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860 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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860 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z

Architecture and History Inventory
860 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Bert Bredeson
Other Name:Gale Roberts
Contributing:
Reference Number:124426
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):860 COUNTY HIGHWAY Z
County:Adams
City:
Township/Village:Monroe
Unincorporated Community:
Town:19
Range:5
Direction:E
Section:8
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1900
Additions:C. 1910C. 1970
Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stucco
Architect: Bert Bredeson
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:This farmstead has been in the Roberts family since 1902, when Gale Roberts grandfather Jesse Roberts purchased the property. Land associated with this property/owner became part of the Petenwell Flowage when formed in 1948.

When additions were made to the house in 1910, the house was also turned to face the road.

A small addition on the south end of encloses the doorway is covered in metal and topped with asphalt (c.1970). And a small rear (east) addition covered with metal and topped with asphalt covers the doorway to the cellar (c.1970).

Additional outbuildings include a front-gabled wood barn (c1870); and a machine shed sided with tin(c.1870).
Bibliographic References:"Roberts Century Farms 1902-2002." Adams County Times. November 20, 2002.p 1, 9a. "Architecture/History Survey" April 2003. Prepared by Marisa Kosobucki for Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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