Property Record
S8194 STATE HIGHWAY 78
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Frese Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 125562 |
| Location (Address): | S8194 STATE HIGHWAY 78 |
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| County: | Sauk |
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| Township/Village: | Sumpter |
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| Town: | 10 |
| Range: | 7 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 18 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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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: | 2001- "This largely intact late Queen Anne style square plan farmhouse is two-and-one-half-stories tall, has a rock-faced concrete block foundation, clapboard clad walls, a gable roof, and has staggered course wood shingles in the main gable ends. As is often true of late examples of this style, the house exhibits classically derived detailing in its Ionic Order porch columns and the Palladian style windows in the gable ends. The house is believed to have been built between 1908 and 1910 by and/or for George Frese, a farmer and carpenter who had farmed this land since 1851. Frese died in 1911, leaving the farm to his son, William Frese, who occupied the house until 1938, after which it was occupied by Louis Frese, who would relinquish it to the U.S. government in 1942. The house and a single small garage building are now the sole surviving remnants of this farm, its main barn and other associated outbuildings having been located across from the house on the west side of STH 78. When the farm was purchased by the government in 1942 for the development of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, all the buildings on the west side of the building were torn down, leaving only the house and garage on the east side of the road. Although the Frese Farmhouse exhibits a high degree in integrity, it is of ordinary design and lacks the more elaborate features of an example of the Queen Anne Style that would be considered to be eligible for listing in the NRHP. Neither is there any reason to believe the house has historic significance beyond what is normal for a farmhouse of this period. Consequently, it is believed that the Frese Farmhouse does not have sufficient architectural or historic significance to justify listing in the NRHP. Note: the site of the now demolished farm buildings that were located across STH 78 from the present farmhouse was excavated by MAP for this project and they are discussed in detail as The Loius Frese Farm Site (47 Sk-574)." -"STH 78- Prairie du Sac to Merrimac", WisDOT 5630-03-00, Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland (2001). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |