Property Record
7708 NORTHWEST HIGHWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Martin and Amalie Schroeder Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 12425 |
| Location (Address): | 7708 NORTHWEST HIGHWAY |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Mukwonago (village) |
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| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 4 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 7 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 20052013 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. THE CLAPBOARD-CLAD HOUSE FEATURES RETURNED EAVES,STILTED LINTELS, AND AN ENCLOSED PORCH ACROSS THE ELL. IN ADDITION, THIS FORMER FARMSTEAD ALSO FEATURES TWO HISTORIC GABLE-ROOFED FARM OUTBUILDINGS THAT BOTH HAVE FIELDSTONE FOUNDATIONS AND BADLY DETERIORATED WOOD WALLS. HISTORIC PLAT BOOKS SHOW THAT THIS FARMSTEAD WAS OWNED BY D. McCOY FROM AT LEAST 1858 TO 1873 AND THE FARMHOUSE PROBABLY DATES FROM THIS PERIOD. 2012- "The Greek Revival-style, gabled ell house was constructed circa 1858. The house is "L" shaped in plan with a metal roof and clapboard clad exterior walls. The front elevation faces northeast and is overall asymmetrical in plan. Eave returns and a wide band of trim are present in the front gable. The front gable mass of the nmtheast facade is symmetrical in its composition with two 2-over-2 windows set evenly in the first and second levels. The wood window surrounds contain scrolled decorative crowns. A brick chimney rises from the ridge of the ell mass of the house. The ell portion of the front facade is composed of four bays. At the second story, the two southern bays and northern most bay contain small square windows are set unevenly in the second story of the ell portion of the northeast elevation with similar wood window surrounds and decorative crowns. The third bay with no window corresponds to the front entrance below. A 1-story, asphalt shingled, shed roof porch extends from the first level of the ell mass of the northeast facade. The porch is enclosed with five windows to the south of the entrance and three windows north of the entrance all appear to be 3-over-1 and separated by mullions. Aerial images indicate an end gabled addition to the rear of the house." - "STH 83, Mukwanago and Waterford 7.5 Quads", WisDOT ID #1300-09-71, Prepared by GLARC, Inc (Megan Daniels) (2012). 2005- "This previously surveyed historic farmstead's Greek Revival style farmhouse has a gable ell form with a two-story-tall upright wing and a two-story-tall ell wing. The house has a stone foundation, walls that are clad in clapboards, and a multi-gable roof that has returned eaves and slopes that are covered in old standing seam metal sheets. Most of the house's original window openings still retain their original multi-light double hung windows and these openings also still retain their original simplified, classically derived wooden window trim as well. The main fa~ade of this house faces east onto STH 83 and the entire first story of its ell wing is now covered by an enclosed, shed-roofed, full-width porch that is almost certainly a twentieth century alteration. Besides the farmhouse, this farmstead also includes two other historic gable-roofed farm outbuildings, both of which have fieldstone foundations and both of which are clad in vertical wooden boards. These buildings are all that remains of the nineteenth century fmmstead, they are in poor condition, and they appear to be either unused or else are used just for storage. Historic maps of Racine County show that this farmstead was owned by D. McCoy from at least 1858 until at least 1873 and it is likely that the farmhouse was constructed in the early part of this period or even before. Never-the-less, this farmhouse has now been somewhat altered and this is believed to be important because Racine County has one of the highest concentrations of surviving Greek Revival style farmhouses in the state. Consequently, the standards that need to be met in order to list such a house in the NRHP in Racine County are very high and it is not believed that this example retains sufficient integrity to justify such a listing." - "Mukwanago and Waterford 7.5 Quads", WisDOT ID #1300-09-00, Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (MAP) (2005). |
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| Bibliographic References: | REDDING & WATSON'S MAP OF RACINE COUNTY. RACINE: REDDING & WATSON, 1858. MAP OF RACINE & KENOSHA COUNTIES. MILWAUKEE: J. KNAUBER & CO., 1873. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |