Property Record
1116 MADISON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Ramsey House |
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Reference Number: | 118768 |
Location (Address): | 1116 MADISON AVE |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | Fort Atkinson |
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Year Built: | 1890 |
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Survey Date: | 1998 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | This residence is comprised of two, two-story, front-gabled wings that are connected with a one-and-one-half-story, side-gabled unit with a small porch. The porch features a spindled balustrade, turned supports and a shed roof. A one-story, shed-roof addition extends from the structure's north elevation and another addition is located to the west. Historically part of the Rufus Dodge Estate, plat maps indicate that this property was acquired by Frank Ramsey by 1899. In 1913, Charles Sanford Vosburg married Florence Ramsey, a daughter of Frank. Sometime after 1919, Charles and Florence acquired the subject residence. They then moved a barn from their previous property to the subject parcel. The barn, with its Dutch-style livestock area at its (then) east end, was moved again in the 1960s--at which time it was relocated to Old World Wisconsin, in Eagle. |
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Bibliographic References: | 1887, 1899, 1919 plat maps Alphabetical index (card file) and "Vosburg Barn," photographic file, both located at the Research anfd Genealogy Library of the Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson, WI. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |