Property Record
N1085 STATE HIGHWAY 26
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Slight Lime Kiln |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 118276 |
| Location (Address): | N1085 STATE HIGHWAY 26 |
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| County: | Dodge |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Emmet |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 9 |
| Range: | 15 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 20 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1854 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | lime kiln |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Slight ran the kiln until 1866, when he started renting it out to other families until at least 1880. In the 1870 census, John Geutzlaff and Company was operating the lime kiln, which produced 20,000 bushels of lime valuing $5,500 in 1869. No other lime kilns were identified in Dodge County in the 1870 census. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |