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S1018 Knapp Valley Road

Historic Name:
Willow Grove Stock and Grain Farm - corn crib
Other Name:
Peter Hanson Farmstead - corn crib
Reference Number:
246180

Property Location

Location (Address)
S1018 Knapp Valley Road
County
Vernon
City/Village
Township
Clinton
Unincorporated community
Town
14
Range
3
Direction
W
Section
17
Quarter Section
NW
Quarter Quarter Section
NW

Property Features

Year Built
1920
Additions
Survey Date
2023
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Wood
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Y
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
2023: The Peter Hanson Farmstead, also known as the Willow Grove Stock and Grain Farm, was constructed along Knapp Valley Road in Section 17, Town of Clinton, Vernon County. Plat maps, atlases, and U.S. Census records indicate the 160-acre parcel was in the ownership of Peter Hanson and/or his descendants from at least 1878 to 1930. Initially, the residence was constructed east of Knapp Creek, but by 1896, it was constructed or reconstructed further northwest in the present location west of Knapp Creek. As it stands, the farmstead consists of a historic age log house (246176), gabled ell house (246177), threshing barn (229961), tobacco barn (246178), agricultural outbuilding (246179), and corn crib (246180) as well as a non-historic age machine shed. Of these, the threshing barn was surveyed in 2015 at which time it was evaluated as potentially eligible. Two smaller barns or outbuildings, formerly west of Knapp Valley Road, were demolished after 1957. The corn crib also stands west of Knapp Valley Road. It was constructed circa 1900 and is a one-story rectangular plan front-gabled building. The exterior is spaced horizontal wood plank. The roof is covered with sheet metal. A single entrance is in the south gable end wall.
Bibliographic References
Map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI: Bogk and Rowland, Wisconsin Farm and Timber Lands, 1878. Plat Book of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, MN: C.M. Foote & Co., 1896.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

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Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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