. The animal barn on the property is an outbuilding that would be typical of any early-twentieth century farmstead. Based on available historic aerial imagery, it appears that two original outbuildings were demolished over the course of time (a large gable-roofed barn and small shed near Calhoun Road). A square outbuilding dating from the 1940s, located southeast of the dairy barn, was demolished for the construction of an office structure around 1985. 2019: Appearance unchanged since 2015. |
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National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Not Listed |
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